"𝐔𝐡𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐮𝐦𝐢 𝐬𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐤𝐡𝐚 𝐦𝐨. 𝐀𝐲𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚!" 𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐢-𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬.
𝐍𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐨 𝐲𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨. 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭!
𝐃𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨 𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐨. 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐬𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐠-𝐤𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧.
"𝐊𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢 𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐢 𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐧 𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐨 𝐚𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐩 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐚?" 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐧𝐢 𝐥𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧. 𝐓𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐭.
"𝐌𝐚𝐠-𝐢𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐨. 𝐌𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐮𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐚."
𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐬, 𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐧𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐛𝐚𝐲.
"𝐁𝐞𝐬, 𝐦𝐠𝐚 𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧?" 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚.
"𝐌𝐠𝐚 𝐢𝐬𝐚'𝐭 𝐤𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐬." 𝐒𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐤𝐨.
"𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲, 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐲𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐤. 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐡𝐚?" 𝐓𝐢𝐥𝐢 𝐧𝐢 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬.
"𝐇𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐮 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐀 𝐦𝐨. 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢 𝐤𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐲." 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚.
"𝐈𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧. 𝐍𝐠𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐦𝐨-𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐚. 𝐇𝐦𝐩!" 𝐊𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐢 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐲. 𝐈 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝.
𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟, 𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚 𝐧𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐮𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐚.
"𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐨." 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐥𝐨.
"𝐖𝐨𝐧, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞." 𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐧𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧.
"𝐊𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧."
"𝐍𝐨. 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬." 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨. 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐝𝐚𝐦 𝐤𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐧 𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨.
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