𝑨𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍 𝑶𝒇 𝑺𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 ~ 𝑸𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒓 𝑿 𝑶𝒄

𝑰𝒏 𝑨 𝑹𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑶𝒇 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒅

𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈: 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒚 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒔

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒅, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏.
"𝑳𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒙𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚?" 𝑬𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒂 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅, "𝑷𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉." 𝑬𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒂 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒕 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 "𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕?" 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒔 𝒅𝒓𝒚𝒍𝒚 "𝑨𝒔𝒌 𝒅𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕" 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓, "𝑨𝒔𝒌 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕, 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆." 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒌 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑬𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒖𝒑 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒈𝒂𝒔𝒑.

𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒋𝒆𝒅𝒊, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒋𝒆𝒅𝒊 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏, 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒋𝒆𝒅𝒊 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒀𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒈 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒀𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍, 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑬𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒂 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓, 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒌 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, "𝑬𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒂 𝒓𝒖𝒏!" 𝒀𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒚𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒐𝒇𝒇.