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The Gifts of Darkness
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There had been a girl of about twelve standing behind them, waiting for her turn to buy groceries. Adrien spun around and looked down at the girl - whose brown eyes instantly went wide, while her face progressively grew redder. She turned away. "I -- no -- it's okay -- just -- mom asked me to get a lemon, but --".

Val turned around and smiled at the girl, then took one bag off his shoulders, opened it again, and invited the girl to look inside. "Take one", he said, gesturing at the lemons that filled the bottom of the sack.

"Ah!", the girl stammered, shaking her head. "I couldn't --".

"It's my fault for taking too many", Val smiled. "Please, take one".

The girl paused again, then she cautiously fished out a lemon from the bag. "Thank you", she said in a hushed gasp.

"It's no problem", Val smiled and nodded. "Have a good day".

Val turned around and began carrying his things towards the next stand; Adrien nodded at the girl in farewell before following Val.

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Posted on December 5th 2022.

The Gifts of Darkness - Chapter 18 - Page 11

If you go back to the previous pages, you can spot the girl waiting in the background.

The intention with the scarf covering her mouth was that she's in that self-conscious and cocooning stage of adolescence. But now it looks like a face cover, and the original meaning of that design is lost to the before times...

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