"𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐖𝐨𝐧." 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐧𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲. 𝐍𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧.
"𝐄𝐡 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟."
"𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐯𝐞." 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐨𝐝 𝐧𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐤𝐨.
"𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐮, 𝐡𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐧 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐤𝐨." 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧.
"𝐀𝐲𝐨𝐤𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐞. 𝐁𝐚𝐤𝐚 𝐣𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐨 𝐩𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨."
"𝐋𝐮𝐡 𝐤𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐢. 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐩 𝐤𝐨 𝐩𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐤𝐨, 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐲𝐨 𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐤𝐚. 𝐀𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐲𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧."
"𝐀𝐲𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐚'𝐭 𝐬𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐲𝐚?" 𝐍𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐤𝐨. 𝐃𝐢 𝐤𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐤𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐚 𝐧𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐢 𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐚𝐧.
"𝐀𝐲𝐲 𝐨𝐨. 𝐔𝐬𝐨 𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐧. 𝐘𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥. 𝐘𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐧𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥. 𝐘𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧 𝐤𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐮𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥." 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚.
𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. 𝐍𝐚𝐢𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐤𝐨. 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐤𝐨.
"𝐀𝐲𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐩 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐨 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐮. 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐚."
"𝐀𝐲𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐠𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐤 𝐧𝐚."
"𝐆𝐮𝐲𝐬. 𝐀𝐲𝐮𝐧." 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐧𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲.
𝐍𝐚𝐬𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐚 𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐮𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐚. 𝐖𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐯𝐞. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞!
"𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬!" 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞. 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐧 𝐢𝐭, 𝐉𝐚𝐲!
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