"𝐇𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐡𝐚!" 𝐓𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐠-𝐭𝐚𝐰𝐚 𝐬𝐢 𝐀𝐜𝐞 𝐧𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐢 𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲.
"𝐖𝐨𝐧, 𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐰 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐨𝐝 𝐤𝐨." 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐥 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬.
"𝐀𝐜𝐞! 𝐀𝐤𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐨!" 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐠 𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐰 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐨. 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐧 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐧𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭.
"𝐉𝐚𝐲." 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐁𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐛𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐲𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐝𝐚. 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐤𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞, 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜.
"𝐌𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚!" 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐠𝐨𝐝 𝐧𝐢 𝐀𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐠𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚.
"𝐁𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐬 𝐤𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠?" 𝐃𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐚𝐤𝐞. 𝐈 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝. 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐨 𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨.
𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨, 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐟𝐞-𝐟𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐤𝐨.
"𝐁𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐠𝐨. 𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐤𝐚 𝐧𝐚. 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐚 𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨."
"𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲? 𝐃𝐢 𝐤𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐧." 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤 𝐬𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐤𝐨.
"𝐖𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐤𝐨, 𝐤𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐨 𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐦𝐮𝐰𝐢." 𝐈𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐬𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐲𝐨.
"𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚, 𝐉𝐚𝐤𝐞. 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐨𝐝 𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐨. 𝐍𝐚𝐬𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐤 𝐬𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐩."
𝐓𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐚. 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐦𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐬𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐝𝐢𝐛 𝐧𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲. 𝐇𝐮𝐥𝐢 𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐚 𝐭𝐨?
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