"𝐇𝐨𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐚'𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨?"
"𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲." 𝐍𝐚𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐬𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚.
"𝐘𝐮𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨. 𝐆𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐤𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐨 𝐬𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐚𝐧."
"𝐋𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬 𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐧! 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐨." 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐠.
"𝐒𝐢 𝐀𝐜𝐞." 𝐈 𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝.
"𝐃𝐚𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐨 𝐬𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐝. 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐤𝐨." 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐝 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠-𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐬𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐝.
"𝐌𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚 𝐚𝐲𝐮𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐚!" 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐰 𝐧𝐢 𝐀𝐜𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐥𝐨 𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐚𝐤𝐞.
"𝐍𝐚𝐤𝐮 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐬!" 𝐓𝐢𝐥𝐢 𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚.
"𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐬." 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐧𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐤𝐞.
𝐍𝐚𝐬𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐬𝐚 𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨.
"𝐖𝐨𝐧!" 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐬𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚. 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐨 𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐢 𝐀𝐜𝐞.
"𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐩𝐚𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐤𝐚 𝐧𝐚." 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝.
"𝐀𝐫𝐠𝐡!" 𝐍𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐰 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐨𝐤 𝐬𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐝 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚. 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐬𝐚𝐤 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐧𝐢 𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲.
"𝐇𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐡𝐚! 𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐦𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝐦𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐤𝐮𝐤𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐦?!"
𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐢 𝐀𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐛.
"𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐨."
"𝐖𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐨." 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐧𝐢 𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲. 𝐍𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚. 𝐁𝐢𝐠𝐥𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐬𝐚𝐤 𝐧𝐢 𝐀𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐠.
"𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢!"
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