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Meanwhile, Hugo stayed in his room as soon as they reached home. Since they left the station, his mind had been stuck on the family he encountered. He was in disbelief that such injustice could happen and even with the authorities involved, there was nothing that was done.

This was his first experience of another face of reality.

It was... infuriating - disturbing.

Knock knock

Hugo blinked and turned to the door, catching Atlas peek at the gap.

"You okay?" Atlas asked without even taking a step inside.

"Do I not look okay?"

"Yes"

Hugo chuckled and moved, adjusting his position on the bed. Atlas took this as an invitation to get inside the room, not daring to sit on his brother's bed with his outdoor clothes.

Yet...

"Why do you always lay down on your bed with your outdoor clothes?" Atlas couldn't help but ask. "That's disgusting"

"Did you come here to comfort me? Or criticize me?"

"Comfort you, but this habit is disturbing."

Hugo let out a deep sigh while Atlas decided to drop the subject.

"What happened while you were gone with Penny?" Like always, Atlas didn't beat around the bush. "I know something happened and you guys just don't want to tell us." "First Brother, is there something that goes past your eyes?"

Penny, so people still need to tell me things for me to know. But because you're like an

brother and sighed for the second time. Atlas would say

I encountered something that's very infuriating, Hugo summarized the situation from start to finish. Not that he made the situation sound light, but he just told what was important. "It's annoying, and it's disturbing. One of the troublemakers in the station even said that this country is the best place to live if you're a criminal. What he said made me angry, but at the same time, it says

"Aren't you angry at what I just

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chose to protect her abuser, blatantly abandoning her daughter in the process. I sympathize with them,

"Right."

about the story, but he also understood that he and Hugo were

called, making his second brother lift his eyes back to him. "It's not your

never said it's

here

again. Deep in his heart, he had to admit he was a little regretful, and

not saying to poke your nose where it doesn't belong, but I'm just saying even the

know that, but I don't like the feeling I

many more times. You have to get used to it and use it

back to my room," he added and turned around

Atlas reached the door,

you sound like you were exposed to it?" Hugo kept his eyes on his brother's figure, watching Atlas

powerless not long ago," Atlas confessed. "But that's entirely a different story. In a way, I sort of exposed

star section,

his gaze on his brother until Atlas closed

yet, I've never seen him sulk. Hugo peeled his back from the headboard and flung his legs out of the bed. He rested his hand on either side of him, snapping his eyes at the shut

told

him. It wasn't like he never got an offer before. However, he knew that if he enlisted, he had to leave home. He didn't want to leave Penny and her small animal

today, the determination in his heart

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I need to be higher than an officer

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