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𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔𝒕 𝒋𝒆𝒅𝒊  𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒋𝒆𝒅𝒊, 𝑬𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑱𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒊 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒏, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑱𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒊 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝑬𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒂 𝒂𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒍𝒚, 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑱𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒊 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑶𝒔𝒉𝒂, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑱𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒊 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏, "𝑬𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒂, 𝑶𝒔𝒉𝒂." 𝑱𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒊 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈, "𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒃𝒚𝒆." 𝑶𝒔𝒉𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆, 𝑬𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒔𝒍𝒚 "𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈?" 𝑱𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒊 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆, "𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐." 𝑶𝒔𝒉𝒂 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒃𝒚 "𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖." "𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕?" 𝑬𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒂 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅  𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒔𝒍𝒚, "𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆." 𝑶𝒔𝒉𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒍𝒚, "𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒖𝒕𝒚." 𝑱𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒊 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑬𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒂 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒏 "𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒖𝒕𝒚, 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒙𝒕y 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒔." 𝑩𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝑶𝒔𝒉𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑱𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒊 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓, "𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆." 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚, "𝑰 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑴𝒂𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒇 𝑰 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒉𝒆𝒓." 𝑶𝒔𝒉𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆, "𝑰 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝑰 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆." 𝑱𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒊 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒍𝒚, "𝑴𝒂𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒋𝒆𝒅𝒊'𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰'𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒋𝒆𝒅𝒊." 𝑶𝒔𝒉𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 "𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒎𝒆." 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒚, 𝑱𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒊 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝑬𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒂 𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒌 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑱𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒊 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 "𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑴𝒂𝒆, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖." "𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒆, 𝑰 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕... 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕." 𝑶𝒔𝒉𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 "𝑵𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑰'𝒎 𝒐𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉, 𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆'𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒐𝒍." 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝑱𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒊 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝑬𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒂, 𝑬𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈, "𝑰'𝒎 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚." 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒌, "𝑫𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒃𝒚𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒎?", 𝑱𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒊 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒔 𝑶𝒔𝒉𝒂 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒔𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒐𝒍, 𝑶𝒔𝒉𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 "𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒆." 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒚𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆.