19. Mysterious Sender

𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖡𝗅𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀. 𝖶𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽, "𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗯𝘆, 𝗶'𝗹𝗹 𝗚𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗻𝗼𝘄. 𝗠𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗼 𝗶 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸" 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗈 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝖺𝗇𝗒.

"𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝘀𝗽𝗹𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 *𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴*" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖳𝖺𝗒𝗅𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌𝗇'𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖺 𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀. " 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝘀-𝗶𝗻-𝗹𝗮𝘄? 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗦𝗶𝘀-𝗶𝗻-𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗿𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗔. 𝗦𝗵𝗲'𝗹𝗹 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻" 𝖳𝖺𝗒𝗅𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝗌 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗂𝗆, "𝗧𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗲𝗿, 𝗶 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝘀-𝗶𝗻-𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶 𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗶 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗺𝘆, 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗮 𝘀𝗵𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻."𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

𝖳𝖺𝗒𝗅𝖾𝗋 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗂𝗌-𝗂𝗇-𝗅𝖺𝗐. "𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝘀-𝗶𝗻-𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗦𝗶𝘀-𝗶𝗻-𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸." 𝗍𝖺𝗒𝗅𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽. "𝗧𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗶 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝘀-𝗶𝗻-𝗹𝗮𝘄, 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘆𝗮𝗵!" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗋𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗈 𝗍𝗈 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒'𝗌 𝖢𝗈𝗆𝗉𝖺𝗇𝗒. "𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗵𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝘀-𝗶𝗻-𝗹𝗮𝘄" 𝖳𝖺𝗒𝗅𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗬«

𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒, 𝖶𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝖿𝖿𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗎𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾." 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝘅 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂. 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱'𝗱𝗮 𝗹𝘂𝘅𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀" 𝖬𝖾𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗎𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖢𝗁𝖾𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗑 𝗂𝖿 𝗂𝗍'𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖺 𝗐𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗍𝗁𝗒 𝖿𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗒, "𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝘂𝗲, 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘅?" 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗌𝗄𝖾𝖽.

"𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗶𝗱 𝘀𝗼 𝗶 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘁." 𝖬𝖾𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗎𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽. 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖺 𝖽𝗈𝗎𝖻𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝗈𝗑 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗀𝖾𝗍.

"𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝘂𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝗶'𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝘅 𝗯𝘆 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳" 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖬𝖾𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗎𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 `𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗍𝖾𝗆 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗑 𝗂𝗌 𝖺 𝖻𝗈𝗆𝖻?´ "𝗬𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹" 𝖬𝖾𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗎𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

𝖬𝖾𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗎𝖾 𝖦𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖼𝗂𝗌𝗌𝗈𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒, 𝖶𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖼𝗂𝗌𝗌𝗈𝗋𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝗍𝗐𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗑. 𝖶𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗍 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗅𝗎𝗑𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗌 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝗈𝖼𝗈𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗌.

𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗌, "𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗲?!*𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘴*" 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. "𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗳 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘁" 𝖬𝖾𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗎𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖱𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖿𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝗏𝗂𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝗀𝖺𝗅𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗄. "𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝘂𝗲, 𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲? 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻" 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

𝖬𝖾𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗎𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖽. "𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗮.. 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂" 𝖬𝖾𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗎𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. "𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗹𝘆, 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗶 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿." 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗈 𝖽𝖾𝖾𝗉, 𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝖣𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗀𝗈 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝖺𝗇𝗒. 𝖬𝖾𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗎𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝗀𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝖾𝖾𝗉.

𝖠𝗇𝗒 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗎𝗍𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋, 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝖠𝗋𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒'𝗌 𝗈𝖿𝖿𝗂𝖼𝖾. 𝖬𝖾𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗎𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋, "𝗜𝘀 𝗨𝘀𝗵𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲?" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖺𝗌𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗎𝖾. "𝗬𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲." 𝖬𝖾𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗎𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽.

𝖬𝖾𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗎𝖾 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗈 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋. "𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻" 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝖢𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝖿𝖿𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖽𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄. "𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆, 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗶 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗯 𝘆𝗼𝘂?" 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗌𝗄𝖾𝖽.

"𝗡𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 *𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱* 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗶 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘆 𝘀𝗼... 𝗶 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘀𝗼 𝗶 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗼𝘄, 𝗶 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗺𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱 *𝘩𝘶𝘨 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘯" 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗀𝗎𝗂𝗅𝗍𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗈 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗄 𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗈𝗋𝗀𝖺𝗇𝗂𝗓𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇.

"𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝘁" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝗌𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖣𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖾𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗁𝗂𝗆. " 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮, 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆! *𝘚𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦*" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

"𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂... 𝗶 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘁, 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲" 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝗎𝗀𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇. "𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘁? 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲." 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

"𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗹𝘂𝘅𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝘅 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁. 𝗜𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗺 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻" 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗑 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗎𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽.

"* Lᴏᴏᴋs ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛᴀʏʟᴇʀ ɪs ʀɪɢʜᴛ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴀʟᴀ ᴛʜɪɴɢ, ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇʟʟ ɪs ʟᴏɴɢ ʏɪ ʏᴜᴀɴ ᴛʜɪɴᴋɪɴɢ. ᴇᴠᴇɴ ɪɴᴠɪᴛᴇ ᴍʏ ᴡɪғᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴀʟᴀ!*" (ᵐⁱⁿᵈ +ᵍᵃᵛⁱᵉⁿ ᶜˡⁱⁿᵗᵒⁿ)

"𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀, 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝘂𝗻𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝗏𝗂𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝖺 𝗎𝗇𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗌𝖾𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋. "𝗛𝘂𝗯𝗯𝘆, 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘂𝘀?" 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖺𝗌𝗄𝖾𝖽.

"𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. "*ʟᴏɴɢ ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ? sᴇᴇᴍs ғᴀᴍɪʟɪᴀʀ. ɪ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʏᴏᴜɴɢ ᴍᴀsᴛᴇʀ ᴏғ ʟᴏɴɢ ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ ᴏғ ᴅᴀʀᴋ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪᴢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ. Wʜᴇɴ I ᴡᴀs ɪɴ ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ᴘᴀsᴛ ʟɪғᴇ ʜᴇ sᴀᴠᴇ ᴍᴇ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀ.*"(ᵐⁱⁿᵈ+ᵘˢʰᵃ ᶜˡᵃᵛᵉʳʸ)

𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗉𝖺𝖼𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗎𝗍, "𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 *𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥*" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. "𝗢𝘂𝗰𝗵.. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘀, 𝗶𝗺 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆." 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. "𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗽𝗶𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗶'𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿, 𝗺𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝗳𝗲" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

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