Chapter 36: An Idle Mind is the Devil’s Workshop Chapter 36: An Idle Mind is the Devil’s Workshop She trailed off, pretending to search her memory, giving him a chance to join the conversation.

When he didn’t respond, she chuckled lightly to herself and added, “Or maybe it was ‘keep yourself from turning into a stiff board.’ Either way, you should take it seriously.” Four glanced at her over his shoulder, his face unreadable.

Though he didn’t say a word, the tiniest flicker of amusement crossed his eyes before he turned back toward the wall.

“Muscle atrophy,” the man corrected her, his voice clipped and emotionless.

“Oh yeah, muscle atobi, that’s it,” she replied confidently, completely butchering the word.

Four “…” His steps faltered briefly as he repeated her mispronunciation in his head.

‘Muscle atobi?’ A flicker of disbelief crossed his face.

For a moment, he debated whether she was genuinely clueless or just trying to annoy him.

Her next question, however, nearly broke his composure.

“So… is that why you were punching the wall?

To stop the muscle atobi?” she asked with wide eyed curiosity.

He stopped and turned slightly, staring at her as if her stupidity were contagious.

Punching a wall to cure muscle atrophy?

He almost laughed at the absurdity but quickly caught himself.

Without a word, Four turned away, deliberately increasing the distance between them as though her ignorance might physically affect him.

Nnenna raised an eyebrow, watching his retreat.

“What?

That’s not it?

Then why are you punching the wall?

Is this some special therapy technique?

Or are you just mad at it?” Four said nothing, his cold silence acting as both his shield and his response.

she muttered with a small shake of her

worry, I’ll figure you out

takes forever.”

earlier

that, then what is it?” she asked again, trying

Silence.

remained impassive,

a huff, crossing

want to

your arms and legs more,

else that’s bothering you, maybe

can be…” Her voice trailed off mid sentence, the unfinished thought hanging in the

her, curiosity flickering in his otherwise cold

notice, too absorbed in her own thoughts to catch

wandered to the tangled threads of her past and present, a web that only seemed to tighten around her whenever she gave it

her resolve and leaving a painful throb in her head every time

own, and deep down, she knew why, a reason they

knew she

her biological parents nothing more than fading shadows in her

were most likely gone, and no amount of wishful thinking could change

the weight of the realization that had haunted her

never have a real home, will I?’ The words echoed in her mind,

banish

the answer had already been etched into her

gaze on her, confusion clouding his

about to cry?’ Nothing he had done

the

tested her resilience with more intensity than he ever

demeanor was enough to send

least twenty percent without

she tearing up now,

Was it something else?

had he miscalculated this

didn’t matter,

tears as irrelevant, convincing himself there was

sat down, grabbed

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