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𝚏𝚘𝚌𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍. 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗. 𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜. 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚊, 𝚘𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚔, 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍. 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚍, 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍'𝚜. 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚘𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚖𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚗𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚜, 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚙𝚘𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎. 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚜𝚘𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛. 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚏 𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚡 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚛𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜. 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢. 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕, 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝚞𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚢. 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚋𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚞𝚗. 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚗. 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚢 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚓𝚘𝚛 𝚐𝚘𝚊𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚊 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚓𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝. 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚓𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚢, 𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚢𝚙𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚜𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚕, 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚔 𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛.
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