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“Wash day? I don't understand what you mean. What's a wash day ?"

Young-mi laughed, still beaming with joy to speak to him.

"You see that stream over there?!"

Young-mi pointed behind her, and the boy just looked over to where she had pointed in curiosity.

"We wash over there! We can't be stinky, that's disgusting!"

"You take a bath in the stream?"

The boy tilts his head to the side in confusion. Neither one of them really know of what the big deal is between,

hybrids and humans.

Both been shielded from the harsh reality of the races killing each other.

"A bath? What's a bath?"

She scratched the top of her head in confusion. Jung-ho looks down to his feet in guilt that his daughter doesn't know of such luxuries. Even if he knows it's not his fault, but he does what he can to provide for his girls.

The boy gasped in surprise, startling poor Young-Mi.

"You don't know what a bath is? How long have you been out here? How old are you?"

"I'm eight. How old are you, boy ?"

"I'm nine years old."

Young-Mi started to giggle again to see the boy crack just a bit of a smile. The two both happy to know they're so close in age, but the boy was still very upset to see her like this.

To know that she lives this way. Even Jung-ho noticed that look, and it made him even more curious, but still very alert to their surroundings. The boy can't be that far from his parents.

"Where do you live?"

"I….erm.....my mom and dad are building a new house not far from here. I got bored and came here to play."

"You live in a house?! You're so lucky!"

The boy nervously laughed and scratched the top of his head between his ears.

"I guess so."

He shrugged, not really knowing what to say about that. Young-mi just stared at his face, seeing how clean and nicely dressed he was in his light blue washed jeans and gray T-shirt with some sort of writing on the front of it.

Actually she thought he was quite pretty for a boy, she liked him a lot. The boy's ears on the top of his head,

witched and his eyes widen in panic.

”Girl! You need to go!"“

There was something about his expression that worried little Young-mi greatly, but didn't know why.

“Why? Do you not like me?”

She pouted her lips, but the boy just shook his head and then lightly pushed her back.

““It's not that. I like you, but it's.......it's my mom and dad. They're coming and you need to go. Please.”

Young-mi didn't want to go. She didn't want to leave him, but she knew that she should listen to him.

“” I don't want to leave you.”

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