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... still a young child.

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The earliest memory he had was of his older sister, Sakura, trying to touch young Tsugumi with a troubled look.

He still remembered the way his small hand gripped his sister’s finger as he reached out in a timid manner, and his sister, surprised by this, smiled with a very sad look on her face.

Time passed, and by the time Tsugumi came to his sense, he and his sister were living in an institution surrounded by white walls.

Looking back now ...

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