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    “You ever meet Cassian Andor?” Luke asked suddenly.

    Han, crouched nearby tinkering with a toolkit, looked up. “That guy from Intelligence? Yeah. Couple years back. Why?”

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    Pre-Empire Strikes Back, Luke meets Cassian Andor.

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    It was the fate of parents, to be proud when their children’s stories shone brighter than theirs ever could.

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    — You were going to kill me.

    Kim Dokja counted the stars, and thought of the many times he’d tried to kill himself over the long years of his lonely life. He hadn’t thought once more would matter. He had weighed the options, and the price seemed right to end the dream. But again, Yoo Jonghyuk stepped in.

    How many times had the man saved him?

    — Yes.

     

    Or: two dreamers speak. Neither are monsters.

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    He learns of lots of things that these people say his older self has experienced in the apocalypse: kindness, companionship, strength, family, love, sacrifice; all things they say the older him has provided to them.

    (He's not sure he believes it.)

    They seem to know him too well to the point that it scares him a bit, listing things they couldn't possibly know if they didn't; his hate for tomatoes, his tendency to lie with a straight face, his love for stories; even predicting correctly that his favorite food will be murim dumplings, once he tries them. They try very hard not to overwhelm him, but both the praise and insult they give him remain unchanging, time and time again.

    The person they describe— it doesn't sound like him. Like anything he could possibly be.

    (And yet, it's a fact that they're here, waiting for that person to come back to them. It's comforting, and frightening at the same time; both an assurance and an expectation.)

    (or: Kim Dokja, and the mortifying ordeal of being loved)

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    Yoo Joonghyuk takes a careful step towards the tail. A thick, bushy, pale red tail that swishes from side to side across the floor. Its tip is a bright white, a stark contrast against the laminated brown tiles. The tail moves intermittently, like its owner is particularly intrigued by something.

    He steps close enough to reach out for the fluffy tail, and conjures a glass box. 

    Without much sympathy, Yoo Joonghyuk closes the box over the surprised fox and traps it on the spot.

    “Yip!” The fox scrabbles at the glass box, its claws working uselessly against the transparent surface. It does a quick circle, testing all four sides with equal vigour, making these small upset noises as it struggles to escape.

    Yoo Joonghyuk feels a little bad. Then, he recalls how the fox is pretty much a home intruder, and discards the pity like an old newspaper.

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