"𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞? 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨. 𝐀𝐭 𝐲𝐮𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐩 𝐤𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐨."
𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞. 𝐍𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐥 𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚. 𝐍𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐲𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐨 𝐤𝐨.
𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐧, 𝐢𝐛𝐚 𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐩𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧.
"𝐎𝐡 𝐢𝐭𝐨!" 𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐠 𝐧𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐲. 𝐍𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐤𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐩. 𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐩 𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐤𝐨.
"𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚?" 𝐍𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐨 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚.
"𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚? 𝐀𝐤𝐨 𝐬𝐢 𝐄𝐢𝐧𝐚, 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐬𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚. 𝐌𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚!"
"𝐍𝐚𝐠𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐩𝐚."
"𝐃𝐢 𝐤𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐤𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐤𝐨𝐲 𝐦𝐨. 𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐢 𝐀𝐜𝐞. 𝐊𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐤𝐚 𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐨 𝐩𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐤 𝐝𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐧."
"𝐏𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐤𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐤𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐫?"
"𝐄𝐝𝐢 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐚'𝐲𝐨. 𝐆𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐥 𝐦𝐨 𝐚𝐤𝐨."
𝐆𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐧𝐢 𝐄𝐢𝐧𝐚, 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐧𝐠𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐩𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧.
"𝐏𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐤𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐚 𝐢𝐭𝐨?"
"𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐦𝐨? 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐦𝐨."
"𝐖𝐚𝐠 𝐤𝐚 𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐠𝐚𝐩. 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐰 𝐲𝐚𝐧, 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚."
𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐢 𝐄𝐢𝐧𝐚.
"𝐓𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐥 𝐤𝐚. 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐧 𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐲 𝐤𝐚." 𝐍𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐢 𝐚𝐤𝐨.
"𝐖𝐨𝐧, 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐤𝐚. 𝐋𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐨𝐛 𝐬𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐚. 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐬 𝐤𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧."
"𝐃𝐢 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐬 𝐤𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐮𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬 𝐤𝐨." 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐥𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧.
"𝐍𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐡𝐚 𝐤𝐨."
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