Chapter 16

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𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝖩𝗎𝗇𝗀𝗄𝗈𝗈𝗄'𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖸/𝗇. 𝖣𝖾𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝖽𝗒𝗇𝖺𝗆𝗂𝖼𝗌 𝖺𝗍 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗒, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗎𝗋 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗐 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁𝗍𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀. 𝖭𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗉𝗋𝖺𝗐𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗅𝖺𝗐𝗇𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖾𝗅𝖾𝗀𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀𝖳𝗁𝖾, 𝗂𝗍 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝖺 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽 𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗂𝗍𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿.

"𝖨 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗆𝗒 𝗁𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗀𝗌; 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍'𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖺 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖻𝗅𝖾𝗆," 𝖩𝗎𝗇𝗀𝗄𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽, 𝗀𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖼𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗆𝗂𝗑 𝗈𝖿 𝖾𝗑𝖼𝗂𝗍𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗁𝖾𝗇𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇. 𝖸/𝗇 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗋𝗆𝗅𝗒, 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗉𝗁𝗈𝗇𝖾, "𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗆𝖾𝖺𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝖽𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀?" 𝖧𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝖽𝖽𝖾𝖽. "𝖨𝗍'𝗌 𝗇𝗈 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖻𝗅𝖾𝗆, 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍?" 𝖥𝖾𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗌𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾, 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝖽𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄, 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝖺 𝗌𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗌𝗂𝗍𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇. 𝖨𝗍 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖺𝗒 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾.

"𝖨𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖺𝗒?" 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗍𝖾𝖽, 𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗋𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗒. 𝖩𝗎𝗇𝗀𝗄𝗈𝗈𝗄'𝗌 𝗀𝖺𝗓𝖾 𝖿𝗅𝗂𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋, 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗐 𝖿𝗎𝗋𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗋𝗇. "𝖨 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗆𝗒 𝗁𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗀𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗐𝖾𝖽𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗌 𝖺 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍," 𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖿𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽, 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗏𝗈𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗇𝖾𝗋𝗏𝖾𝗌.

𝖸/𝗇 𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗐, 𝖺 𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗌𝖾 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗉𝗁𝗈𝗇𝖾'𝗌 𝗌𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗇. "𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗇 𝗍𝗈?" "𝖨 𝖽𝗈, 𝖻𝗎𝗍..." 𝖧𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗌𝗂𝗍𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽, 𝗀𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖼𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝖺𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋. "𝖢𝖺𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗒 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝖺𝗌 𝗆𝖾?" 𝖠 𝗐𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗉𝖺𝗇𝗂𝖼 𝗐𝖺𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝗋, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗉 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆, 𝗎𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗋𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗒 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗎𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌. "𝖶𝖺𝗂𝗍, 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍?".

" 𝖶𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝖻𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝖻𝖾𝖽," 𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗎𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗋𝗂𝖿𝗒. " 𝖨 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖨 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗌𝖾 𝖨'𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝗌𝗈𝗈𝗇. 𝖯𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾?" 𝖧𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌, 𝗉𝗅𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗂𝗅𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗅𝗒. 𝖸/𝗇 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝖺 𝗆𝗂𝗑 𝗈𝖿 𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝖿𝗅𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗁𝖾𝗋. 𝖠𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖺 𝗆𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗆𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇, 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝗎𝖼𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖾𝖽, "𝖥𝗂𝗇𝖾, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗂𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝗋𝗈𝗌𝗌 𝖺 𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾, 𝖨'𝗆 𝗈𝗎𝗍. 𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍'𝗌 𝗂𝗍." 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗎𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒, 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝖼𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋.

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