"𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐤𝐨. 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐤 𝐤𝐚 𝐧𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐨."
𝐘𝐮𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐠 𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐧𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐲𝐨.
𝐈𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐬, 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐧 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐬𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐨.
"𝐁𝐮𝐛𝐮𝐤𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧. 𝐀𝐛𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥!"
𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐰 𝐧𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚 𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐨. 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐧𝐢 𝐀𝐜𝐞.
"𝐀𝐲𝐲 𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐚 𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐞𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐨? 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐩𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐥𝐚." 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚.
"𝐊𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐤𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐤𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐞. 𝐒𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐠𝐚 𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐚 𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐢 𝐦𝐨 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨."
𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝. "𝐊𝐚𝐬𝐢 𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐨 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐮𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐠 𝐬𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐚 𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐤."
"𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐤𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐚 𝐄𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥." 𝐈𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐢 𝐀𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚.
"𝐉𝐚𝐤𝐞, 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐤𝐨, 𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐨."
𝐀𝐭 𝐬𝐚 𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐩 𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐚. 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐉𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧. 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐝𝐮𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐚 𝐬𝐢 𝐀𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐚 𝐤𝐨.
"𝐃𝐢 𝐤𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐬!" 𝐓𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐤𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐢 𝐀𝐜𝐞 𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝐬𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐠.
"𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐞 𝐄𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥! 𝐌𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢 𝐤𝐚! 𝐘𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐮𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬 𝐨 𝐬𝐢 𝐖𝐨𝐧?"
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