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𝙸 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚖 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎.

"𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚐𝚘 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎, 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜."

𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍, 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚢. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚢, 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙹𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚗𝚎. 𝙸 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚘 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎. 𝙺𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸'𝚖 𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚒 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎, 𝙸 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 2 𝚋𝚘𝚢𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 1 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕. 𝙸 𝚜𝚊𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚢𝚜.

"𝙷𝚒."

𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚢 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍. 𝙸 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖.

"𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘."

𝙸 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙰 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚢 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍

"𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎?"
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"𝙽𝚘, 𝙸'𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝. 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎."

𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚍. 𝙷𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚊𝚗 '𝚘' 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗..

𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚋𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚠𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚜𝚘 𝚠𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚖𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢, 𝙸 𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖, 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚊 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚎.

"𝙷𝚎𝚢! 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎?"

𝙸 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚊 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚎.

"...𝚅𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚜. (𝙵𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎) 𝚖𝚢 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚅𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚜."

𝙸 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍, 𝙷𝚎 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍.

"𝙼𝚢 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝙰𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚘, 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎. 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎."

𝙷𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍, 𝙸 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔.

𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚍. 𝚠𝚝𝚏.

𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚢 20, 2022. 𝚆𝚎𝚍𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚢.

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