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                      ˙ ˖ ˙ ˖ ♢  𝚒𝚜𝚔𝚛𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚏 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍. it wasn't the first time her superior hugged her yet she was   ALWAYS   taken by surprise   ;   she figured she   should've   gotten used to it by now. she didn't think she   ever   would. a   soft   chuckle fell from her lips as she pulled back, giving her head a   light   shake.   ❝   y'know, i think you're the only person i've met that hugs someone before they even have the chance to speak.   ❞   it wasn't a bad thing. she felt that his hugs made people   feel   welcome   &&   cared for. even if it   ONLY   lasted for a few seconds. 

                      ˙ ˖ ˙ ˖ ♢   𝚒𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚗’𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚍   ――   it had happened earlier that year   &&   she had been left   helpless  . this time, just as she began searching around for help, someone had come to her rescue. there was   NOTHING   familiar about the man but then again she was new to the city   &&   most   people she came across were unfamiliar to her.

aside   from the stranger being   ENTIRELY   unfamiliar, he, like her, was different. he had appeared at the scene out of   thin   air. he hadn’t run to her side from across the street   n o r   had he been with her, he simply appeared. ambrosia watched the scene fold out in front of her, a frown on her face the   entire   time. her usually permanent smile only partially returned when the stranger held out her bag. 

❝   yes,   ❞   her words came out in a   tired   whisper,   ❝   thank you.   ❞   ambrosia   wondered   if she should question where the stranger came from. she decided it didn’t matter. it   DIDN'T  matter if the gods had sent him or if he was a figment of her imagination. besides, she was   too   tired to spend time focusing on   trivialities  .