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_______________________________________________________________________No POV-𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛-𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚑 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚒𝚛. 𝚆𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚠 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚊 𝚎𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙰𝚖𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎.𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢. 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚛 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚊 𝚜𝚗𝚊𝚙 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚍. "𝚆𝚑𝚘'𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎?" 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝. "𝙼𝚢 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸'𝚖 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚢." 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚍.. 𝙾𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜, 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚍, 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚊𝚔, '𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝙸 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎?' 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍. "𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚘?" 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚊𝚛, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎-𝚝𝚘-𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎. "𝙹𝚘𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚎." 𝙷𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚍𝚍 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎. "𝙶𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚍𝚞𝚍𝚎." 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚎. 𝙷𝙸𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎, "𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚜 '𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚜𝚞𝚔𝚒'." 𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎, "𝙷𝚞𝚑? 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚣𝚎𝚛𝚘 𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚓𝚊 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎. 𝙰𝚕𝚜𝚘, 𝙸'𝚖 𝙽𝙾𝚃 𝚊 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕." 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍. "𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚐𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔, 𝚠𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚢𝚘𝚞." 𝙷𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍. "𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠.." 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚊 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚜, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚛𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎. "𝚃𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔, 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝟹 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙸 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎." 𝙱𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚏𝚜 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗. '𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚜𝚞𝚔𝚒 𝚑𝚞𝚑?' 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚐𝚘𝚝.-𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔, 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚏 t𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚊𝚋𝚢𝚜𝚜, 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚛𝚞𝚗 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖, 𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚙 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝟹 𝚍𝚘𝚝𝚜 𝚌𝚒𝚛𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚞𝚙𝚒𝚕, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚣𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍. 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗, 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚓𝚘𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍, 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚞𝚙. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚞𝚙 𝚜𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗 𝙸𝙽𝙽. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚍 𝚜𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚠𝚔 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝙰 𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚠 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖, 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚙 𝚊𝚕𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍.𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚍 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚢, 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚍𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚜, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚗𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚖. 𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍. 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜, 𝚒𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙸𝙽𝙽 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎, 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗. "𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘, 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝙸 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚢𝚘𝚞?" 𝙰 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛, "𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝." 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚎, 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛. "𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝?" 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞. "𝚈𝚎𝚜, 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝." 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚑𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚕𝚢, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊 𝚔𝚎𝚢, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚢𝚕𝚎 𝙸𝙽𝙽.A𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚊𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚎𝚍, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚖 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗. 𝙰𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚛.𝙵𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚢, 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚡𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞.-𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚜, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔, 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛.-𝙾𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚝 𝚞𝚙 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚝, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚙𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚎𝚍, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚢𝚊𝚠𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚞𝚋𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜. 𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝟻 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚏𝚏 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙸𝙽𝙽. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 "𝙼𝚑𝚖." 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝, 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊. 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚛𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚓𝚘𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘 𝚒𝚝? 𝙼𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎, 𝙸 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘, 𝚗𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞.𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝, 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚞𝚛𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝.𝙳𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚊𝚐 𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚕𝚢. "𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘?" 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖, 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕, 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚗𝚢𝚡 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜, 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚔𝚢 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚠𝚕/𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎."𝚆𝚑𝚘 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞?" 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖."𝚆-𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝?" 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎, 𝚑𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚔𝚎.. "𝚈𝚘𝚞.. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚔𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚔𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚞𝚑?" 𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚖𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚑. "𝚈-𝚈𝚎𝚜?" 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛."𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖.'' 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐. "𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛, 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎." 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚑, 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚊𝚣𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐. "𝙸𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚘?" 𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚙 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞. "𝚈𝚎𝚜?" 𝙾𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙. 𝙷𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚛."𝙻𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝙸'𝚖 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞." 𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗, 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚠𝚒𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚝𝚜 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚞𝚙𝚒𝚕, 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚎. "𝚃-𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜.." 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍, 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚛𝚢, "𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜?" 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝙸𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚙𝚞𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚢𝚎𝚕𝚙. "𝙰𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚎." 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚢𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚛𝚢. "𝙸-𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠! 𝙸 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚜! 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚘𝚔." 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢. "𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚜?" 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚊𝚔 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞. "𝚈𝚎𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜.. 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜." 𝙷𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝,"𝚆𝚑𝚢?" 𝙷𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚜. "𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠," 𝙷𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜. "𝚆𝚑𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎?" 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖, 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎. "𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚔𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚔𝚒." 𝙷𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎. "𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎." 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢. 𝙷𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎. "𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝙸 𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙸'𝚖 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛." 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎."𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎." 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜. "𝙸 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚗'𝚝." 𝙷𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐.. "𝙵𝚒𝚗𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸'𝚖 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝."𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍.𝙰 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙾𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝙷𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔, "𝙸 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛." 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚞𝚕𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢. "𝙶𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎, 𝚖𝚢 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝙿𝚊𝚒𝚗." 𝙿𝚊𝚒𝚗? 𝙼𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚝.. You 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 the two of you. 𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚛𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝟸 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚋𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙿𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚣𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚔, 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚍. 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚎-𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞.𝙰𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚢𝚡 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚡𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚢 𝚋𝚒𝚝. "𝚆𝚑𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚈𝙾𝚄 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚋 𝚖𝚎? 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚞𝚜?'" 𝙷𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔."𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚣 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚘𝚝." 𝙷𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚍. "𝚂𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚒𝚍𝚗𝚊𝚙 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗?" 𝙷𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔. "𝙿𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗." 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍. "𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗?" 𝙷𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚔𝚎. "𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚗 𝚊 𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛.." 𝙷𝚎 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚢𝚘𝚞. "𝙾𝚑.." 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗. "𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚜?" 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖. "𝙸 𝚍𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚠." 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 your 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍. "𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎?" 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖, 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛. "𝚂𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚔𝚎." 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎. "𝚂𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚔𝚎?" 𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚍𝚍 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎. "𝚆𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚗𝚘𝚠." 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞. "𝙾𝚔.." 𝚆𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚘 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛? 𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚂𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚔𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜..-_____________________________________________________________________-第一接触Thank you for reading! I know it is steering more towards Sasuke but its Itachi Fanfic I swear! Also, how did you guys enjoy the font? And my new writing style?Read!Vote!Comment!Word count: 1842