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𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎. 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 , 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚠, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚛. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚋𝚘𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝙼𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚘 𝙺𝚘𝚞. 𝙷𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚔𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚠 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚡𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚢, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖, 𝚘𝚛 𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚢. 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔 '𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚒𝚍𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚜, 𝚑𝚎'𝚍 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚖. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚞𝚢𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕, 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚘, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚖, 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖, 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝. 𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚋𝚕𝚞𝚎 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜, 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚍. 𝚃𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚠𝚔𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚎. 𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎. 𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚙, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒉 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚊𝚒𝚛.
"𝚈/𝚗."
"𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚑?"
"𝙲𝚊𝚗 𝙸 𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛?"
"𝚂𝚞𝚛𝚎."
𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚠, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛, 𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚜𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎. 𝙾𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚢. 𝙰𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝙷𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚔𝚘-𝚔𝚞𝚗, 𝚈𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚘, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚌𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚢. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊 𝚐𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛.
"𝙺𝚘𝚞-𝚔𝚞𝚗. 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞?"
𝙷𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍.
"𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑, 𝚈/𝚗-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗."
𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚈𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚘, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚔, 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚕𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍,
"𝙺𝚘𝚞-𝚔𝚞𝚗. 𝙳𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑. 𝙸'𝚖 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙷𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚔𝚘-𝚔𝚞𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎. 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝. 𝙻𝚎𝚝'𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙰𝚔𝚊𝚗𝚎-𝚔𝚞𝚗, 𝚝𝚘𝚘. 𝚃𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚈𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚘'𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎." 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝, 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍.
"𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚈/𝚗-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗! 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛!" 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚎𝚍.
"𝙺𝚘𝚞-𝚔𝚞𝚗? 𝙸𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞?"
"𝚈/𝚗-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗....."
"𝚈𝚎𝚜?"
"𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞."
"𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚝?" 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎.
"𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚈/𝚗-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗, 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝!" 𝙷𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚜, 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝙷𝚎 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎.
"𝙱𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍, 𝚈/𝚗-𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗?" 𝙷𝚎 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚠, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚎𝚊𝚛. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚕.
"𝙾𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝙺𝚘𝚞-𝚔𝚞𝚗!"
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞: 𝐈'𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭! 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭!