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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?"

in one glance. I don't do fortunes like Penny, so people still need to tell me things for me to know. But because

his brother and sighed for the second time. Atlas would say things with such a straight

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

"Aren't you angry at

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side. "It's not my family, and it's not my business. The battered wife chose to protect her abuser, blatantly abandoning her daughter in the process. I sympathize with them, but at

"Right."

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

lift his eyes back to him.

never said it's my

the way you sulk in here tells me you blame yourself for

he shut them again. Deep in his heart, he had to admit he was a little regretful, and in a way, he felt pathetic and

it doesn't belong, but I'm

don't like the feeling I

felt today is something you'd feel many more times. You have to get used to it and use it as motivation to be in power to actually make a difference. That's life that's the reality Mom and Dad

my room," he added

the door, Hugo's question stopped

Dad hadn't exposed us yet... how come you sound like you were exposed to it?" Hugo kept his eyes on his brother's figure,

not long ago," Atlas confessed. "But that's entirely a different story. In a way, I sort of exposed myself to the ugly reality of the

star

his steps. @ Hugo kept his gaze on his brother until Atlas closed the door

even exposed himself in the reality of the weak... and yet, I've never seen him sulk. Hugo peeled his back from the

weak, he told himself. "I'll climb my way

he never got an offer before. However, he knew that if he enlisted, he had to

determination in

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