you always wondered what was beyond the barriers of your city, and why the outside world was so dangerous in the eyes of the village's superiors but you never wanted to answer the question for yourself

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in a snowstorm, you left the village barrier to find your older brother who had been missing for days, but you didn't find it, you found a blond boy passed out in the snow, you carried him home and left him on your bed

in a few minutes he opens his eyes "..." He did not say anything