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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="c1f1d4676dfbed4dec6a0146b15df3ca"Finished talking photos, Emi placed her camara back inside it's case. She couldn't help but smile each time she saw the simple charm. She'd found the gift last night once they'd finished cleaning. While there was no name, she knew who it was from. em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Illya./em The charm was a locket with a picture of her parents. After everything that had happened over the past few weeks and another birthday without them. This was the perfect gift./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="8913cf3715421bd7694f13d0c0a1f492"He couldn't believe it, they'd defended him once again. Wait, this shouldn't have been surpsing. Epeler wasn't one of his strongest faux, but it had the most divsere set of powers. Epeler had been made on a whim. He didn't think Epeler would actually go after the miraculous. Epeler was the first person to accept his power and than willfully supress it!/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="b7beb083a3a31e2bc7619be17a0a388e""I said I was sorry Ems!" Calex called after Emi, as he jogged to catch up to her. "You can't still be mad."/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="21f8a334cd5a53ba274ee9e802ded1b2""Have fun explaining to Aira why your falling asleep in class again!" Calex teased, as he made his way out of the park. When he didn't hear Emi, he checked over his shoulder. Sure enough, she'd wondered off. Silently laughing at her Emi-ness, he went to find her. For a girl who got side tracked, she could fast./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="317dc447742f348087c91fe81a8c386c"After searching the park and not finding her, Calex deicded to try looking somewhere else. Once Emi had photographed whatever caught her eye, she usually went to another of her favorite places to take photos. He could try calling her, but she won't hear the phone if she's foucsed on her photos. He'd have better luck searching on foot. Luckily, he was an expert in Emi's favorite places 101./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;" data-p-id="c1f1d4676dfbed4dec6a0146b15df3ca"Finished talking photos, Emi placed her camara back inside it's case. She couldn't help but smile each time she saw the simple charm. She'd found the gift last night once they'd finished cleaning. While there was no name, she knew who it was from. em style="box-sizing: border-box;"Illya./em The charm was a locket with a picture of her parents. After everything that had happened over the past few weeks and another birthday without them. This was the perfect gift./p
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