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Calling out to Eden, an apology and regret are followed by a lighter mood with a warm chase after a small child who went outside the settlement and is scolded.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"The chapter opens with an old burden carried with Liam and a call to leave the past behind, turning into an inner confrontation over the cost of surrendering to loss. A missed shot during the hunt and a feeling of cold escalate into tension with the emergence of a voice accusing of forgetting and surviving. Calling out to Eden, an apology and regret are followed by a lighter mood with a warm chase after a small child who went outside the settlement and is scolded.","key_events":["At a hunt, the infallible marksman misses a boar and is mocked by the others.","In a childhood memory, a child who left the settlement alone is scolded, teased as a mountain warrior and great commander, comforted, and threatened playfully with broken legs to stop running away.","After calling out Eden's name, the narrator apologizes and expresses remorse.","The narrator decides to let go of the past, vowing never to repeat the foolish mistake; surrendering to loss means losing someone else.","The narrator reveals that they and Liam carried a burden together for years, and that Liam knows the truth but cannot bring himself to say it.","A haunting voice accuses the narrator of forgetting it, trusting a stranger, and trying to erase sin by abandoning memories; it says surviving itself is a sin and that the narrator should die like the one who died."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"LIAM AND I CARRIED THAT BURDEN FOR YEARS.\nBOTH OF US.\nYOU THINK LIAM DOESN'T KNOW?\nHE JUST CAN'T BRING HIMSELF TO SAY IT.\n\n...PLEASE LOOK AT US TOO.\nIT'S TIME TO LET GO OF THE PAST...\n\n?\n\nIF THE PRICE OF BEING CONSUMED BY LOSS\n\nIS LOSING SOMEONE ELSE,\nTHEN I MUST NEVER\n\nREPEAT THAT FOOLISH MISTAKE AGAIN.\n\nBECAUSE IF I KEEP LIVING THAT WAY,\n\nI'LL END UP PROTECTING NOTHING AT ALL.\n\nFINE. WHATEVER.\nLET'S DO THIS...\n\nWHAT THE HECK!\nHOW DID YOU MISS THAT?\nYOU NEVER MISS A SINGLE SHOT...\nEVEN THE BOAR'S PROBABLY LAUGHING AS IT RUNS AWAY!\n\nARE YOU OKAY?\n\n...I'M A LITTLE COLD.\n\nDID YOU FORGET ME?\n\nARE YOU REALLY GOING TO FORGET ME AND LIVE HAPPILY?\nSO NOW,\n\nYOU TRUST THAT OUTSIDER MORE THAN ME?\nDO YOU THINK ABANDONING YOUR OWN MEMORIES WILL ERASE YOUR SIN?\n\nYOUR SIN IS THAT YOU SURVIVED.\n\nSO IT'S ONLY FAIR THAT YOU DIE LIKE I DID.\nEDEN.\n\n...I'M SORRY.\n...|...\n\nI SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT...\n\nEDEN DIN.\n\nYOU LITTLE BRAT!\nI TOLD YOU NOT TO WANDER OUTSIDE THE SETTLEMENT ALONE, YOU BRAT!\n\nYOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW DANGEROUS THE WORLD IS!\nSO WHAT IF IT'S DANGEROUS?!\nYOU THINK A WARRIOR OF THE MOUNTAINS\nIS SCARED OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT?\n\nOH, LOOK AT OUR GREAT GENERAL!!!!\nGET OVER HERE, YOU LITTLE...!!!!\nHEY, HEY, IT'S OKAY. DON'T CRY.\nI OUGHT TO BREAK HIS LEGS OR SOMETHING SO HE CAN'T RUN OFF AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!\n\nMISTER!","bubble_count":44,"pages_count":24,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"The chapter opens with an old burden carried with Liam and a call to leave the past behind, turning into an inner confrontation over the cost of surrendering to loss.","spoiler_summary":"The chapter opens with an old burden carried with Liam and a call to leave the past behind, turning into an inner confrontation over the cost of surrendering to loss. A missed shot during the hunt and a feeling of cold escalate into tension with the emergence of a voice accusing of forgetting and surviving. 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