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𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙺𝚒𝚍 𝚡 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚂𝚞𝚗 𝚄𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢

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𝙰𝚗𝚒𝚖𝚎!𝚄𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚊𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊!𝚄𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎

𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝙾𝙾𝙲 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜! 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖!

𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚏 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐!

𝚂𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚢:

𝙺𝚒𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚙 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜.

𝙰/𝙽:

𝙸'𝚖 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 @yourlocalsimp11111 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜! 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝙺𝚒𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙴𝚜𝚞 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎, 𝚜𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚎𝚜!

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𝟷,𝟹𝟽𝟸 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝟷,𝟹𝟽𝟸 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙺𝚒𝚍 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚝 𝙴𝚜𝚞. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚊 ��𝚘𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎. 𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚍, 𝙼𝚊𝚔𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝙰𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚊, 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍. 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑. 𝚈𝚎𝚝, 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍. 𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚒𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝.

"𝙷𝚊𝚒𝚒𝚒𝚒 𝚂𝚔𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚜!! 𝚆𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚢-𝚣 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝? 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚜𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝙽𝚎𝚟𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜!" 𝚂𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚕, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚙𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝.

"𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘, 𝙴𝚜𝚞." 𝙺𝚒𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚕𝚢, 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗.

"𝙷𝚎𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛?" 𝙴𝚜𝚞 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚙𝚜𝚎𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖? 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚋��𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐, "𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢??"

𝙺𝚒𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕'𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎, "𝚆𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛? 𝙾𝚑, 𝚞𝚑 𝚢𝚎𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝙽𝚎𝚟𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚎." 𝙷𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚏-𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚍. 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚞𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚘 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚣𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝.

"𝙷𝚖." 𝙴𝚜𝚞 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙺𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚠𝚔𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚜𝚘 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚠 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎.

"𝚂𝚘𝚘𝚘... 𝙳𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚍?" 𝙴𝚜𝚞 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎,

"𝙽𝚘." 𝙺𝚒𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚞𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕.

"𝚄𝚑𝚑𝚑 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛? 𝙼𝚊𝚔𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙷𝚊𝚖𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚘." 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍, 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚜 𝙺𝚒𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚏𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚢. 𝚂𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜. 𝚆𝚑𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢? 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝.

"𝚈𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚎." 𝙷𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚎��𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙴𝚜𝚞 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎'𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐. 𝙰 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕, 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎.

"𝙳𝚊𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚝!! 𝚆𝚑𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝙸 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝!! 𝙸𝚍𝚒𝚘𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚑!!" 𝙺𝚒𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚜, 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚑. 𝙷𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝚃𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎. 𝙷𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚜.

"𝙵𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛!!" 𝙷𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝙻𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑'𝚜 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗, 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜.

"𝙾𝚑 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘 𝙺𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚘! 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚏𝚞𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝?" 𝙻𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚙𝚞𝚗 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍, 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚊𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛. 𝙶𝚘𝚘𝚍, 𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚢.

"𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛," 𝙺𝚒𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚜, "𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚖 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜. 𝚂𝚘 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚖𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚍𝚎."

𝙻𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑'𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚝, 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝. 𝚂𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍,

"𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚘𝚍𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚍𝚖𝚒𝚝. 𝙸𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝙸 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑." 𝙷𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗, "𝚂𝚘, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚜 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚍𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎. 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎, 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝚂𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚍."

𝙺𝚒𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚍. 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚖 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛! 𝙷𝚎'𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜! 𝚃𝚘𝚘 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚑𝚢-𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚑𝚢 𝚌𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚑 𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎! 𝙾𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊 𝚌𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚑? 𝙽𝚘 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐.

𝚂𝚘 𝚑𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚘𝚏𝚏. 𝙷𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢, 𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍,

"𝙵𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚢!!" 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍, "𝙷𝚘𝚠 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎?!"

"𝚈𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝙺𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚘! 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚗𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏!" 𝙻𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚜𝚘𝚗, 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏, "𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚊𝚍!"

"𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗? 𝙸'𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛𝚜!" 𝙺𝚒𝚍 ��𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚌𝚑, "𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐."

"𝙾𝚑 𝙺𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚘, 𝚒𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝙸 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝." 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚋𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝚋𝚘𝚢 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗.

"𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚣𝚢 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛! 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚏 𝙸 𝚍𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚙𝚒𝚍?" 𝙷𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚍, 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍,

"𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝙺𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚘, 𝚒𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜."

𝚂𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙺𝚒𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜. 𝚂𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚠𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝙼𝚊𝚔𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙴𝚜𝚞 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚑, 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚐𝚘 𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚊𝚌𝚜.

"𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝙷𝚊𝚖𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚘 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎! 𝙷𝚊𝚖𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚘!" 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙼&𝙼'𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚣𝚎𝚕𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚠𝚕 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝.

"𝙷𝚘𝚠 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗?" 𝙺𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝙼𝚊𝚔𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚢𝚓𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜,

"𝙱𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚠𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚊 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑." 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚍, 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝙺𝚒𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚃𝚅 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎.

𝙸𝚝'𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛. 𝚆𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚓𝚞𝚖𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠. 𝚂𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝙴𝚜𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖.

𝙷𝚎 𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜, 𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚍. 𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚞𝚙,

"𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚢𝚘����𝚛 𝚝𝚘𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚝-𝚙𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕." 𝙷𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍, "𝙳𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝."

𝙷𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚌𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖, 𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖. 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚝-𝚙𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝. 𝚂𝚎𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚎.

"𝙳𝚊𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚝!" 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝, 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚢𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚘��. 𝙷𝚎 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜, 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚢.

"𝙸𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙺𝚒𝚍?" 𝙴𝚜𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖, 𝙺𝚒𝚍 𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚓𝚞𝚖𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊 𝚏𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎,

"𝙸-𝙸'𝚖 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞!" 𝙷𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍, 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚢,

"𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚢." 𝙴𝚜𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚐𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝, 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝, "𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗' 𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚢 𝚋𝚞𝚍?"

𝙺𝚒𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚘. 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘. 𝚂𝚘 𝚑𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚣𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍, 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚝.

"𝙸'𝚖 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚢?" 𝙴𝚜𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚞𝚜𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗, 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚢 𝚝𝚘𝚘. 𝙺𝚒𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, "𝙺𝚒𝚍?"

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚝, 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚢.

𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚖, 𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖, "𝙷𝚎𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗' 𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚢?" 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍, 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗.

"𝙽𝚘." 𝙺𝚒𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚋𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍, 𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍.

𝙴𝚜𝚞 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛, 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚝. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚋𝚊𝚍. 𝙼𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚑𝚎'𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎? 𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚊𝚜.

𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚢𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙺𝚒𝚍, 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎 𝚒𝚝. 𝙼𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝, 𝚓𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚗𝚞𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚗𝚞𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎.

"𝙳𝚘... 𝙳𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝?" 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢, 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚜 𝙺𝚒𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝙲𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚜 𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚢. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚊 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚢.

"𝙳𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜???" 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝙺𝚒𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚍, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙴𝚜𝚞 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑, 𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚜 𝙺𝚒𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑.

"���𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜!" 𝙷𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚋 𝙴𝚜𝚞'𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚜, "𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙷𝚊𝚖𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚘, 𝙴𝚜𝚞."

"𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚗... 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚝?" 𝙴𝚜𝚞 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢, 𝙺𝚒𝚍'𝚜 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚎𝚍,

"𝙾𝚑 𝙸 𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚜... 𝙸 𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚝." 𝙷𝚎 𝚊𝚍𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚍, "𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑, 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝."

𝙴𝚜𝚞'𝚜 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚏𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚝, 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝. 𝙱𝚞𝚝, 𝚜𝚑𝚎'𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚢. 𝙷𝚎'𝚍 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚒𝚏 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕.

"𝙾𝚔𝚊𝚢!" 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚞𝚙, 𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙺𝚒𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚝, "𝙼𝚊𝚔𝚊'𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚕 𝚖𝚒𝚡 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚞𝚜. 𝙻𝚎𝚝'𝚜 𝚐𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙷𝚊𝚖𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚘!"

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖, 𝙴𝚜𝚞 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚜 𝙺𝚒𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍. 𝙼𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚘 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚘𝚝. 𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝙴𝚜𝚞 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚕.

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inkedharts,  muse  shitposting  (  1/??  )  :  in  which  i  attempt  to  explain  my  characters  before  i  write  anything  ic  for  them  through  shit  posts. 

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𝓜𝓨 𝓞𝓕𝓕𝓘𝓒𝓘𝓐𝓛 𝓕𝓐𝓝𝓕𝓘𝓒 𝓡𝓤𝓛𝓔𝓢 𝓐𝓝𝓓 𝓕𝓐𝓝𝓓𝓞𝓜 𝓛𝓘𝓢𝓣

𝚑𝚒 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕/𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎/𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚎𝚜!! 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚐𝚎! 𝚁𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝙾𝙿𝙴𝙽! 𝚜𝚘 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 <3

𝙵𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚖'𝚜 𝙸'𝚖 𝚒𝚗!

𝙲𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚞𝚝𝚢 (𝙼𝚆2)

𝙿𝚊𝚢𝚍𝚊𝚢 2

𝙵𝙽𝙰𝙵 (any game)

𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚘

𝙳𝚘𝚘𝚖

𝙾𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑

𝙰𝚙𝚎𝚡 𝙻𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜

𝙱𝙽𝙷𝙰

𝙰𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖

𝙰𝚝𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚗

𝙲𝚘𝚠𝚋o𝚢 𝙱𝚎𝚋𝚘𝚙

𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙴𝚟𝚒𝚕

𝙼𝚊𝚍𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚝

𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚕

𝙳𝙲

𝚁𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚋𝚘𝚠 𝚂𝚒𝚡 𝚜𝚒𝚎𝚐𝚎

𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝

𝙰𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍

𝚂𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜

𝙼𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖

𝚂𝙲𝙿

𝚃𝙵2

𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚠 𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚢

𝙶𝚘𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚊𝚛

𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛 𝚆𝚊𝚛𝚜 (𝙸 𝚋𝚎𝚐 𝚐𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑-)

𝙰𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚛 (𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 '𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚞𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎')

Faith: the unholy trinity

Far cry (5, new dawn, and 6)

OHSHC

Fruits basket

Welcome Home (ARG) ( ask me to write for Wally plz 🥺)

Saki-k

DDLC

TOW

Monster high

steven universe

creepypasta

Devil may cry

𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚗 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚋𝚎 𝙾𝙾𝙲, 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 are♡

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𝙸 𝚆𝙸𝙻𝙻 𝚆𝚁𝙸𝚃𝙴: 𝙵𝚕𝚞𝚏𝚏, 𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚜𝚝 (𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚢), 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚢/𝚜𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎, 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚜

𝙸 𝚆𝙸𝙻𝙻 𝙽𝙾𝚃 𝚆𝚁𝙸𝚃𝙴: 𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚝, 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚢 𝙶𝚘𝚛𝚎 (𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚛𝚗-) 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚜𝚝𝚢, 𝚜𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎 (𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚛��𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚜) 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚗 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕, 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚢𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝, 𝚓𝚒𝚛𝚘, 𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎, 𝙸 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝, 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 55 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢, 𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎, 𝚜𝚘 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 55 𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎

𝙵𝚊𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚎 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚍 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖

𝙼𝚢 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚍, 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢

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lowkey wanna give joon the ability to shapeshift into a cat for purely self indulgent reasons but also i know that's the sort of thing he'd abuse... guy already sleeps everywhere, you think he won't spend entire day napping in the sunlight on top of his desk?? and responsibilities? that shit don't exist if ur a cat.

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.......ah. tmw you realize a mutual u've had for over a year & thought you had a positive relationship with softblocks you.

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dealing with an increasing Urge to try picking up jinx as a muse ngl

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the problem i keep stumbling across while writing byan and my two boys (bc believe it or not, byan came after both of them) is that... byan is inherently wild and chaotic and fun and interesting, whereas minjoon and si-u are much more... subdued. they're quieter, more pleasant, more agreeable (less fleshed out) and so i always end up feeling/worrying that they're... not that interesting? i just... idk it's frustrating aksjsdsf

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speaking of shipping and genji....... godddddd do i miss my cass/genji shit. ....not enough to actually venture back into the fandom and rpc, but like. damn. i will never understand how cass/hanzo is/was more popular

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it's finally fucking done. ...ish. there are a couple verses that need writeups and i can't get the links in the "additional info" sections to work for some reason but i need to be done with this for now lmao. everyone has info available now (except for the two muses i've just added/readded) so hopefully that should give people a better idea of who they want to interact with if they aren't familiar with canons!!

honestly, filling out bios for everyone made me miss a lot of them again... like i actually bumped indie right up to secondary muse bc i forgot just how much i love her. so maybe you'll see some writing for some of my older kids sometime soon!! rn tho i'm... most excited about the new, non-jw verse i've given indie to make her more accessible... urban legend dinosaur cryptid that's the size of a cougar just lurking in dark alleys and scaring the shit out of people in the middle of the night... i hope some of y'all will be interested in interacting with her ;u;

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ngl i have been thinking for the past like month that i kinda wanna add another catgirl (kirara from genshin) but also re-add my little cat alien bastard kyubey

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positively FROTHING at the mouth over the new ow battlepass... all the witchy cosmetics aaaaaaaa it's my fuckign jam!!!!!

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got some thoughts rolling around in my head tonight for a modern verse for genji... technically i have one already where he's basically the rich, spoiled-ass youngest son of the head of a yakuza clan who goes to america for university (he's not really studying though, he's mostly partying)... but tonight i'm thinking specifically about later in his life, how i might translate canon events into present day.

i'm thinking he probably got dragged back home bc his father fell ill and was basically on his death bed. i think his brother still attempts to brutally murder him at the behest of the clan bc now that he's back in japan and clearly hasn't grown up during his time in america, he's likely to start making a scene and cause the clan to look bad all over again. it's less brutal than canon though, since it kind of has to be for him to realistically make it out alive lmao. loses a limb or two for sure, has some nasty scars, is basically in recovery for years... someone probably helps him get out alive, gets him medical care, helps him lie low... (maybe a friend of his father's? another clan or authorities of some sort who save him in return for intel on his family's clan? hmmm)

something something once he's recovered enough to like. function on his own again (and is less prone to trying to drink himself to death) he starts just travelling the world all minimalist style. tries to put as much distance between himself and his past as he can. maybe works odd jobs in whatever country he's staying in to keep himself in food & shelter? HMMMM.

basically less cyborg (still ninja tho. can absolutely mess you up if he wants to) and a little less trauma but like. still a little fratricide, still a lot of coming to grips with changes to his life and body, all that important thematic stuff.

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how am i meant to write in these conditions

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keep thinking i should make a fresh promo for this blog... but then i remember how fucking slow i am and how much happier i am having this as an almost private blog where i just play around w/ some of my other muses with anyone who happens to be interested in them

the temptation remains, but i know better asjgksh

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distracting myself from The Bad Thoughts™ by scrolling back through my old mirage blog (i sometimes forget there was a time where he was kind of my main muse tbh...) so i can fill in his bio for the new carrd and just. found the time in his overwatch verse where he accidentally called jack dad instead of sir akjshksdf