"𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭."
𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝. 𝐍𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐤𝐚𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐝. 𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐨, 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲.
"𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠." 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐛 𝐚𝐤𝐨.
"𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠."
"𝐏𝐮𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐨 𝐬𝐢 𝐀𝐥𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐨 𝐀𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬." 𝐍𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐨 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐤𝐚𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐝.
"𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐲𝐮𝐧?"
"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐧."
"𝐒𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨."
"𝐖𝐚𝐠 𝐧𝐚. 𝐃𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐚 𝐧𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠."
"𝐒𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐰 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐚 𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨."
"𝐖𝐨𝐧!" 𝐈 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐢.
"𝐁𝐚𝐤𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐤𝐨."
"𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞!"
𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐠 𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐬. 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐨. 𝐋𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐨 𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢 𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐦𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚. 𝐏𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐤 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐬𝐚 𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐧𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐮𝐤𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐚 "𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐦" 𝐬𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧.
"𝐃𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠. 𝐖𝐚𝐠 𝐧𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐚." 𝐈 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝. 𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐨 𝐬𝐚 𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥.
"𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐧𝐨, 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨." 𝐀𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐝 𝐧𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐤𝐢 𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐩 𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐲.
"𝐒𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐬, 𝐄𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥. 𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐦𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐮𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬?" 𝐍𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐮𝐤𝐨 𝐬𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐮𝐡𝐨𝐝 𝐤𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐧.
"𝐈𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐨 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐧𝐨 𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐰 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐢 𝐀𝐜𝐞 𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐮𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐤 𝐤𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧."
"𝐈𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐥!" 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐩𝐚 𝐧𝐢 𝐀𝐥𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐨.
"𝐏𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐤𝐚 𝐄𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥!"
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