14. Marriage Registration

𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗄𝗂𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗒, "𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 *𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥*" 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. "𝗜𝗺 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆, 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱." 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

"𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁, 𝗶 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝘆𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱. 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗺 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂 *𝘴𝘩𝘺*" 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. "𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗷𝗶 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱. 𝗶 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗵𝗲'𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 *𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦*" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗂𝗋𝖾'𝗌 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇, 𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝗎𝗀𝗀𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗄𝗂𝗌𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽."𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗴𝗼 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸, 𝗜'𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲." 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗇𝗈𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗈 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋.

"𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗴.. 𝗜 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝘂𝗯𝗯𝘆, 𝗧𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆?"𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖺𝗌𝗄𝖾𝖽. "𝗪𝗵𝘆? 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄?" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. "𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹... 𝗶 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝘂 𝗷𝗶𝗻...*𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱*" "𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁?! 𝗖𝗲𝗼 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽? 𝗪𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘆 𝗶'𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄, 𝗶 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗳 𝗶𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 *𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴*" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗈𝗎𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽. "𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆, 𝗜'𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹, 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆, 𝗜'𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 *𝘛𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦* 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲" 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇, 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗂𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒.

𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗍𝖾, "𝗜𝗺 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗴𝗼 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴." 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝖦𝗋𝖺𝖻 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒'𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗄𝗂𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋. 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗄𝗂𝗌𝗌 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄. "𝗜 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗴𝗼..." 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝗇𝗈𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖺 𝖿𝗅𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗄𝗂𝗌𝗌.

"𝗛𝗮𝗶𝘇 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹....." 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

ᗰOᖇᑎIᑎᘜ«

𝖨𝗍'𝗌 7 𝖺𝗆 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖬𝖾𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗎𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅, "𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗼 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂." 𝖬𝖾𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗎𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗈𝗋𝖽𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗎𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝖺 𝗍𝖾𝖺 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝖾'𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗒. 𝖬𝖾𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗎𝖾 𝗈𝖻𝖾𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝗎𝗉.

𝖶𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝖺𝗇𝗒, 𝖶𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝗅𝗎 𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝖾𝖼𝗋𝖾𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆."𝗜𝗺 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲," 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. "𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗼𝗸𝗮𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀." 𝖶𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝗅𝗎 𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

𝖶𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗅𝗌, 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝗅𝗎 𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝗂𝗌 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗅𝖾𝗀𝗌. "*Tʜɪs ʙɪᴛᴄʜ Lᴇɢs ɪs sᴏ sᴍᴏᴏᴛʜ, ʜᴇʀ ʟᴇɢs ɪs ᴍᴜᴄʜ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ Eʟʏssᴇ ᴄʟᴀᴠᴇʀʏ. ʜᴍᴍᴍ*,

30 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗎𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝗅𝗎 𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗈𝗎𝖼𝗁 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒'𝗌 𝗅𝖾𝗀𝗌, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗎𝗉𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖬𝖾𝖾𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗆𝖽 𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒."*I ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜɪs ʙᴀsᴛᴀʀᴅ ʜᴀs ᴀ ɴᴀᴜɢᴛʜʏ ᴘʟᴀɴ,*" 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 (𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖽)

"𝘂𝗴𝗵.. 𝗚𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲?" 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. " 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗜𝗺 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆." 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖶𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝗅𝗎 𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇. "𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆, 𝗜𝗺 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆." 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗈𝗎𝖼𝗁 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇'𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽. "𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲." 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗂𝗍 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗋. 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖶𝖺𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝗅𝗎 𝗃𝗂𝗇, "+ᴛʜɪs ʙᴀsᴛᴀʀᴅ... I'ʟʟ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ʜɪs ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀɴʏ ɢᴇᴛ ʙᴀɴᴋʀᴜᴘᴛ ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ. Hᴏᴡ ᴅᴀʀᴇ ʜᴇ ᴛᴏᴜᴄʜ ᴍʏ ᴡɪғᴇʏ's ʟᴇɢs, ʜɪs ᴄᴏᴜʀᴛɪɴɢ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ+"

10 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗎𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗆𝖾𝖾𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝗅𝗎 𝗃𝗂𝗇. "𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲, 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀" 𝖶𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝗅𝗎 𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗇𝗈𝖽. 𝖶𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇'𝗌 𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗌 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾."𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗯𝘆?" 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

"𝗗𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗶𝗳 𝗶 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿 , 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝘂 𝗷𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝘀 *𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘩*" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. "𝗢𝗸𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗺 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆, 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘁 ?" 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝗎𝖽𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗎𝗉, "𝗢𝗳𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝘀, 𝗹𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗴𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘆.!" 𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗀𝗂𝗀𝗀𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖦𝗈 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇.

15 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗎𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋, 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗎𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗎 𝗈𝖿 𝖼𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗅 𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗀𝖾. "𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲. 𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲.!"𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖦𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗊𝗎𝗂𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖠𝖽𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍.

30 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗎𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋«

"𝗛𝗮𝗶𝘇. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲." 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖬𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝖢𝖾𝗋𝗍𝗂𝖿𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗍𝖾. "𝗜'𝗺 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱?" 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. "𝗬𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱, 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗼𝗸𝗮𝘆,!" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗇𝗈𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗎𝗀 𝗁𝗂𝗆, "𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲. 𝗜 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁" 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. "𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆, 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗖 *𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦*" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

"𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗶 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲, 𝗠𝘆 𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 *𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦*" 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝖶𝖺𝗌 𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗄𝗂𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒. "𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆, 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹." 𝖧𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. "𝗢𝗸𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆" 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

"𝘄𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘆, 𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 *𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴*" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗇𝗈 𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗈𝖻𝖾𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗆. "𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗜𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗪𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵" 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗇𝗈𝖽, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋. "𝗪𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘆 𝗶'𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 " 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖺𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖾𝖽, 𝖶𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗎𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗍, 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗉 𝗌𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗅𝗒𝗌𝗌𝖾 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖣𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗋𝗂𝖼𝗁 𝗆𝖺𝗇.

"𝗛𝘂𝗯𝗯𝘆, 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽-𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼!" 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝗂𝗍 𝗍𝗈𝗈. 𝖶𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋, 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖤𝗅𝗒𝗌𝗌𝖾 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖽𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽.

𝖤𝗅𝗒𝗌𝗌𝖾 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖽𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖽𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆. "𝗧𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻, 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 *𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦*" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

"𝗢𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿?! 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲?!" 𝗍𝖺𝗒𝗅𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. "𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿?!" 𝖤𝗅𝗒𝗌𝗌𝖾 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗄𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝖺𝗒𝗅𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖺 𝗈𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗍'𝗌 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇. "𝗬𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆, 𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 *𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦*" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

"𝗘𝗹𝘆𝘀𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼?!" 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖤𝗅𝗒𝗌𝗌𝖾 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖽𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝗇. " 𝗢𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲. 𝗜𝗺 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗲... 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 *𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥*" 𝖳𝖺𝗒𝗅𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

"𝗢𝗵𝗵𝗵..?*𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥-𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦*" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. "𝗘𝗹𝘆𝘀𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻, 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗺 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂?!" 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. "𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲? 𝗛𝗮! 𝗲𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗵 𝗶 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿. 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆'𝘀 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗮𝘂𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁? 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗺 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄?!" 𝖤𝗅𝗒𝗌𝗌𝖾 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝗇𝗈𝗒𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗆 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 . "𝗘𝗹𝘆𝘀𝘀𝗲, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗳 𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗽𝗶𝗱 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲, 𝗶 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿." 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

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