Like him

An au where the south park kids are having kids on their own. Stan and Kyle's kid is James. He gets hurt every time he do something and it gives them a hard time. As he gets older tho, he's a little clumsy.

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𝖮𝗇𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗒 𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝗋𝗈𝗀𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝖾𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗋, 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗍 𝗎𝗉 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝖿 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖾𝗅𝗌𝖾. 𝖧𝗂𝗌 𝗅𝖾𝗀 𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗂𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝖺𝗂𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗁. "𝖭𝖾𝗋𝗏𝗈𝗎𝗌?" 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗉 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝖶𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆. "𝖸𝖾𝖺.." 𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. "𝖠𝗆 𝖨 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍𝗌 𝖾𝗑𝖼𝗂𝗍𝖾𝖽?" 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾. 𝖡𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝖶𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝗇𝗈𝖽𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝖾𝖽. 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾'𝗌 𝖽𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖺 𝖿𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗒. 𝖧𝖾 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀.

"𝖶𝖾𝗅𝗅, 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍?" 𝖶𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗒 𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗏𝗈 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇. 𝖧𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺 𝗆𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍. "𝖩𝗎𝗌𝗍.. 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝖻𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝖽𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖨 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾. 𝖨'𝗆 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝖿 𝖨 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗆?" 𝖲𝗂𝗅𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆. "𝖳𝗁𝖺𝗍'𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝗒 𝗂'𝗆 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇." 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗄𝖾. "𝖨'𝗅𝗅 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎'𝗅𝗅 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗀𝗎𝗒. 𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗋𝗒, 𝗂'𝗅𝗅 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺 𝗋𝗎𝖽𝖾 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗇." 𝖶𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗒 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍. "𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗅𝗎𝗌, 𝗂𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝗇𝗇𝖺 𝖻𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗀𝗎𝗒, 𝖨 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝖻𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝗂𝗋𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖻𝖺𝖻𝗒." 𝖶𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗒 𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝗂𝗇. "𝖲𝗈 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝗎𝗉 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇. 𝖲𝗈𝗈𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎'𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖻𝖺𝖻𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂'𝗆 𝗀𝗈𝗇𝗇𝖺 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝗋𝗒." 𝖶𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗒 𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇. "𝖳𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖻𝖺𝖻𝗒 𝖶𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗒." 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗎𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋. "𝖸𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗐𝖾𝗅𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇."

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"𝖪𝖸𝖫𝖤! 𝖪𝖸𝖫𝖤, 𝖯𝖫𝖤𝖠𝖲𝖤!" 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝗒𝖾𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖾𝗌 𝖩𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗌. "𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇? 𝖶𝗁𝖺-" 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗄𝖾 𝗎𝗉 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝗒𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝖺𝗆𝖾. "𝖩𝖠𝖬𝖤𝖲 𝖨𝖲𝖭'𝖳 𝖡𝖱𝖤𝖠𝖳𝖧𝖨𝖭𝖦! 𝖧𝖤'𝖲 𝖭𝖮𝖳-" 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝖼𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝖻𝗒 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗋𝗂𝖻. 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖼𝗄𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇. "𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇! 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇, 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖺𝗍 𝗆𝖾!" 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾. "𝖦𝖾𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋. 𝖶𝖺𝗋𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋 𝗎𝗉. 𝖦𝗈! 𝖦𝗈 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋!" 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗎𝗉, 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗉𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝖾𝗌. 𝖧𝖾 𝗅𝖾𝖿𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗎𝗉 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝗉𝗎𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖻𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗂𝖼𝗄𝖾𝗒 𝗆𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝖻𝗒 𝖻𝖺𝗀 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝖻𝗒 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗐𝖾𝗋 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆. 𝖡𝖺𝗌𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒, 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖻𝖺𝗀 𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗋𝗀𝖾𝗇𝖼𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗀𝗈 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾. 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗆𝗆𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝖽𝗋𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖤𝖱 𝖺𝗅𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗋𝗎𝗇𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍. 𝖮𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝖻𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝖺 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗄𝗂𝖽𝗌/𝖻𝖺𝖻𝗂𝖾𝗌. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗐𝖺𝗂𝗍 𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝖽𝖾𝖺 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗐𝖺𝗒. 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗇𝗂𝖿𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖼𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗋𝗎𝖻𝖻𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗄𝗂𝗌𝗌𝖾𝗌.

"𝖨-𝖨'𝗆 𝗌𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗒.. 𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝖨 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗍?" 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝖼𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖺 𝗄𝗂𝗌𝗌 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾. "𝖭𝗈, 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍. 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝖺𝖻𝗒." 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇'𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗋. 𝖫𝗎𝖼𝗄𝗂𝗅𝗒, 𝖩𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖾. 𝖧𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝗈𝗐𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋, 𝖽𝗂𝖺𝗀𝗇𝗈𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖮𝖲𝖠 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗅𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈 𝗌𝗅𝖾𝖾𝗉. 𝖨𝗍 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗅𝖾𝖾𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾.

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𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋 𝗋𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗂𝗅𝖾𝗇𝗍. 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖩𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗌𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝖾𝖺𝗍 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗈𝗐. 𝖧𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗌𝗎𝗌𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗉𝗎𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗅𝖺𝗑𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗄. 𝖧𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌𝗇'𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗎𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖠𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖺, 𝖱𝖾𝗆𝗂, 𝖣𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖰𝗎𝗂𝗇𝗇. 𝖠𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖺 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝖼𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇𝖾. 𝖤𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾'𝗌 𝖺 "𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗄𝗂𝖽". 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌! 𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝖩𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝖺𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗇 𝗌𝗈 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋. 𝖣𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝗆𝗈 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝖽𝖽 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗑𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗌. 𝖧𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗌, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 10 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝗈 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖤𝖱. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖩𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗒𝖾𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗋. 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝗎𝗇𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖩𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗌𝖺𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗂 𝗍𝗈 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾. "𝖩𝖺𝗆-" 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝖺 𝗌𝗅𝖺𝗆 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗁𝗂𝗆.

𝖧𝖾 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗄𝗂𝗌𝗌 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆. "𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇, 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄." 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐𝖾𝖽 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗌 𝗌𝗈 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗋𝗒. 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖺𝗍 𝗇𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗆. "𝖶𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽?"

"𝖨 𝗒𝖾𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆. 𝖨 𝗒𝖾𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗌𝖺𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖾𝗅𝗌𝖾. 𝖨'𝗆 𝗌𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗒, 𝖨-𝗂'𝗆 𝗀𝗈𝗇𝗇𝖺 𝖿𝗂𝗑 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌-" 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗎𝗉 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝖻𝗒 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾. "𝖨'𝗅𝗅 𝗀𝗈 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗆. 𝖩𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗒 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾." 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝗄𝗂𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗄𝗂𝖽𝗌 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆. 𝖧𝖾 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 "𝖫𝖾𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗆𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗈𝗇𝖾!" 𝖳𝗁𝖺𝗍𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖨𝗄𝖾 𝖽𝗈 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝖺𝖽. 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋, 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗍, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖺𝗍 𝗈𝗇 𝖩𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖽. "𝖳𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗆𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎."

𝖶𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗀𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇, 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄. 𝖳𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖧𝖤 𝖽𝗈 𝗂𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝗀𝗋𝗎𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍. 𝖧𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗎𝗉 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝖼𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗁𝗎𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇. 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗍 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗎𝗉. 𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗌 "𝖩𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾" "𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝖺 𝗌𝗂𝗉" "𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖽𝗈 𝗂𝗍" 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗏𝗈𝗂𝖼𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋. 𝖧𝖾 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗋𝗇𝖾𝗋. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝖼𝗈𝗁𝗈𝗅 𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗑 𝖿𝗎𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝖩𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝖻𝖺𝖻𝗒 𝗉𝗂𝖼𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾𝗌.

𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖾𝗂𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗂𝖼𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗅 𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝗋 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖻 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝖼𝗈𝗁𝗈𝗅 𝗍𝗈 𝗐𝖺𝗌𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒.

"𝖣𝗈 𝗂𝗍." "𝖣𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗄." "𝖩𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖺 𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗅𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗉." 𝖣𝗈 𝗂𝗍." "𝖣𝗈 𝗂𝗍." "𝗗𝗢 𝗜𝗧."

"𝖠𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒?" 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖻𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝖩𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽. 𝖧𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝖽𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆. 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗈𝗍𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗉𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀. "𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗒 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾." 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝖩𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗌. 𝖧𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈ther 𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝖻𝗒 𝗉𝗂𝖼𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖼𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀. 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖾𝖿 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝗁im 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝖩𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾. "𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇." 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗋. 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝗐𝗂𝗉𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝖩𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗌. "𝖸𝖾𝖺?" 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝗉𝗎𝗍𝗌 𝗍h𝖾 𝗉𝗂𝖼𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗑. 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗍 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗈 𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝖩𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗌. 𝖧𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗉 𝖺𝗍 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗇𝗂𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖽. "𝖨'𝗆 𝗌𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗒 𝗉𝖺𝗉𝖺." 𝖩𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝗎𝗀𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗆. 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄. "𝖨'𝗆 𝗌𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗒 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝖺𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖨 𝗁𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎. 𝖨 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗆!" 𝖧𝖾 𝖼𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗌. "𝖨𝗍'𝗌 𝗈𝗄. 𝖳𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖩𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗌."

"𝖠𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗇𝗈𝗐?" 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗌 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆. "𝖨 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝖺 𝗁𝗎𝗀 𝗍𝗈𝗈!" 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖻𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗎𝗀. "𝖧𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗒?" 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾. "𝖠𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌." 𝖪𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝗄𝗂𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽. "𝖤𝗐! 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗂'𝗆 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾!" 𝖩𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾.

"𝖲𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗒 𝖻𝗎𝖻𝖻𝗂𝖾!" 𝖲𝗍𝖺𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀.