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"Eeehmmm, Cla ..." called Word hanging.

"What?" Clarish remained focused on the food in front of him.

"You and the Sky, how long have you known?" asked the Word.

Clarish turned her gaze towards Sabda. "Um, my whole life," he said, grinning widely. "So our parents knew each other from when they were in college, then we were born in the same year. Starting from elementary, middle to high school, we went to the same school. Well, when we were in college we were at different universities because I took Psychology at UI and Langit took overseas business."

"It's really close," said Sabda quietly.

"Huh?"

"Eh, it's okay," said Sabda. The boy tried to focus on the food in front of him. But again his curiosity rose to become a question, "So you're going out with your best friend?" he asked quietly.