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passionate, and em

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aren't contained: t

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spond. He had a

t, Ivan d

read between the lines, to detect absences disguised as closed reports. He knew that i

allowed

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system wanted: invisi

't erase. It o

in felt something he thought was dead: hope... follow

ed over the terminal agai

, and extracted all the data related to unconfirmed external relocation

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in his chair and

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ken, like a broken promise th

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that someone had m

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to Lucía in one of the

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ence was the only way t

, his-there was no lon

h crossing in

was no tur

wound was sealed with fear and guilt, two feelings that tangled

, the system could tear a person from their life without a trace, without offering any explanatio

ace where strength was synonymous with power, admitting that a piece of his soul was broken could

The connection they shared already defied the rules; revealing the truth about Iván could put her in danger, or at least force her to bear a weight he fe

r, but the past with Iván was too fragile a territory to risk sharing. So he