"𝐈𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐢!" 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐰 𝐧𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲.
"𝐀𝐲𝐚𝐰 𝐤𝐨!" 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐢 𝐀𝐜𝐞. 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐠 𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝-𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.
𝐃𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐢 𝐀𝐜𝐞 𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐢. 𝐃𝐢 𝐩𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐨 𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐲𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐤𝐨. 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐲 𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐩𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐰𝐚 𝐤𝐨.
"𝐀𝐫𝐠𝐡!" 𝐈 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐭.
"𝐖𝐨𝐧!" 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐰 𝐧𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲.
"𝐀𝐲𝐨𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐤𝐨!" 𝐇𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐜𝐞'𝐬 𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲.
𝐍𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐢 𝐀𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭𝐨'𝐲 𝐠𝐮𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧. 𝐓𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐛𝐨 𝐬𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞.
"𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲." 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.
"𝐄𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥!" 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐰 𝐬𝐢 𝐀𝐜𝐞.
𝐍𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐧 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐲. 𝐋𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐧𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐞𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐮𝐤𝐡𝐚.
"𝐄𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚!" 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐰 𝐧𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲.
"𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐤." 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.
"𝐄𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚!" 𝐀𝐜𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲. 𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐠 𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲.
"𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐞!" 𝐓𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐛𝐨 𝐬𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐧. 𝐀𝐜𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝.
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐞.
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