Explorer Note Santiago 12

by Santiago

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Well, Yongki made me regret pushing him to share what his deal was with me.

Dunno what I expected, but it sure wasn't some conspiracy theory about my background...

I could see the kid was still on edge even after the time off with his family, so I dragged him back to the canteen for another one-on-one.

It only took a couple rounds of shots for him to open up.

First he told me he'd heard a rumor that I'd been killed near the end of the war.

Then he admitted to trying to access my personnel file for proof of life, only to find himself locked out.

Even though he'd admitted to crossing a serious line, I laughed it off and pointed out I was sitting right there next to him.

I stopped laughing when he told me he'd found a listing for my engram in his archive that was non-accessible, even at his security level.

That was news to me.