"𝐘𝐚𝐡! 𝐃𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠, 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲? 𝐖𝐚𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐚 𝐝𝐢 𝐤𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐢." 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐤𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐤𝐨.
"𝐁𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐚?" 𝐍𝐚𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐠.
"𝐁𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐥."
"𝐄𝐡 𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨 𝐛𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐢 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐧?"
"𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐡𝐨 𝐤𝐨 𝐬𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐧𝐚𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐠𝐨."
"𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐲." 𝐁𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐤𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐕.
𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐠 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚. 𝐈𝐧𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐬 𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐠-𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐡𝐨. 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐤 𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚.
𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐛𝐮𝐛𝐮𝐤𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐕, 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐥𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐨, 𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐯𝐚-𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐮𝐦. 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚.
𝐈 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐧𝐚 𝐧𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚 .
"𝐖𝐨𝐧!" 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞. 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬. 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚, 𝐆𝐰𝐲𝐧, 𝐊𝐢𝐦, 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐡 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.
"𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐚!" 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐰 𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚. 𝐋𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐤 𝐧𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭.
"𝐖𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨 𝐩𝐚." 𝐒𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐥 𝐧𝐢 𝐊𝐢𝐦 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧.
"𝐈𝐬𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠. 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐤𝐨."
"𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐞 𝐧𝐚." 𝐍𝐚𝐠-𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐥𝐚. 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐮𝐧.
"𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦."
"𝐉𝐚𝐲?!" 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝.
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