"𝐁𝐚'𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐤 𝐦𝐨?" 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞.
"𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐚. 𝐌𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐤𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢 𝐥𝐨𝐥𝐚. 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐰 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐨 𝐧𝐚𝐠-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐧." 𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤.
"𝐆𝐰𝐚𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐚. 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐤𝐚 𝐩𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐚." 𝐈 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝.
𝐁𝐮𝐤𝐨𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐚 𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐤𝐨 𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐲, 𝐧𝐚𝐚𝐰𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬. 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐦𝐮𝐠𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐠𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐤. 𝐃𝐢 𝐧𝐠𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚. 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐍𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐚. 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧. 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 "𝐌𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐞-𝐝𝐚." 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.
𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐧 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐬𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥.
"𝐁𝐞𝐬!" 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚.
"𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐦𝐨 𝐚𝐡."
"𝐀𝐲𝐲 𝐨𝐨 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧." 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐢 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧.
"𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐩𝐨. 𝐀𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐠𝐚 𝐩𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐬𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐤𝐞, 𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐛𝐮 𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐡𝐚 𝐩𝐨 𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐢 𝐦𝐚'𝐚𝐦 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚." 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐤𝐨 𝐬𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚.
"𝐁𝐚'𝐭 𝐤𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐠-𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞?"
"𝐍𝐮𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐚. 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐢 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐬𝐚'𝐲𝐨. 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐤𝐚 𝐧𝐚 𝐧𝐠𝐚!"
"𝐀𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐡𝐚 𝐦𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐢 𝐠𝐰𝐚𝐩𝐨."
"𝐄𝐚𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐬. 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐞. 𝐖𝐚𝐠 𝐚𝐤𝐨." 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫.
"𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐧𝐚. 𝐃𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝐧𝐚. 𝐒𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐨." 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐧𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲. 𝐃𝐮𝐝𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐤𝐞. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠'𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟.
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