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𝑻𝒐𝒏𝒊 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏.

𝑻𝒐𝒏𝒊 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒖𝒑. 𝑰 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍. "𝑶𝒉 𝑻𝒐𝒏𝒊, 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒆. 𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉. 𝑶𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖.", 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅. "𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐𝒐, 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒘𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒚. 𝑵𝒊𝒂..𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔-", 𝑻𝒐𝒏𝒊 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒖𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒅. "𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔. 𝑺𝒉𝒆'𝒔-", 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅.

𝑻𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒅...

"𝑺𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝑱𝒂𝒏-", 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒖𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓. "𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒘𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒚, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝑱𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒕 𝑱𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔𝒐𝒏.", 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆. "𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆. 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒑𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕?", 𝑰 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒅𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒛𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕.

"𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈?", 𝑰 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝑻𝒐𝒏𝒊. "𝑨𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝑸𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒏, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.", 𝑱𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅. "𝒀𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒂'𝒂𝒎.", 𝑻𝒐𝒏𝒊 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌? "𝑺𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒛𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒂𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆.", 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅. "𝑩𝒂𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆? 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍.", 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒈 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈. "𝑼𝒎𝒎...𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝑱𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔𝒐𝒏... 𝑰 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒘𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒚. 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒂𝒈?", 𝑰 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈.

𝑰 𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒂𝒈. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆. "𝑫𝒊𝒅 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈? 𝑨𝒎 𝑰 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒆?", 𝑵𝒊𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅. 𝑰 𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝑵𝒊𝒂. "𝑶𝒉 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒓.", 𝒎𝒚 𝑸𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒏, 𝑻𝒐𝒏𝒊 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅.

"𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝑰 𝒅𝒐?", 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅. "𝑹𝒖𝒍𝒆 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒆, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐. 𝑹𝒖𝒍𝒆 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒘𝒐, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑻 𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒚 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒅. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝒖𝒍𝒆 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆, 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑶𝑵𝑳𝒀 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒖𝒎. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒌."

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