"𝐊𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐤 𝐤𝐚, 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐤𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐨." 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐧𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧.
"𝐎𝐡 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲." 𝐈 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝.
𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐲𝐨 𝐚𝐰𝐤𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐩𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐧. 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧. 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐝𝐢 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐚 𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢 𝐩𝐚. 𝐍𝐨𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐍𝐠𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐧, 𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐬𝐚 𝐢𝐬𝐚'𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐚.
𝐒𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫, 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐢 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐬. 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐝𝐚-𝐝𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐰𝐚 𝐬𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐧𝐚 𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚 𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩𝐮𝐚𝐧.
𝐍𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐲𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐛𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐬, 𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬𝐨 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐮𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦. 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐰 𝐧𝐚. 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐩 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲.
"𝐖𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐃𝐢 𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧." 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞.
"𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐡𝐦." 𝐍𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐡𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚.
"𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐒𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠. 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐤𝐚𝐢𝐛𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐨 𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐨𝐧. 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐝𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐤𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐨𝐧. 𝐌𝐚𝐚𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐩 𝐦𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐩𝐮𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞, 30 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧. 𝐌𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐠-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐥." 𝐃𝐢 𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐮𝐡𝐚 𝐤𝐨.
"𝐓𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐨." 𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐤𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐮𝐧 𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚.
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