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𝙼𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘𝚡𝚒𝚌 𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚢𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍, 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚞𝚜. 𝙸 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝙶𝚎𝚖'𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚜𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚣𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍.
𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚘 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚔𝚎 "𝙸'𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚙𝚞𝚙. 𝙱𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍. " 𝙶𝚎𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 "𝙾𝚔𝚊𝚢... " 𝙷𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚣𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗. 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢.
𝚆𝚎 𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚜 𝙸 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑 "𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚜𝚜, 𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑. " 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚜 𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚠 "𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚔 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍?" 𝙸 𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚢 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 "𝚆𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜. "
𝚆𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚘𝚝 𝚐𝚞𝚢. 𝙷𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍.
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝙼𝚛𝚜. 𝙻𝚘𝚢𝚊𝚕, 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚜 "𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎... 𝚅𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝙿𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙶𝚎𝚗 𝙶𝚘𝚗𝚣𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚜? " 𝚆𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚗𝚘𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝙶𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚏𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 "𝚈𝚎𝚜, 𝚖𝚊'𝚊𝚖. "
𝚆𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚝 𝚐𝚞𝚢. 𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚏𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜, 𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚜 "𝙷𝚒. 𝙼𝚢 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚊 𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚋𝚒𝚘. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎? " 𝙸 𝚐𝚘 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚝. 𝙶𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚜 "𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚅𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝙿𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚊. " 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚞𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙶𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚜 "𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚎, 𝚌𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚎? " 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚜, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 "𝙶𝚎𝚖." 𝙷𝚎 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍 "𝙸'𝚖 𝚁𝚘𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚞𝚗. " 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚍 "𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚍, 𝙸'𝚖 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎. " 𝙸 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎 "𝙶𝚎𝚖~" 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎.
𝚂𝚘𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜. 𝚆𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚝 𝚞𝚙 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚊.
𝚆𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚐 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚋𝚢𝚎. 𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚊 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖. 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 "𝙼𝚢 𝚎𝚡 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎. " 𝙸 𝚗𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚝 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚖.
𝚆𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚜𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚝 𝚊 𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎. 𝙸 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚙 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏𝚏, 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚐𝚊𝚜𝚙.
𝚆𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔. 𝙷𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚎 𝚊 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕, 𝚏𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚜 "𝙰𝚕𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎, 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚛! " 𝙸 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑 "𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚕 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚎. " 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚎𝚍 "𝙸 𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚎. "
𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚏𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔, 𝙸 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚂𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚝. 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚐𝚘 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚍 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚍.
𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚊 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚔𝚎 "𝙾𝚘𝚑~" 𝙸 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎 "𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝? " 𝙷𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚍 "𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢. " 𝙸 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚕𝚢 "𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚛. " 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 "𝙷𝚖... 𝙼𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚝. " 𝙸 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚝𝚑 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚜.
𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚔 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎. 𝙷𝚎 𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚙 "𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚏𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢. " 𝙸 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 "𝙽-𝙽𝚘... " 𝙷𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑 "𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚎𝚜. "
𝙸 𝚋𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚑 𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚛𝚎𝚍 "𝚆-" 𝙷𝚎 𝚌𝚞𝚝𝚜 𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚛𝚞𝚋𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑 "𝚂𝚑𝚑, 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢. " 𝙸 𝚗𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗. 𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝙶𝚎𝚖 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜.
