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"…"
"One minute has passed…"
Rubia took my hand and stared at me with a gentle expression, but I could tell she was just as nervous as I was.
"Don't worry too much."
Is she saying it was okay if I didn't get it right? That the answer will come to me soon enough?
However, no matter how much I thought about it, nothing came to mind. In fact, this whole quiz thing felt fundamentally unfair. Wasn't it just making up some nonsense riddle and expecting me to read its mind?
"It's been two minutes."
The enormous turtle announced the time again. I still didn't have an answer. Nothing came to me. It wasn't like I could sit down calmly and ponder it either. Not with a monster of this size in front of me, and the threat of death if I failed twice in a row.
"It's been two minutes and thirty seconds. The answer doesn't have to be fixed. If you make something up and convince me, it counts. But… you still don't know?"
A flicker...
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