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𝔗𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔞 𝔟𝔦𝔤 𝔬𝔭𝔢𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔪, 𝔦𝔱 𝔰𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔡 𝔤𝔬𝔩𝔡 𝔟𝔢𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔞 𝔠𝔯𝔞𝔰𝔥, 𝔞𝔫 𝔬𝔟𝔧𝔢𝔠𝔱..𝔬𝔯 𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔬𝔫 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶 𝔴𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔣𝔩𝔶𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔞𝔦𝔯 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔡 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔦𝔡𝔡𝔩𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔞𝔤𝔯𝔞𝔪. 𝔏𝔲𝔠𝔦𝔣𝔢𝔯, 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔬𝔣 𝔥𝔢𝔩𝔩 𝔰𝔞𝔴 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔦𝔫 𝔞 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔠𝔨. 𝔗𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔥𝔞𝔰𝔫'𝔱 𝔥𝔞𝔭𝔭𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔡 𝔟𝔢𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔢..𝔏𝔲𝔠𝔦𝔣𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥𝔱. ℌ𝔢 𝔡𝔢𝔠𝔦𝔡𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔠𝔨, 𝔟𝔢𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔞𝔩𝔩. ℌ𝔢 𝔠𝔞𝔪𝔢 𝔞𝔠𝔯𝔬𝔰𝔰 𝔞 𝔡𝔢𝔪𝔬𝔫, 𝔣𝔲𝔫𝔫𝔶 𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔦𝔫 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔪𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 ℑ 𝔞𝔡𝔡. 𝔇𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔦𝔫 𝔯𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔟𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔨, 𝔰𝔥𝔯𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔩𝔢𝔡 𝔥𝔞𝔦𝔯 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔫𝔰 𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔢, 𝔬𝔡𝔡𝔩𝔶 𝔣𝔞𝔪𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔞𝔯 𝔱𝔬 𝔏𝔲𝔠𝔦𝔣𝔢𝔯. ℌ𝔢 𝔱𝔬𝔬𝔨 𝔞 𝔮𝔲𝔦𝔠𝔨 𝔤𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔞𝔠𝔢, ℑ𝔪𝔪𝔢𝔡𝔦𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔩𝔶 𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔬𝔤𝔫𝔦𝔷𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔞𝔠𝔢. ℌ𝔢 𝔧𝔲𝔪𝔭𝔢𝔡 𝔟𝔞𝔠𝔨 𝔢𝔵𝔠𝔩𝔞𝔦𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔤,"𝔄𝔡𝔞𝔪?!"

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔞𝔦𝔡 𝔡𝔢𝔪𝔬𝔫 𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔫𝔢𝔡, 𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔢𝔱 𝔢𝔶𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔢𝔶𝔢 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔏𝔲𝔠𝔦𝔣𝔢𝔯 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔰𝔠𝔯𝔢𝔢𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔡, "𝔚𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔲𝔠𝔨?! 𝔚𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔪 ℑ?!" 𝔏𝔲𝔠𝔦𝔣𝔢𝔯 𝔰𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔢𝔡, 𝔥𝔢 𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔄𝔡𝔞𝔪 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡𝔫'𝔱 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔦𝔱 𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔪𝔞𝔨𝔢 𝔦𝔱 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔞 𝔥𝔢𝔩𝔩 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔫 𝔦𝔱 𝔞𝔩𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔡𝔶 𝔴𝔞𝔰. 𝔏𝔲𝔠𝔦𝔣𝔢𝔯 𝔤𝔬𝔱 𝔞 𝔮𝔲𝔦𝔠𝔨 𝔤𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔞𝔱 𝔄𝔡𝔞𝔪. ℌ𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔫𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔞𝔡𝔪𝔦𝔱 𝔦𝔱 𝔟𝔲𝔱, 𝔥𝔢 𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔡𝔞 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔟𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔨 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔯𝔢𝔡 𝔰𝔲𝔦𝔱 𝔄𝔡𝔞𝔪 𝔟𝔢𝔰𝔱. ℌ𝔢 𝔰𝔬𝔬𝔫 𝔤𝔬𝔱 𝔨𝔦𝔠𝔨𝔢𝔡 𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔟𝔶 𝔄𝔡𝔞𝔪 𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤, "ℌ𝔢𝔶! ℑ 𝔰𝔢𝔢 𝔶𝔞 𝔣𝔲𝔠𝔨𝔦𝔫 𝔡𝔯𝔬𝔬𝔩𝔦𝔫 𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔪𝔢. ℑ 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴 ℑ'𝔪 𝔟𝔢𝔞𝔲𝔱𝔦𝔣𝔲𝔩 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢, 𝔡𝔞𝔪𝔫 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔞𝔦𝔫'𝔱 𝔤𝔬𝔱𝔱𝔞 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔡." 𝔏𝔲𝔠𝔦𝔣𝔢𝔯 𝔠𝔥𝔲𝔠𝔨𝔩𝔢𝔡, 𝔲𝔫𝔣𝔞𝔷𝔢𝔡 𝔟𝔶 𝔄𝔡𝔞𝔪'𝔰 𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔣-𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔢. "ℌ𝔢𝔶, ℑ'𝔪 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔟𝔞𝔟𝔩𝔶 𝔤𝔬𝔫𝔫𝔞 𝔤𝔢𝔱 𝔨𝔦𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔡 𝔦𝔣 𝔞𝔫𝔶 𝔡𝔢𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔫𝔬𝔱𝔦𝔠𝔢 𝔴𝔥𝔬 ℑ 𝔞𝔪.." 𝔄𝔡𝔞𝔪 𝔴𝔥𝔦𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔡.

𝔏𝔲𝔠𝔦𝔣𝔢𝔯 𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔱 𝔥𝔦𝔪. ℭ𝔬𝔫𝔣𝔲𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔥𝔢 𝔞𝔰𝔨𝔢𝔡,"𝔄𝔫𝔡? 𝔚𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔡𝔬 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔴𝔞𝔫𝔱 𝔪𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔡𝔬 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔦𝔱?" 𝔄𝔡𝔞𝔪 𝔴𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔡, 𝔎𝔦𝔠𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔣𝔢𝔢𝔱 𝔞𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡. "𝔇𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔤𝔢𝔱 𝔦𝔱? ℑ'𝔪 𝔞𝔰𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔶𝔬𝔲'𝔯𝔢 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔱𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫! 𝔜𝔞 𝔡𝔲𝔪𝔟 𝔟𝔦𝔱𝔠𝔥!" 𝔏𝔲𝔠𝔦𝔣𝔢𝔯 𝔪𝔞𝔡𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔡 "𝔒" 𝔰𝔥𝔞𝔭𝔢 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔪𝔬𝔲𝔱𝔥 𝔞𝔰 𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔦𝔫𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶 𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔱𝔬𝔬𝔡. ℌ𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔰𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔡, "𝔑𝔬."

𝔄𝔡𝔞𝔪'𝔰 𝔢𝔶𝔢𝔰 𝔴𝔦𝔡𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔡. "𝔚-𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔡𝔬 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔫, '𝔑𝔬'?, ℑ'𝔪 𝔗ℌ𝔈 𝔄𝔡𝔞𝔪! ℑ'𝔪 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔲𝔠𝔨𝔦𝔫 𝔪𝔞𝔫! ℑ'𝔪 𝔗ℌ𝔈 𝔪𝔞-" 𝔄𝔡𝔞𝔪 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔠𝔲𝔱 𝔬𝔣𝔣, 𝔏𝔲𝔠𝔦𝔣𝔢𝔯 𝔠𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔪𝔬𝔲𝔱𝔥. "𝔄𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔡𝔬𝔢𝔰𝔫'𝔱 𝔪𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔶𝔬𝔲'𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔫 𝔥𝔢𝔩𝔩. 𝔜𝔬𝔲 𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔟𝔢 𝔰𝔬 𝔟𝔦𝔤 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔟𝔞𝔡 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔰𝔢 𝔰𝔦𝔫𝔫𝔢𝔯𝔰 𝔴𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔟𝔞𝔱 𝔞𝔫 𝔢𝔶𝔢. ℑ'𝔩𝔩 𝔱𝔞𝔨𝔢 𝔲𝔭 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔬𝔣𝔣𝔢𝔯..." 𝔄𝔡𝔞𝔪 𝔬𝔭𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔡 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔪𝔬𝔲𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔞𝔨, 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔏𝔲𝔠𝔦𝔣𝔢𝔯 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔲𝔢𝔡. "𝔅𝔲𝔱, 𝔜𝔬𝔲 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔤𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔪𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲'𝔯𝔢 𝔰𝔬𝔲𝔩. 𝔜𝔬𝔲 𝔤𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔪𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲'𝔯𝔢 𝔰𝔬𝔲𝔩, ℑ 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔱𝔢𝔠𝔱 𝔶𝔬𝔲! ℑ𝔱'𝔰 𝔭𝔯𝔞𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔠𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶 𝔞 𝔴𝔦𝔫-𝔴𝔦𝔫."