#ace's recs

[zeawkwardpterodactyl]

I can't with dad fics anymore, they're literally all so adorable 😭 one of my favorite tropes for sure and this specifically is so adorable and comforting to read!

dad jisung???

a/n: for my love @chvnnie i miss your face. i hope this does your wish justice. it was hard. also i don’t know how to end a fic lols

jisung as a dad is something you never could have prepared for.

he was more wonderful than anything you could have imagined during your pregnancy - always knowing exactly what you needed, giving you space when you were moody, letting himself take half of the weight as much as he could. he tampered down his own anxiety in favor of addressing yours and you couldn’t be more grateful for it. he even let you squeeze his hands so tight he got bruises during the delivery, and he pranced around telling everyone they were battle scars afterwards.

however, this just meant that once she was born, the anxiety that he had bottled up all came crawling back.

with each day, you relaxed more and more into being a parent, tasks coming naturally to you as if it was ingrained into your brain, while he began second guessing every movement he made.

even now, he’s tiptoeing into your bedroom with barely-there steps, round glasses perched on his nose, holding his breath as he sits behind you on the bed and looks over your shoulder to smile at the baby in your arms.

“hi there, little sprout,” he coos, tracing a gentle finger down her cheek and smiling wider when she opens her mouth and gurgles at his touch.

“she has a name, you know,” you tease, leaning down to press a soft kiss to the baby’s head. you miss the look on his face, but you see when he retracts his hand as if he’s been burnt and scoots back.

you frown as you look back at him to see his bottom lip worrying between his teeth, eyes unsure as they flicker between you, the baby, and the floor.

“hey, ji,” you say, keeping your voice as warm as you can, turning around as gently as you could to face him. “i was just teasing. you know i love your petnames, right?”

“i just,” he pauses, looking down and refusing to meet your eyes. “i don’t want to mess this up. i feel like i’m on the edge of doing something wrong all the time. it’s too important.”

and the silliest thing about this situation is, he’s so good at it. at being a husband, at being a father, at having a family. it comes naturally to him, and if you replaced the second-guessing with confidence he would be sailing through whatever test he’s put himself under.

he’s impossibly affectionate, always telling her from afar that she’s perfect and beautiful, bragging about her to everyone, taking videos of her giggling and making indescribable noises.

he always knows what she wants to eat. always knows just what her cries mean, whether she needs to be changed or she’s hungry or she wants attention, even though they all sound the same to you. knows exactly where to pat her back to make her burp, knows to put her in the right clothes that she won’t be fussy in, knows that in the winter she doesn’t like the heat turned up too high even though it’s cold outside because it makes her too warm. he knows. and yet, he can’t help but feel like he doesn’t.

“you know she’s half yours too, right? you don’t have to fight for her love. she already loves you, just like i do.” you say, not missing the way the tips of his ears tinge pink at your words. “i would say she loves you more than i do, but that’s impossible because i love you too much.”

“no such thing as too much, baby,” he murmurs against your lips as he presses a slow kiss there, leaning over the miracle you’ve created together in the process. when he pulls back, he presses a sure palm to the baby’s cheek, reveling in how she opens her big round doe eyes at him as if she was looking at the sun. if anyone asked you, you would say she was.

“take her for a second?” you ask, gathering her up and depositing her into his waiting arms. “i’m going to go get some water.”

you half expect him to say no, you sit and i’ll get it for you, like he usually does, but he doesn’t. he cradles her like she’s the most breakable thing instead, hands looking impossibly big around her, protective and more sure than they have been since the hospital.

the smile is still ghosting on your face as you slowly sip your water in the kitchen, letting him get as much time as he needs with her with no one watching his actions. even if it’s you.

the sight you’re greeted with when you creak the bedroom door open again is one you wish you could snapshot like a polaroid in your mind; he’s moved to the headboard, legs spread out in front of him and your baby cradled to his chest. he’s singing you are my sunshine to her, a look of pure adoration on his face, the same one you remember seeing when he first met you, when he proposed, at the altar, when he first laid eyes on her in the hospital. his voice is soft and floats around the room, bouncing around the walls and surrounding them in a cocoon of comfort.

“…please don’t take my sunshine away,” he croons, nuzzling his nose against the soft tuft of hair on top of her head. “no one’s ever going to take you away from me, okay? from me and your mom. never.” he swears, wrapping one pinkie around her entire tiny hand. her fingers curl around it, as close to a promise as she can make.

“at this rate, her first word is going to be dada,” you say, making yourself known and holding back your smile at the way he jumps a bit. “she’s definitely going to be a daddy’s girl.”

“is that right?” he says, looking down at her. “are you going to be my little flower?” she gurgles a bit, imitating a laugh, and the way he laughs along with her creates a melody more beautiful than any of the songs he’s ever written.

soft hours

[arkive78]

One Piece Fic Recs that occupy my mind nonstop

After really getting into One Piece this past spring, I've been reading as much as tumblr and AO3 have offered me in terms of One Piece content. It's been hard to keep track of everything that I have read, however, certain stories/headcanons/posts linger in my mind and I thought I'd share them with you!

Minors DNI with fics marked as NSFW and for anyone, be sure to read the content warnings the authors have mentioned!

Hope y'all enjoy!

Updated: October 1, 2024

Killer

Childhood Crush by @analogwriting

does involve violent themes, please be sure to read content warnings for each chapter

Will You Let Me? by @fanaticsnail

NSFW, Pollen AU

Dreaming of You by @fanaticsnail

this also includes Heat and Kid

NSFW

The Break (Kid x reader x Killer) by @standfucker

Gore, graphic description of injury/pain/first aid, hurt/comfort, confessions, highly oblivious reader

Rotation (Heat, Kid, Killer, Wire x reader) by @standfucker

explicit NSFW content

Loving you is easy by @sheerxfiction

NSFW

Three Times Killer Tried to Confess and The One Time That He Did by @nina-ya

SFW

Acid, Salt, Fat, and Heat (w/ Kid) by @fanaticsnail

NSFW

Ace

SFW:

A world we are both in by @my-love-is-sunlight

Kiss by @my-love-is-sunlight

Patching Up Ace's Wounds by @nina-ya SFW

there are more of this prompt with different characters btw!

Help by @sanjisprincesswifey

Blinders On by @froggiewrites

Taking the hit for him by @grandline-fics

NSFW:

Open Flame by @willowbelle

Ace + back dimples by @tetzoro

Fated Reunions by @tetzoro

Coward by @mimi-ya

Need by @maddddstuff

Ass or Tits? by @cloudzoro

Follow Through by @froggiewrites

My Pretty Little Thief by @turtletaubwrites

Zoro

SFW:

Bloom by @tetzoro

brazen by @mydearlybeloathed

"we should get married" by @grandlinedreams

wake him up! by @sleepymarimo

He Loves Me by @clare-875

Got me losin' my cool by @bitchimasnake-sss

Insomnia: owner's instruction by @revasserium

NSFW:

The Right Direction by @willowbelle

with hearts aligned by @eelnoise

2 years overdue by @heyitsdoe

pumpkin by @cloudzoro

beg for me by @angel1010xx

Waterflow by @otkuhotgirl

Law

SFW:

touch-starved Law by @maroronoa

the death of me by @weneeya

too sweet for me by @my-love-is-sunlight

there are no conditions by @cozage

Hidden symptoms by @escenariosinfumables

Unspoken affections by @avocadorablepirate

NSFW:

Tethered Together by @tetzoro

Luffy

A secret by @missmugiwara

18+, suggestive

SFW:

you can talk to me, but you already know by @mydearlybeloathed

clueless by @grandline-fics

Bachata by @fanaticsnail

Mihawk

Sapsorrow by @fanaticsnail

has both SFW and NSFW so make sure to read the chapter warnings!

Creative Cures by @discordantwritings

NSFW

Shanks

SFW:

Remember Me by @fanaticsnail

Dancando Lambada by @fanaticsnail

NSFW:

Always return to you by @discordantwritings

Sanji

NSFW:

Citrus by @otkuhotgirl

Multiple characters

Hey Doc by @fanaticsnail

some NSFW themes depending on the drabble

so very very funny

The Kissing Booth by @fanaticsnail

Paulie, Luffy, Hongo, Smoker, Aokiji, Heat, Crocodile, Sanji, Shachi, Law, and Zoro (right now)

my favorite ones are: Luffy, Smoker, Heat, Shachi !

Competency, Stupidity, Duality by @fanaticsnail

kid, zoro, and killer

SFW

Post Injury by @standfucker

law, shanks, rosinate, blackbeard, mihawk

gore content warnings

Gremlin Reader by @standfucker

Straw Hats, Whitebeard Pirates, Heart Pirates, and Kid Pirates

literally the funniest fucking thing I've ever read

they hurt you while controlled by a devil fruit by @grandline-fics

zoro, law, shanks

angst, descriptions of injury, and hurt/comfort

Beauty scars by @cozage

law, kidd

borderline NSFW

Truth or Dare by @cozage

Ace, Shanks, Luffy, and Law

SFW + NSFW, the NSFW section is clearly marked by the author

Oblivious flirting by @cozage

Law, Luffy, Ace

SFW

A Plushie Substitute by @cozage

Zoro, Luffy, Sanji, Ace, Law

SFW

Five things he says when he thinks you're asleep by @imasimpforshanks

Law, Ace, Shanks

SFW

the moment they knew you were the one by @imasimpforshanks

Luffy, Zoro, Ace, Sanji, Shanks, Law, Sabo

fluff

Falling in love with them by @imasimpforshanks

Ace, Law

SFW

OP to you being clueless to their flirting/feelings part 1 by @astelren

Ace, Luffy, Sabo, Zoro Sanji, Izou, Cavendish, Rayleigh, Law

fluff

there's a part 2!

Being scared to have sex with them by @strawhatsoraya

Zoro, Law, Kid, Ace

obviously NSFW

Calling them my love by @lehguru

Law, Sabo, Ace, Kid, Killer, Bartolomeo

SFW

Kid, Zoro, Law, & Sanji with a s/o afraid of having sex by @eustasskidagenda

NSFW

there are 2 other parts with different characters!

A celestial dragon wants their fem!s/o by @uramakimochi

Zoro, Sanji, Law

SFW

there's another part too!

Hand placement by @cloudzoro

Ace, Crocodile, Law, Mihawk, Nami, Reiju, Robin, Sanji, Tashigi, Zoro

NSFW

god the ones about the girls are SO GOOD

affectionate + strawhats by @lehguru

SFW

OP boys in a relationship by @moonydustx

SFW

growing old together by @usernameforaboredcat

Luffy, Sanji, Zoro, Ace, Sabo, Law, Kid

SFW

sobbed

one piece boys rescuing you by @badgerbl00d

law, zoro

sfw

heartstopper by @sleepymarimo

luffy, sanji, zoro, law

sfw

party games they'd play as an excuse to kiss you by @imasimpforshanks

luffy, zoro, nami, ace, law, shanks

sfw

Op characters reacting to you kissing them and running away by @princeoftheeternalbog

luffy, zoro, sanji, nami, robin, usopp, ace, marco, izou, sabo

slightly suggestive, mdni

Number Games by @turtletaubwrites

multi-chapter story with Cross Guild x reader

very NSFW, read the tags very carefully

Random Flirting Headcanons by @feral-artistry

Shanks, Buggy, Sanji, Ace, Law, Zoro

SFW

Here's part 2 with more characters

Jealousy fueled kiss w/ “Do you have any idea how much I want to kiss you right now?” by @grandline-fics

Ace, zoro, law, kid, lucci

sfw

Thinkin about: the monster, trio, ace ‘n law! Vs breeding kink! by @bitchimasnake-sss

luffy, zoro, sanji, ace, law

nsfw

Habits of touch by @clare-875

Zoro, sanji, luffy

sfw

Butterflies -- how they realize they have feelings for you (touch edition) with Luffy, Zoro, and Law by @radishaur

luffy, zoro, law

sfw

multiple versions! this one is just my favorite hehe

[noahhawthorneauthor]

Happy International Asexuality Day!

Here are some books with ace and/or demisexual characters. A majority of them are the main, but in the case of some they are the love interest.

[nowwheresmynut]

Edgeworth investigates Phoenix and Maya's disappearance. Hope you enjoy these. If you want more of maya's polaroids you can go here.

A prequel of sorts inspired by Room Service by @oodlyenough

Bonus:

[v3nuskae]

I love BratFeen fanfiction that's basically like:

(Sorry for the bad doodle. I have so much art ideas rn that I feel like I'm going to explode if I don't do all of them.)

[rightuptheroad]

I Don’t Wanna Dance with Nobody by Sub-Radio - the same band that made Stacy’s Dad

[macaronitrash]

krisnix reunion!! <3

[gretahayes]

comics fans are so funny. you ask them for a rec/reading list for a character and they give you everything you need to read to be an expert on said character but in the tags or as a sidenote they’ll be like "all of these are horrible writing with shit characterization of everyone else, except for these three select issues, and they’re not even plot relevant at all" like who else is in this kind of hell

[turtletaubwrites]

TurtleTaub Fic Recs ~ Part 3

I think it's so fucking cool that we can hop onto this silly site, and swim around in all these amazing One Piece stories together. There's so much talent, creativity, and all around awesomeness in this community, and I'm so grateful that I get to enjoy it with you. Please check out these wonderful fics, and show the writers some love!! 🖤🖤🖤 | NSFW ~ 🔥| ANGST ~ 😭| FLUFF ~ 🥰| DARK CONTENT 🌑| | SERIES ~ 📚| HEADCANONS/DRABBLES/IMAGINES ~ ✍🏼| | Other Fic Rec Lists ~ | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 4 |

Ace

fading flames (😭✍🏼) ~ by @lowkeycasanova  ~ Ace x Reader ~ I love this premise so much, and it's short but sweet (by sweet I mean ANGSTY painful ouchy!) It has a high likelihood of making you cry, and I love it 😭🖤

No time for playing games (🔥) ~ by @oxymorayuri ~ Ace x Reader ~ This so captures what a charming lil ass he can be. Reader (like me) can't help but swoon over this guy, and the end result is so satisfying 🥰🥵

Buggy

A Line from Me to You (🥰📚 + eventual 🔥) ~ by @hey-august  ~ Buggy x afab!Reader ~ I adore this story! It's so cute, a secret book club with Buggy who wears reading glasses, and has FEELINGS. It's so sweet, and I can't wait for more!

Untitled (but bittersweet) (🔥😭✍🏼) ~ by @hey-august ~ Buggy x GN!Reader ~ Beautiful, hot, and painful, ooh it hurts! Ugh, this one really got to me, such good, smutty angst 🙏🏼🙏🏼

Crushing On The Captain (✍🏼) ~ by @soft-mafia ~ Halp, we've gotta make sure this sweet, pathetic clown knows that he's loveable!! 😭🤡 So stinkin' cute!

Crocodile

Cleaning Up (🔥) ~ by @discordantwritings  ~ Crocodile x Fem!afab!Reader ~ This had me squealing 😭🥵 I loooove Crocodile in this. So fucking hot, and I need to live there now, please and thank you 🙏🏼

Law

Sweet Dreams (🔥) ~ by @strawheart-pirate  ~ Law x afab!Reader ~ The best part of waking up is not Folger's in your cup. It's Law watching you have a sex dream, and making it come true 🥰🥵 This one'll be stuck in my brain for awhile

Imagine refusing to wear a boiler suit while travelling with Law… (✍🏼) ~ by @theladyofmanyfandomsfanfiction ~ Law x Reader ~ Flustered Law is so fucking adorable, I wanna squeeze him 😠 This one is super cute and silly, and I love it

So Pretty (🔥🥰) ~ @maddddstuff ~ Law x afab!reader ~ soft law soft law SOFT LAW!!! This is so fucking sweet & hot. Warning: It might make you catch MORE feelings about this guy, ugh!! Had me twirling my hair, and spinning in my desk chair 😭

Multi and/or Character x Character

Take What You're Given (🔥🔥🔥) ~ by @indydonuts  ~ Sanji x Straw Hats ~ Holy fucking smut 😳🥵🥵🥵 Insanely hot SMUTSMUTSMUT with Sanji, and the Straw Hats taking turns with him. Go have fun 😊

Somewhere Inbetween (🔥) ~ by @discordantwritings ~ Nami x gn!afab!reader x Robin ~ My absolute dream come true, holy shit. Seriously, it's like this was pulled from my lil desperate bisexual brain, and I will forever be grateful for this glorious smut with our perfect Straw Hat ladies 🥰🙏🏼

The Long Con (📚🥰😭 + eventual smut 🔥) ~ by @emptystove ~ Nami x Law ~ This series is so much fun! I binged the first 5 chapters in one sitting, and I'm loving the plot, and the way Law and Nami are written. I can't wait to get to more of the drama/action, and of course the smutty smut 🥰

Sanji

Cup of Coffee, and a Tall Glass of You (🥰 )~ by @decorativetrashbag  ~ Sanji x Fem!Reader ~ Fluffy, adorable workplace crush 😍😍 I would be a mess if I had to work with this guy everyday, lol.

Entirely at your service (🔥🥰📚) ~ by @vespidphoenix ~ Sanji x Fem!Chubby!OC ~ This is so DECADENT! I adore Sanji and the OC's (Amy) banter, chemistry, and the lovely consent and extra sexy, sexy times. So good, I'm excited to see more of these two!

Through Shadow (🥰😭📚) ~ by @gingernut1314 ~ Sanji x Fem!Reader ~ I adore the reader's backstory and struggles, and Sanji is so fucking precious! Falling for the cook again 🥰

Smoker

Pet Name - Love (🔥✍🏼) ~ by @honeyshiddendesire  ~ Smoker x Fem!Reader ~ Oof, this old man can get it. (Lol, just looked up his age, and the white hair deceived me. He's 34, only one year older than me pre timeskip 😅) But seriously, this is soo fucking hot 🥵🥵🥵 I've been avoiding Smoker fics because I knew I'd get obsessed, and this fic did it. I need him so bad 😭

Zoro

Forgive Me if I break You (📚😭🌑 + light 🔥) ~ by @shewrites02  ~ Zoro x Fem!Reader ~ This story is soooo goood!! I'm falling in love with Zoro all over again 😭💚 The reader's angst and struggles are written so beautifully, and I can't wait for the next chapter!!

Oi, you wanna die? (✍🏼) ~ by @zorosbeau33 ~Zoro x gn!Reader ~ I love the vibes! Gala setting, the Straw Hat's on a secret mission, and Zoro being absolutely obsessed with the reader 🥰💚

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[zeawkwardpterodactyl]

BRUHHH THIS IS SO GOOD-- LIKE HEART-WRENCHING, BUT AMAZING!

𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲

𝗵𝘂𝗵 𝘆𝘂𝗻𝗷𝗶𝗻 𝘅 𝗳𝗲𝗺!𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿

[𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒: 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝖻𝗒 𝗄𝖺𝗍𝗒 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗋𝗒]

𝗐𝖺𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌: 𝖺𝗇𝗀𝗌𝗍, 𝖼𝗎𝗋𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀

𝗐𝗈𝗋𝖽 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍: 𝟥,𝟨𝟢𝟧

𝗌𝗎𝗆𝗆𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝗂𝗀𝗁 𝗌𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗅, 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗐𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍 𝗆𝖾𝗍 𝗐𝖾'𝖽 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗆𝗎𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖺𝖽𝗂𝗈𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝗆𝗒 𝖾𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝖾𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗁 𝖻𝗂𝗋𝗍𝗁𝖽𝖺𝗒, 𝗐𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝖺𝗍𝗍𝗈𝗈𝗌

"𝗒𝖺𝗁 𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇-𝖺𝗁! 𝗂'𝗆 𝗀𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄" 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝗍𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗌. 𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇'𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗋 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝖾𝖺𝗍𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗈𝗇. 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝖽𝗋𝗈𝗉𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗈𝖿𝖿 𝖺𝗍 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄, 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝟣𝟢 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗎𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒. 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗋𝗎𝗇𝖾𝗍𝗍𝖾 𝖿𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖺 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖽𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖽𝗋𝗈𝗏𝖾, 𝗋𝖺𝖽𝗂𝗈𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝖾𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽. 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗈𝗅𝖾, 𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗀𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝗌𝖾𝖻𝗎𝗆𝗉𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝗐𝖺𝗄𝖾. 𝖺 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗌𝗇𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝖺𝗍𝗍𝗈𝗈 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗀𝗁, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖼𝗎𝗋𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀.

"𝖿𝗈𝖼𝗎𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝖺𝖽, 𝗃𝖾𝗇𝗇𝗂𝖿𝖾𝗋" 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾𝖽, 𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇 𝖾𝗒𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗅𝗅 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗌𝗅𝗈𝗐𝗅𝗒 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒. "𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗂𝗍'𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝗈𝖼𝗎𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗂 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗎𝗍𝗂𝖿𝗎𝗅 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗇𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖾." 𝖼𝗋𝗂𝗆𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖾𝗄𝗌, 𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗌𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗌𝖾𝖺𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗆𝗎𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗀. "𝗒𝗈𝗎'𝗋𝖾 𝗅𝗎𝖼𝗄𝗒 𝗒𝗈𝗎'𝗋𝖾 𝖼𝗎𝗍𝖾" 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗀𝗋𝗎𝗆𝖻𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗄𝗂𝗌𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇'𝗌 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖾𝗄, 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗁 𝗂𝗆𝗆𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗋𝗂𝗆𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌.

𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗅 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌' 𝗅𝗂𝗊𝗎𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗆𝖻 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖿𝗎𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗐𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝗎𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗒 𝗂'𝖽 𝖻𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎

"𝗌𝗁𝗁! 𝖻𝖺𝖻𝗒 𝗒𝗈𝗎'𝗋𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈𝗈 𝗅𝗈𝗎𝖽, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒'𝗋𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝗇𝗇𝖺 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝗎𝗌" 𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗌𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽, 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝖺 𝗄𝗂𝗌𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗅𝗂𝗉𝗌. 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍'𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗊𝗎𝗈𝗋 𝗆𝗂𝗑𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖼𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖿𝗎𝗆𝖾. 𝗏𝖺𝗇𝗂𝗅𝗅𝖺, 𝗅𝗂𝗅𝖺𝖼, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺 𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋. 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗈𝗈 𝖿𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗂𝖺𝗋 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅, 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝗅𝗈𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗁 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎, 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗆𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗋𝗂𝗓𝖾𝖽.

𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗆𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋'𝗌 𝗅𝖺𝗉, 𝖺𝗅𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗅𝗈 𝖼𝗎𝗉 𝗂𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽. 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝗅𝖾𝗐 𝗍𝗁��𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗋 𝖺𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝖼𝗈𝗈𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗌𝗂𝖻𝗅𝗒 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇. 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗉 𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗃𝗎𝗆𝗉 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝖺𝗍. 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗄 𝗈𝖿 𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗒𝗋𝗂𝖺𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗏𝖾. 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾, 𝖿𝗅𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗈 𝗌𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗆𝗎𝖼𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗄, 𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗋 𝗌𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝗋𝗎𝖿𝖿𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝖻𝗅𝗈𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍.

𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗈 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗎𝗍𝗂𝖿𝗎𝗅, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝖿𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿. 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽'𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖿𝗋𝖾𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖾𝗄, "𝗒𝗈𝗎'𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝗆𝗒 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾"

𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗎𝗆𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗇𝗌𝖾, 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝖿𝖿 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎, "𝖺𝗆 𝗂 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝖽𝗆𝗂𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗍 𝗆𝗒 𝖿𝗎𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝖿𝖾?" 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗋𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾, 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝖼𝗄𝗅𝗒. "𝖿𝗎𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝖿𝖾?" 𝗀𝗂𝗀𝗀𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌, "𝗂 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍"

"𝗐𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁, 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖿𝖺𝗋 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗂𝗍𝗒. 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗋𝖾 𝗈𝖼𝖾𝖺𝗇" 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗄𝖾 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗅𝗈𝗎𝖽, 𝖺𝗅𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒 𝗂𝗆𝖺𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗅𝗂𝗉𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝖽𝖺𝗒. 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗅𝗂𝗉𝗌 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌, 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾-𝖿𝗂𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗄𝗂𝗌𝗌𝖾𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗋𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉.

𝗂 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗃𝗎𝗇𝖾, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗆𝗒 𝗃𝗈𝗁𝗇𝗇𝗒 𝖼𝖺𝗌𝗁 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋, 𝗐𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝖺 𝗉𝖺𝖼𝗍 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗂 𝗆𝗂𝗌𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎, 𝗂 𝗉𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗋𝖽𝗌 𝗈𝗇, 𝗐𝗁𝗈𝖺

𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝖿𝖿 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝖻𝗐𝖺𝗒, 𝖺𝗎𝗍𝗎𝗆𝗇 𝗐𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝗅𝗈𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗉 𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗋. 𝖺𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗅𝗂𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝖺 𝗈𝖿 𝖻𝗈𝖽𝗂𝖾𝗌, 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝖺 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝖺 𝖿𝖾𝗐 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎. 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗍𝗐𝗂𝗇𝖾𝖽, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗉𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗌𝗒𝗇𝖼. 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝗌𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗆𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝖼𝗁𝗎𝗋𝗇 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍. 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗆𝖻𝗂𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝖻𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇, 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗉𝗎𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗉𝗁𝗈𝗇𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗁𝗎𝖿𝖿𝗅𝖾 𝗈𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗒𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗍.

"𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀…'𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗂 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 - 𝗃𝗈𝗁𝗇𝗇𝗒 𝖼𝖺𝗌𝗁"

𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗉𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝖺𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝖼𝗁𝗎𝖼𝗄𝗅𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝖿𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗄𝗂𝗉 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗆��𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗈𝗈 𝗆𝗎𝖼𝗁. 𝗎𝗇𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗎𝗇𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗒, 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖽𝖺𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝖽𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗄𝗂𝗍𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗇. 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝗆𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗒 𝖻𝗎𝗇, 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗈𝖼𝗄𝗌 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝖽𝗂𝖿𝖿𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗋𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗄𝗂𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖽𝗀𝖾, 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗇𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍.

𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗍𝖺𝗍𝗍𝗈𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗐𝗇, 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗅𝗎𝖾𝗌 𝗂𝗍'𝗌 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗎𝗌𝗂𝖼, 𝗂'𝗆 𝗇𝗈 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗆𝗎𝗌𝖾

"𝗌𝗈 𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇, 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗀𝗈𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗍𝖺𝗍𝗍𝗈𝗈𝗌? 𝗂 𝗆𝖾𝖺𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗆 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗒𝗉𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝖼𝗋𝖾𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝖺 𝗍𝖺𝗍𝗍𝗈𝗈 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖾" 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗐𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗌𝗄𝖾𝖽, 𝗀𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝖽𝗈𝗅 𝖺𝖼𝗋𝗈𝗌𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗁𝗂𝗆.

𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝖿𝗂𝖽𝗀𝖾𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋𝗌, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗀𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋. 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺 𝗆𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍, 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝖺𝗍𝗍𝗈𝗈𝗌 𝖿𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗁 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋. 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝖺 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾, 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗁 𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗀𝗈 𝗎𝗇𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗁𝗈𝗌𝗍; "𝖺𝗁, 𝗂 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾'𝗌 𝖺 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾. 𝗉𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝖾𝗇𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝖾𝗇 𝗎𝗌, 𝖽𝖾𝖺𝗋"

𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝖽𝗈𝗅 𝗌𝖺𝗍 𝗎𝗉 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝖾𝗋, 𝖺𝖽𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗌𝖾𝗍 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀. "𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗁, 𝗂 𝗆𝖾𝖺𝗇, 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗅, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗂 𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝖺 𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝖺𝗍𝗍𝗈𝗈 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖺 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝖺𝗀𝗈." 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖾𝗒𝖾'𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖿𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇, "𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗐𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝖺𝗍𝗍𝗈𝗈? 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍'𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒 𝖻𝖾𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗍?"

𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝖿𝖺𝗅𝗍𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺 𝗆𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖾𝗇𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖾𝗅𝗌𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆. 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽'𝗏𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁, 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝖽𝗂𝖽. "𝗈𝗁 𝗇𝗈, 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗂 𝖽𝖾𝖻𝗎𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝖿𝖿𝗂𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗂 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗂𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗏𝖾𝖽. 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌𝗇'𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝗂𝗀, 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖺 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗌𝗇𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗈𝗇 𝗆𝗒 𝗐𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗍," 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗎𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗅𝖾𝖾𝗏𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝖾𝗆𝗉𝗁𝖺𝗌𝗂𝗓𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗅𝖺𝗇𝗄 𝗌𝗄𝗂𝗇 "𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝗈 𝖻𝗂𝗀 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒, 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒. 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖾 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝖺𝗍𝗍𝗈𝗈𝗌 𝗍𝗈𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗒 𝗌𝗈 𝗐𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝗂𝗍."

𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗐𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄𝖿𝗎𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝖺𝗌𝗄 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝖺𝗍𝗍𝗈𝗈, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝗌𝗄 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖽𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗐𝖾𝗋 𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗂𝗋. "𝗂 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝗌𝗈𝗇𝗀, 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗎𝗌 𝖺 𝗅𝗂��𝗍𝗅𝖾 𝖻𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗈 𝗐𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝗂𝗍? 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝗒𝖻𝖾 𝖺 𝖼𝖾𝗋𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝗅𝖺𝖻𝖾𝗅-𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌?"

𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗉, 𝗌𝗄𝗂𝗉𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝖿𝖾𝗐 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾. 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎, 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗂𝗋. 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎, 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾, 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝖾𝖺𝗅 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝖽𝗂𝖺 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝖺𝗇𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗒𝗈𝗎. 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎? 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗎𝖻𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗄𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾.

"𝗂 𝗀𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗌𝖺𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗐𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗇 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗆𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗌 𝖺 𝗅𝗈𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖾, 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾-𝗌𝗈 𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋. 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝖾, 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇. 𝗂 𝖺𝖽𝗆𝗂𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝗂𝗇 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗒, 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗉𝖾, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝖾 𝗐𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄 𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗎𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾." 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗇𝖽𝖾𝖽, 𝗇𝗈𝖽𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖾𝗆𝗉𝗁𝖺𝗌𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝗌𝖾𝗀𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗐.

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[ 𝖧𝖴𝖧 𝖸𝖴𝖭𝖩𝖨𝖭 𝖠𝖭𝖣 𝖸𝖤𝖮𝖭𝖩𝖴𝖭 𝖣𝖠𝖳𝖨𝖭𝖦? ]

[ 𝖫𝖤 𝖲𝖲𝖤𝖱𝖠𝖥𝖨𝖬'𝖲 𝖸𝖴𝖭𝖩𝖨𝖭 𝖲𝖯𝖠𝖱𝖪𝖲 𝖣𝖠𝖳𝖨𝖭𝖦 𝖱𝖴𝖬𝖮𝖱𝖲 𝖶𝖨𝖳𝖧 𝖫𝖠𝖡𝖤𝖫𝖬𝖠𝖳𝖤 𝖸𝖤𝖮𝖭𝖩𝖴𝖭 ]

[ 𝖸𝖤𝖮𝖭𝖩𝖴𝖭 𝖠𝖭𝖣 𝖸𝖴𝖭𝖩𝖨𝖭 𝖲𝖤𝖤𝖭 𝖮𝖭 𝖠 𝖣𝖠𝖳𝖤 𝖡𝖸 𝖳𝖧𝖤 𝖧𝖠𝖭 𝖱𝖨𝖵𝖤𝖱 ]

[ 𝖣𝖨𝖲𝖯𝖠𝖳𝖢𝖧 𝖢𝖮𝖭𝖥𝖨𝖱𝖬𝖲 𝖬𝖴𝖫𝖳𝖨𝖯𝖫𝖤 𝖲𝖨𝖦𝖧𝖳𝖨𝖭𝖦𝖲 𝖮𝖥 𝖸𝖴𝖭𝖩𝖨𝖭 𝖠𝖭𝖣 𝖸𝖤𝖮𝖭𝖩𝖴𝖭 𝖠𝖢𝖱𝖮𝖲𝖲 𝖲𝖤𝖮𝖴𝖫 𝖠𝖭𝖣 𝖭𝖸𝖢 ]

𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗄𝗂𝗆𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗍𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌, 𝗈𝗉𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗅𝖾𝗌. 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝖼𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝗂𝗆𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖿𝗅𝗈𝗈𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾. 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋 𝗉𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝖺 𝗏𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗈 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖺 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗐. 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗏𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗈 𝖻𝖾𝗀𝖺𝗇 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗎𝗍𝗈𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗇𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝗌𝗈𝗇𝗀. 𝗈𝖿 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗂𝗍, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿𝗂𝗌𝗁𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗂𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎. "𝗂 𝗀𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗂'𝗆 𝗇𝗈 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗆𝗎𝗌𝖾, 𝗁𝗎𝗁 𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇" 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗉𝗁𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗉𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝗍, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝖿𝖿.

𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝖾𝗒 𝖼𝖺𝗇'𝗍 𝖻𝗎𝗒 𝗆𝖾 𝖺 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾, 𝗇𝗈 𝖼𝖺𝗇'𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌, 𝗇𝗈

"𝗂 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽," 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝖼𝖺𝗌𝖼𝖺𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝖺𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇'𝗌 𝗆𝗎𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗀. 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒 𝖿𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝖽𝖺𝗇��𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝖼𝗋𝗈𝗌𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝖿 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗌𝗁𝗂𝖾𝗅𝖽, 𝖿𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽-𝖻𝖾-𝗌𝗂𝗅𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖼𝖺𝗋 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝗆𝖻𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾. 𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌, 𝗍𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗎𝗉𝗌𝖾𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎 "𝗂 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝖾𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗀𝗈, 𝗒/𝗇. 𝗂 𝖼𝖺𝗇'𝗍 𝖻𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾, 𝖾𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗂𝖿 𝗂 𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝗎𝗉 𝖽𝖾𝖻𝗎𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗉."

𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽, 𝖿𝗋𝗎𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝖺𝖼𝗋𝗈𝗌𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗒𝗈𝗎. 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗄𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌, 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝗂𝗀𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝖾𝗇𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗍𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖾𝗆𝗉𝗍𝗒 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗅𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄 𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗀𝗁 𝗌𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗅. 𝗂𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒, 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗌𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗅𝗈𝗍 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍 𝗄𝗂𝗌𝗌. 𝗒𝖾𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾, 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝗈𝖿 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗎𝗉.

"𝗐𝗁𝗒 𝖼𝖺𝗇'𝗍 𝗐𝖾 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗄𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝗂𝗍 𝖺 𝗌𝖾𝖼𝗋𝖾𝗍? 𝗂'𝗆 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗂𝖽𝗈𝗅𝗌 𝖽𝗈 𝗂𝗍, 𝗐𝗁𝗒 𝖼𝖺𝗇'𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎? 𝗐𝗁𝗒 𝖼𝖺𝗇'𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖿𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗎𝗌?" 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍𝖾𝖽, 𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝗉𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝖺 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋𝖿𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗆𝗂𝗋𝗋𝗈𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌. 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌, 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗀𝗅𝗈𝗌𝗌𝗒 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌. 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗒𝗈𝗎.

𝗍𝗋𝗎𝗍𝗁 𝖻𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗅𝖽, 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗄 𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎. 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖾𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗎𝗋𝗌𝗎𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖽𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆 𝗈𝖿 𝖻𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇 𝗂𝖽𝗈𝗅, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝖾𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾, 𝖻𝖾𝗀𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗄 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗒𝗈𝗎; 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉. 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝗋 𝗍𝗈𝗈 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗋𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖺 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗍 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽. 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗂𝗍, 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗂𝖿 𝗂𝗍 𝗆𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖻𝖾𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖽.

𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗌𝗈𝖿𝗍𝗅𝗒, 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖾𝗒𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝖺𝖼𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎, "𝗂'𝗆 𝗌𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗒 𝗒/𝗇. 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗌 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋."

𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗆𝖺𝖼𝗁, 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗅𝗎𝗇𝗀𝗌 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇. 𝗂𝗍 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝖺 𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗋𝖾, 𝖺 𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖺 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗒. 𝗒𝖾𝗍, 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾, 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗍. 𝗌𝗇𝗂𝖿𝖿𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗌𝗅𝖾𝖾𝗏𝖾, 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗆𝗎𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗀. 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗈𝗎𝗍, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗅𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒 𝗌𝗈𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖾𝗍𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝗈𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾, 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗄. "𝖿𝗎𝖼𝗄 𝗒𝗈𝗎, 𝗁𝗎𝗁 𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇."

𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍, 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗅𝖺𝗆𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝗁𝗎𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝖺𝗋𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝗆𝗅𝗒 𝗅𝗂𝗍 𝗅𝗈𝗍, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝗉𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 ��𝖺𝗋𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝟣𝟢 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗎𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗀𝗈. 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝖾𝗑-𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖻𝖾𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗉𝗂𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗉 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗉𝖺𝖼𝖾.

𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗁𝗈𝗐, 𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗎𝗉 𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖻𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗐𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗍 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗁 𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋. 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗐𝖾𝗍, 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝖺𝗄𝖾𝖽, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋, 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖼𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀. "𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖽𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍?" 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗇𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖽, 𝖿𝖺𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝗉𝗈𝗈𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗈𝗇-𝗍𝗈-𝖻𝖾 𝗂𝖽𝗈𝗅'𝗌 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌. 𝗂𝗍 𝗁𝗎𝗋𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌, 𝖾𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗂𝗍. "𝗂'𝗆 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗅𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗇, 𝖾𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗇𝗈𝗐. 𝗂𝗍'𝗌 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗄 𝗍𝗈𝗈" 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗈𝗇𝖾𝖽, 𝗉𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗉𝗅𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗈 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋 𝗌𝗈 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝖿𝖾. 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗀𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝗂𝖿 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗅𝖾𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄 𝗈𝖿𝖿.

"𝗂 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝗈 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗆𝖾. 𝗀𝗈 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖽𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆, 𝗁𝗎𝗁 𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇. 𝗂 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇." 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍, 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗋𝗂𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗐𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗍 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗌𝗉 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒. 𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝗉𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝗈𝖽𝗒. 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗁 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝗎𝗇 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗒𝗈𝗎, 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄, 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗋𝗆𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗉𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗀𝗂𝗓𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀. 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍.

𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁 𝖺𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒.

𝗂 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽'𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗆𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖾, 𝗐𝗁𝗈𝖺 '𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗂 𝗉𝖺𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖾

"𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗇𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝗌…𝗅𝖾 𝗌𝗌𝖾𝗋𝖺𝖿𝗂𝗆!"

𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖿𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂 𝖼𝖺𝗇𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝗅𝗈𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗀𝖾, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝗇𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝖽𝗈𝗅𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝖾𝖼𝗁𝗈𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌. 𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇'𝗌 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗀𝗋𝖾𝗐 𝗐𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝖾𝗐𝗈𝗇 𝖻𝖾𝗀𝖺𝗇 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖾𝖼𝗁. 𝗌𝗎𝖽𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗅𝗒, 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗌𝖾, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗂𝖼 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋.

𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾, 𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝗈𝖿 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗆𝖾𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖺𝗀𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄. 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖾𝗅𝗌𝖾.

𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗓𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝖺𝗐𝗄𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗇𝗈𝗐, 𝗌𝗈 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝗀𝖺𝗇 𝖺 𝖼𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗂𝖾 𝖼𝗎𝗍 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖾𝖼𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝖾𝖿𝗎𝗅𝗅𝗒 ��𝗎𝖿𝖿𝗂𝖼𝖾. "𝗂 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗆𝖾𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗈 𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖽, 𝖺𝗌 𝗐𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝗌 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝖿𝖿 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗎𝗌 𝖽𝗈 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖻𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖽𝖺𝗒. 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝗇𝗌, 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗎𝗌! 𝗐𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗄𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝖽𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖻𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗎𝖽."

𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝖽𝗈𝗅 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗆𝖾𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝖿𝖿 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖺 𝖿𝖾𝗐 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝖽𝗌, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖽𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗅𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖽𝖾𝖺𝖿𝖾𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀. 𝗂𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖿𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋, 𝗍𝗋𝗎𝗅𝗒. 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅 𝗌𝗈 𝖾𝗆𝗉𝗍𝗒? 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝗂𝗍, 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖽𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝗈 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝖾𝗏𝖾.

𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝖾𝗍, 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗅𝖾𝗍𝖾. 𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝗄𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗆𝗂𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌𝗇'𝗍 𝖺𝗇 𝗂𝖽𝗂𝗈𝗍. 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗄𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾, 𝗍𝗈 𝗐𝖾𝗅𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝗋𝗆𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗂𝗀𝗀𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗈𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾. 𝗒𝗈𝗎'𝖽 𝗄𝗂𝗌𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝖺 𝗁𝗎𝗇𝖽𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗌, 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 "𝗂 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎" 𝖺𝗇𝖽 "𝗂'𝗆 𝗌𝗈 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗎𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎" 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇. 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗁 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖺 𝖿𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗌𝗒 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖽.

𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗍 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾.

𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾, 𝗂 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖻𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝗐𝖾'𝖽 𝗄𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗌𝖾𝗌, 𝖻𝖾 𝗎𝗌 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽

𝗂𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝖿𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗄𝖾 𝗎𝗉 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗆𝗂𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎. 𝖺𝗍 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗍, 𝗎𝗉 𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗅 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗅𝗒. 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝖽𝗈𝗅 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝗌𝗅𝗈𝗐𝗅𝗒 𝗉𝗂𝖼𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗎𝗉, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗌𝖾, 𝗂𝗍 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗁𝗎𝗋𝗍 𝖺𝗌 𝗆𝗎𝖼𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾.

𝗈𝖿 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌𝖾, 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗀𝗋𝖾𝗍𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗍, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗂𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇. 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗀𝗈 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗍. 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗂𝖿 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽, 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗅? 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗉. 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗇𝖾𝗐𝗅𝗒-𝖽𝗒𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗅𝗈𝗇𝖽𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗋 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌, 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝖻𝗋𝖺𝗂𝖽𝗌 𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾. 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗉'𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗋𝗇𝖾𝗋, 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝖺 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝗉 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝗒𝗈𝗋𝗄 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗏𝗂𝗌𝗂𝗍.

𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝖼𝗈𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗉 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽 ���𝗉 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖺 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝖺𝗀𝗈, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗈𝗋𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗒, 𝗂𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗍𝖾. 𝗌𝗈, 𝖻𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗇𝗈 𝗅𝗈��𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗌, 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝗈 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗏𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗀𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿. 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗋𝗇𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝗈 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝖺𝗇 𝗈𝗋𝖽𝖾𝗋, 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗉 𝖽𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗄𝗌.

𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗋𝗇𝖾𝗋 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗉, 𝖺𝗍 𝖺 𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝗅𝗈𝗇𝖾, 𝗌𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎.

𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾, 𝗂 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗒 𝗌𝗈 𝗂 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖺𝗒 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒

𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗏𝖾 𝗂𝗍. 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗎𝗍𝗂𝖿𝗎𝗅 𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗒 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗇. 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗄𝖾𝗋, 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖻𝖺𝖻𝗅𝗒 𝖽𝗎𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖻𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝗇 𝖺 𝗅𝗈𝗍 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾. 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺 𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗅𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗈𝗈, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝖽𝗈𝗅 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝗎𝗍 𝗂𝗍, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗅𝖾𝗇𝗀𝗍𝗁 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗈𝗈 𝖿𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗂𝖺𝗋 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗌.

𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖾, 𝖺 𝗆𝗂𝖽𝗌𝗎𝗆𝗆𝖾𝗋 𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍'𝗌 𝖽𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝖾𝗑𝖺𝖼𝗍. 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗀𝗁 𝗌𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗅, 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗅𝗂𝗍𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾. 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖾𝗇𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗉 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎, 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗇𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗇 𝖾𝗇𝗀𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗁 𝖺𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗇𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍.

𝗇𝗈𝗐, 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝖺𝗍, 𝗂𝗇 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌. 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗈 𝗉𝖾𝖺𝖼𝖾𝖿𝗎𝗅, 𝗌𝗈 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗍. 𝗂𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝖽𝗈𝗅'𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗍𝗐𝗂𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗆𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝖼𝗁𝗎𝗋𝗇. 𝗀𝗈𝖽 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗆𝗂𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗈 𝗆𝗎𝖼𝗁. 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗀𝗈𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗇 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝖼𝗋𝗈𝗌𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎.

𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄, 𝗆𝖾𝖾𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝖺𝗓𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗈𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾𝖽. 𝖺 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝖽𝗈𝗋𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖿𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾𝗌, "𝗁𝖾𝗒, 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋". 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗏𝗈𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗄𝗂𝗉 𝖺𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗍, 𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖺 𝖻𝗂𝗍 𝖿𝗅𝗎𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽.

"𝗁𝗂, 𝗒/𝗇. 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖽𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾?" 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗎𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗎𝗍, 𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖼𝗁𝗎𝖼𝗄𝗅𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗒𝗈𝗎, "𝗂 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖻𝖾 𝖺𝗌𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍, 𝗇𝗈? 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍'𝗌 𝖺𝗇 𝗂𝖽𝗈𝗅 𝖽𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾? 𝖻𝗈𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒?" 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗃𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽.

𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗄𝗇𝖾𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝖽𝗆𝗂𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀. 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗍, 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝗂𝗍. 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖺𝗓𝗓𝗂, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗐𝗌, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗈𝖿 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖺𝖼𝗒, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌. 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝗂𝗍. 𝗂𝖿 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖼𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋, 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗅𝖾𝖿𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎. 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝖻𝗈𝗆𝖻𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍, 𝖾𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗇𝗈𝗐.

"𝗂 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖺 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗄 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗌𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽𝗎𝗅𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗌 𝗎𝗉, 𝗌𝗈 𝗂 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾," 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝗅𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗌 ��𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝖺𝖼𝗋𝗈𝗌𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗒𝗈𝗎. 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄, 𝗌𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾, "𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗄𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗈𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗇, 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗆𝖾𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿"

𝗂𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗄𝖾, 𝗅𝖾𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾, 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿. 𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖽𝖾𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎. 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁 𝗎𝗉 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗇 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝗈, 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗎𝗉 𝗍𝗈. 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝖽𝗈𝗉𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖺 𝖽𝗈𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗇𝖺𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗃𝖾𝗇𝗇𝗂𝖿𝖾𝗋, 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝗒𝗈𝗋𝗄 𝖼𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗅𝗒, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗃𝗈𝖻. 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗇𝗈 𝗂𝖽𝗈𝗅 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗂𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗂𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖺𝗌𝗄 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍.

𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝗇 𝗌𝖾𝗍, 𝗌𝗈𝖿𝗍 𝗍𝗈𝗇𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗀𝗈𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗇 𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖿𝗅𝗈𝗈𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗎𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾𝗌. 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗈 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗎𝗍𝗂𝖿𝗎𝗅, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗅𝗈𝗇𝖽𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗎𝗅𝗅 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝖺 𝗄𝗂𝗌𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗅𝗂𝗉𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖽𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗀𝗈.

"𝗂𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎'𝗋𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝖾𝖾, 𝗂'𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗈𝗆𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗈𝗐." 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗀𝖾𝗇𝗎𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾. 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗉𝗂𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗉𝗎𝗋𝗌𝖾 𝗎𝗉 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗅𝗎𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗍 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖻𝖾𝗀𝖺𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗎𝗉. "𝗂'𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗈, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗂'𝗆 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗍𝗈𝗆𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗈𝗐 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀," 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗉𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗎𝗌𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗋 𝗂𝗇, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝗂𝗍.

𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾, 𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗅𝖾𝖿𝗍 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋, 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗇 𝖾𝗇𝗀𝖺𝗀𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀.

"𝗆𝗒 𝖿𝗂𝖺𝗇𝖼é 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗄𝖾𝗇𝖽, 𝗌𝗈 𝗂 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗉𝖺𝖼𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀." 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖿𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖺 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾, 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗎𝗆𝗎𝗅𝗍𝗎𝗈𝗎𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝖽𝗈𝗅 𝗂𝗇 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗇.

𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝖿 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾𝗇 𝖺 𝗄𝗇𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝗀𝗎𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗅𝗈𝗐𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗐𝗂𝗌𝗍 𝗂𝗍. 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗌𝗈 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗎𝗉 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗋 𝗂𝗇, 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝖺𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗉𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗁𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀.

𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐𝖾𝖽, 𝗆𝗎𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗎𝗉 𝖺 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾 "𝗂 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝖾𝗇���𝗈𝗒 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝗉." "𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄 𝗒𝗈𝗎, 𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇," 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝗅𝗂𝖾𝖽, 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝖽𝗈𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝖺𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖻𝖾𝗀𝖺𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄 𝗍𝗈𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖽𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋. "𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗇𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝗋𝗎𝗇𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎, 𝗂'𝗅𝗅 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽" 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗅𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝗁𝗎𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎.

𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖺�� 𝗆𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍, 𝗁𝗎𝗁 𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗉 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝖾𝗑𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗂𝗍 𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗀𝗈. 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗄𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝖻𝗒 𝖺𝗅𝗌𝗈 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌. 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗄𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗐𝖾𝗋; 𝗂𝖿 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗀𝗈 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄, 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀. 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗂𝖿 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖺𝗇 𝗂𝖽𝗈𝗅 𝗈𝗋 𝗇𝗈𝗍. 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗒𝖾𝖽.

𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗋𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗇, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗄𝗂𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗂𝗇 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗂-𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄 𝖺𝗍 𝖽𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝗆𝗆𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝗂𝗀𝗁 𝗌𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗅. 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗒𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝖺𝗒𝗌, 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗌𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗌𝗎𝗌𝗉𝗂𝖼𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗅 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗀𝗎𝖺𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖻𝖾 𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗎𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽. 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗂𝗇 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖾𝖼𝗁, 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖽𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗈𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗀𝗈 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝖿 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍'𝗌 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗌𝖾. 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗅𝗈𝗇𝖽𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅'𝗌 𝖻𝗈𝖽𝗒 𝗐𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗌𝗂𝗅𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗌𝗈𝖻𝗌 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗄𝗇𝖾𝖾𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗉, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝗀𝗋𝖾𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖽𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗁𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗎𝗅𝗅 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖼𝖾.

𝗁𝗎𝗁 𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇 𝗋𝖾𝗀𝗋𝖾𝗍𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖽, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗋𝖺𝗒𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾, 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖺 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍. 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗄𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗎𝗍, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗎𝗉 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗒𝗈𝗎. 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝖺𝗆𝖾, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗍𝗎𝗌, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝖾𝗒. 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀. 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗎𝗉 𝗂𝖿 𝗂𝗍 𝗆𝖾𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗏𝖾, 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗋𝖾𝗀𝗋𝖾𝗍 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝖽? 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗅𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖻𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒.

"𝗂 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎, 𝗁𝗎𝗁 𝗒𝗎𝗇𝗃𝗂𝗇" "𝗂 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾, 𝗅/𝗇 𝗒/𝗇"

𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒

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100 Asexual Books Rec List

For this list the goal is fiction books with a main character or significant secondary character that is on the Asexual spectrum, or non-fiction books about being Aspec.

Junior Novels

1. Rick by Alex Gino An eleven year old boy starting middle school begins discovering his asexuality admist the school's rainbow spectrum club. Also features transgender and crossdressing side characters, as well as a LGBTQIAP+ supporting cast.

2. Sal & Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Alberto Pablo Hernandez In order to heal after his mother's death, Sal learned how to meditate. But no one expected him to be able to take it further and 'relax' things into existence. Turns out he can reach into time and space to retrieve things from other universes. Asexual Sal.

3. Hazel's Theory of Evolution by Lisa Jenn Bigelow Hazel knows a lot about the world. But even Hazel doesn't have answers for the questions awaiting her as she enters eighth grade. What if no one at her new school gets her, and she doesn't make any friends? What's going to happen to one of her moms, who's pregnant again after having two miscarriages? Why does everything have to change when life was already perfectly fine? Hazel (main character) is asexual and aromantic (it isn't said in the book, but it is specified in the author's note at the back of the book).

4. The Trouble with Robots by Michelle Mohrweis Evelyn strives for excellence. Allie couldn't care less. Together, these polar opposites must work together if they have any hope of saving their school's robotics program. Allie is asexual and/or aromantic. Junior graphic novel.

5. This is Our Rainbow by Editors Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby Featuring contributions from Eric Bell, Katherine Locke and A.J. Sass, this first LGBTQA+ anthology for middle-grade readers presents stories of queer fantasy, historical and contemporary stories for every letter of the acronym.

6. Every Bird a Prince by Jenn Reese After she saves the life of a bird prince and becomes their champion, seventh grader Eren Evers must defend a forest kingdom, save her mom, and keep the friendships she holds dear--if she is brave enough to embrace her inner truths. Eren is aromantic (and I'm guessing asexual, though that isn't discussed).

YA Fiction

7. When Villains Rise by Rebecca Schaeffer With her best friend, Kovit's, life in danger, Nita is determined to take down the black market once and for all. Latina asexual and aromantic main character (Nita).

8. The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee Henry "Monty" Montague was bred to be a gentleman. His passions for gambling halls, late nights spent with a bottle of spirits, or waking up in the arms of women or men, have earned the disapproval of his father. His quest for pleasures and vices have led to one last hedonistic hurrah as Monty, his best friend and crush Percy, and Monty's sister Felicity begin a Grand Tour of Europe. When a reckless decision turns their trip abroad into a harrowing manhunt, it calls into question everything Monty knows, including his relationship with the boy he adores. Aro/ace secondary character (prequel to a Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy).

9. The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee A year after an accidentally whirlwind grand tour with her brother Monty, Felicity Montague has returned to England with two goals in mind—avoid the marriage proposal of a lovestruck suitor from Edinburgh and enroll in medical school. A highly loved book in regards to asexual portrayal, Felicity’s journey does a fantastic job of exploring the struggle of navigating a world where marriage is expected of women in order to function in society. Even more refreshing is Felicity isn’t just avoiding getting married out of a sole rebellion against the patriarchy (though those themes are also present), but simply because she doesn’t have an interest in sexual or romantic relationships at all.

10. Silver in the Mist by Emily Victoria Asexual Devlin has grown up in the shadow of her mother’s impressive spy network—and the shadow of the kingdom, too. A magical mist is eating away at their borders, weakening their magic and making them vulnerable to attacks. Devlin is tasked with infiltrating the royal court of the wealthier neighboring kingdom, but when she befriends their most powerful magic wielder, she discovers an ancient mystery that may hold the key to defeating the mists for good. Victoria prioritizes strong friendships between queer characters and an examination of wealth disparity in this fantasy full of twists and turns.

11. Not Good for Maidens by Tori Bovalino Beneath the streets of York, the goblin market calls to the Wickett women-the family of witches that tends to its victims. For generations, they have defended the old cobblestone streets with their magic. Knowing the dangers, they never entered the market-until May Wickett fell for a goblin girl, accepted her invitation, and became inextricably tied to the world her family tried to protect her from. Told through dual narratives in different timelines, the book essentially has two protagonists: Lou and May. Between these two characters, we have some great queer representation for both asexuality and bisexuality.

12. A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger Themes of magic, family, asexuality, and traditional storytelling dominate in Lipan Apache author Darcie Little Badger's delightful and uplifting second YA novel. A Lipan girl named Nina collides with Oli who is from the land of spirits and monsters. But some people will do anything to keep them apart. This is a wholesome, elegantly written read guaranteed to warm your heart! 

13. Arden Grey by Ray Stoeve Arden Grey is a novel about different kinds of abusive relationships, as well as the strength of family and friendships. Following her parents' separation, Arden is depressed and coming to accept herself as being on the asexual spectrum.

14. It Sounds Like This by Anna Meriano Yasm Trevi didn't have much of a freshman year thanks to Hurricane Humphrey, but she's ready to take sophomore year by storm. That means mastering the marching side of marching band--fast!--so she can outshine her BFF Sofia as top of the flute section, earn first chair, and impress both her future college admission boards and her comfortably unattainable drum major crush Gilberto Reyes. But Yasm steps off on the wrong foot when she reports an anonymous gossip Instagram account harassing new band members and accidentally gets the entire low brass section suspended from extracurriculars. Rep: Biracial Latina fat asexual-questioning cis female MC, Jewish gray-aromantic gray-asexual male side character with ADHD and APD.

15. One for All by Lillie Lainoff In 1655 sixteen-year-old Tania is the daughter of a retired musketeer, but she is afflicted with extreme vertigo and subject to frequent falls; when her father is murdered she finds that he has arranged for her to attend Madame de Treville's newly formed Acadaemie des Mariées in Paris, which, it turns out, is less a school for would-be wives, than a fencing academy for girls--and so Tania begins her training to be a new kind of musketeer, and to get revenge for her father. Rep: disability, asexuality, sapphic side characters, POTS and PTSD.

16. The State of Us by Shaun David Hutchinson When Dean Arnault’s mother decided to run for president, it wasn’t a surprise to anyone, least of all her son. But still that doesn’t mean Dean wants to be part of the public spectacle that is the race for the White House—at least not until he meets Dre. The only problem is that Dre Rosario’s on the opposition; he’s the son of the Democratic nominee. In a moment of solidarity and high emotions, Dean tells Dre that he has been questioning his sexual orientation. He isn’t sure if he’s asexual or demisexual. Dre puts a messaging app on Dean’s phone so they can stay in touch.

17. Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim When Amaya rescues a mysterious stranger from drowning, she fears her rash actions have earned her a longer sentence on the debtor ship where she’s been held captive for years. Instead, the man she saved offers her unimaginable riches and a new identity, setting Amaya on a perilous course through the coastal city-state of Moray, where old-world opulence and desperate gamblers collide. Amaya wants one thing: revenge against the man who ruined her family and stole the life she once had. Desi, demisexual female protagonist. 

18. Camp by Lev AC Rosen It’s Randy’s fifth year at Camp Outland, a camp where queer teens get a chance to be themselves. Hoping to win over Hudson’s heart—who’s masc and straight passing and only seems to date other guys like himself—Randy has spent the past year reinventing himself: workout regimen, new haircut, new carefully curated wardrobe. His friends and camp counsellor all think it’s a terrible idea, but what can they do but support him anyways?

19. Little Thieves by Margaret Owen Once upon a time, the daughter of death and fortune was a teenage girl and she was the worst. Little Thieves is, as the dedication says, for the gremlin girls, never has there been a more gremlin girl than Vanja Schmidt. A brilliant and brazen swindler, Vanja could give Kaz Brekker a run for his money. But Vanja has bigger fish to fry. As her body rapidly turns into the gemstones she craves, Vanja must put things right and face her greed head on all while juggling her engagement to a terrible margrave, an investigator with his own magic, and the princess whose face she stole. Vanja’s relationship with junior prefect Emeric could not be more demisexual if it tried, with both sides of the romance experiencing asexual spectrum existence in different and complimentary ways. One part Germanic fairytale, one part ensemble heist, Little Thieves is an unhinged romp of a book.

20. Everyone Hates Kelsie Miller by Meredith Ireland Rom-coms and the asexuality spectrum...two great things that go great together. Kelsie and Eric have been competing against each other their whole lives. But desperation forces them to work together. Kelsie’s best friend stopped talking to her and Eric wants to rekindle his relationship with his ex-girlfriend, and since both will be at UPenn at the same time, Eric and Kelsie decide to go on a road trip together. Sparks fly.

21. You Don't Have a Shot by Racquel Marie Valentina "Vale" Castillo-Green's life revolves around soccer. Her friends, her future, and her father's intense expectations are all wrapped up in the beautiful game. But after she incites a fight during playoffs with her long-time rival, Leticia Ortiz, everything she's been working toward seems to disappear. Queer asexual biracial (Colombian, Irish) protagonist.

22. Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong In 1931 Shanghai, two Nationalist spies pose as a married couple to investigate a series of brutal murders causing unrest in the city. Rep: demisexual Chinese protagonist, bisexual Chinese protagonist, bisexual Chinese main character, Chinese trans woman main character, aromantic asexual side character; (Chinese-Kiwi author).

23. The Spy with the Red Ballon by Katherine Locke Siblings Ilse and Wolf hide a deep secret in their blood: with it, they can work magic. And the government just found out. Blackmailed into service during World War II, Ilse lends her magic to America’s newest weapon, the atom bomb, while Wolf goes behind enemy lines to sabotage Germany’s nuclear program. It’s a dangerous mission, but if Hitler were to create the bomb first, the results would be catastrophic. Gay demisexual Jewish protagonist.

24. Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria Cassa, the orphaned daughter of rebels, and friends Alys, Evander, and Newt, fight back against the high council of Eldra, which has ruled for centuries based solely on ancient prophesies. Alys, an apothecary-in-training and the level-headed one of the crew. She identifies as asexual.

25. Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia Eighteen-year-old Eliza Mirk is the anonymous creator of the wildly popular webcomic Monstrous Sea, but when a new boy at school tempts her to live a life offline, everything she's worked for begins to crumble. Asexual main character, not explicitly stated in the book.

26. Technically, You Started It by Lana Wood Johnson When a guy named Martin Nathaniel Munroe II texts you, it should be obvious who you're talking to. Except there's two of them (it's a long story), and Haley thinks she's talking to the one she doesn't hate. Demisexual main character.

27. Now Entering Addamsville by Francesca Zappia Zora Novak is framed for a crime she didn't commit--in a town obsessed with ghosts, will she be able to find the culprit and clear her name before it's too late? It's a brief mention, but Zora is ace.

28. Fully Disclosure by Camryn Garrett In a community that isn’t always understanding, an HIV-positive teen must navigate fear, disclosure, and radical self-acceptance when she falls in love–and lust–for the first time. One of Simone’s best friends in the book, Claudia, is an asexual lesbian. The unwavering support she gives to Simone is heartwarming, and she is also openly sex-positive—which flips the script on its head regarding what most people would assume of asexual people.

30. The Art of Saving the World by Corinne Duyvis When Hazel Stanczak was born, an interdimensional rift tore open near her family’s home, which prompted immediate government attention. They soon learned that if Hazel strayed too far, the rift would become volatile and fling things from other dimensions onto their front lawn—or it could swallow up their whole town. Hazel Stanczak identifies as asexual, though she spends time in the book questioning it. The book presents a unique way to show that there is not one single way to be asexual—that it exists on a spectrum and can look different for each person.

31. Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann Alice had her whole summer planned. Non-stop all-you-can-eat buffets while marathoning her favorite TV shows (best friends totally included) with the smallest dash of adulting–working at the library to pay her share of the rent. The only thing missing from her perfect plan? Her girlfriend (who ended things when Alice confessed she’s asexual). Alice is done with dating–no thank you, do not pass go, stick a fork in her, done. Alice is a biromantic and asexual black woman who starts off very confident in her identity as asexual, yet has experiences that have her questioning her orientation and how to talk about it.

32. In the Ravenous Dark by AdriAnne Strickland A pansexual blood mage reluctantly teams up with an undead spirit to start a rebellion among the living and the dead. This book features Japha, an asexual nonbinary character who serves as the best friend to the MC.

33. Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate Life at Paloma High School is much like any other high school, with petty drama, judgmental assholes, and mind-numbing schoolwork. Until it isn’t. A scandal emerges: a student and teacher had an illicit affair. At the center of the scandal are seven teenagers, each with their own secrets, whose lives are transformed as a result of this scandal. One of the characters can be read as asexual (and possibly neurodiverse). He never explicitly labels himself as such, but the way he describes his experiences of [non-]attraction strongly point to him being on the ace spectrum.

34. Quicksilver by R. J. Anderson Tori thought she had left her past behind when she and her family started a new life in a new city. But then Sebastian Faraday reappears in her life to tell her that she’s not quite as safe as she thinks: the relay is still operating and a genetics lab is trying to track her down to figure out the secret behind her unusual biology. Tori is going to have to use all of her considerable technical expertise to escape her past and live the normal human life she’s always wanted to have. Asexual main character.

35. Hullmetal Girls by Emily Skrutskie Aisha Un-Haad, seventeen, and Key Tanaka, eighteen, have risked everything for new lives as mechanically enhanced soldiers, and when an insurrection forces dark secrets to surface, the fate of humanity is in their hands. In Hullmetal Girls, Aisha is not only ace/aro but she is also happy with her identity. Crucially, so is everyone else.

36. Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer Nita's mother hunts monsters and, after Nita dissects and packages them, sells them online, but when Nita follows her conscience to help a live monster escape, she is sold on the black market in his place. Aro/Ace main character

37. Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp When Corey moves away from Lost Creek, Alaska, she makes her friend Kyra promise to stay strong during the long, dark winter, and wait for her return. Just days before Corey is to return home to visit, Kyra dies. The entire Lost community speaks in hushed tones, saying her death was meant to be. And they push Corey away like she's a stranger. With every hour, Corey's suspicion grows. Lost is keeping secrets-- but piecing together the truth about what happened to her best friend may prove as difficult as lighting the sky in an Alaskan winter. Aro/Ace main character.

38. If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann Winnie is living her best fat girl life and is on her way to the best place on earth. No, not Disneyland–her Granny’s diner, Goldeen’s, in the small town of Misty Haven. While there, she works in her fabulous 50’s inspired uniform, twirling around the diner floor and earning an obscene amount of tips. With her family and ungirlfriend at her side, she has everything she needs for one last perfect summer before starting college in the fall. …until she becomes Misty Haven’s Summer Queen in a highly anticipated matchmaking tradition that she wants absolutely nothing to do with. Aro/ace secondary character.

39. Dread Nation by Justina Ireland An alternate history where the Civil War was put on hold when zombies started to rise. Almost finished with her education at Miss Preston's School of Combat in Baltimore, Jane is set on returning to her Kentucky home and doesn't pay much mind to the politics of the eastern cities, with their talk of returning America to the glory of its days before the dead rose.But when families around Baltimore County begin to go missing, Jane is caught in the middle of a conspiracy, one that finds her in a desperate fight for her life against some powerful enemies. And the restless dead, it would seem, are the least of her problems. The word asexual is not used, but that fits with the setting, and the explanation goes into a fair amount of detail, also ruling out that she likes women instead.

40. Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson When her convent is attacked by possessed soldiers, Artemisia defends the Gray Sisters by awakening the revenant bound to a saint's relic, even though she runs the risk of being possessed permanently by the powerful ancient spirit. Non-explicit romantic asexual main character. Fantasy.

41. Archivist Wasp by Nicole Kornher-Stace A postapocalyptic ghosthunter escapes her dire fate by joining the ghost of a supersoldier on his quest to the underworld Aromantic asexual main character. Dark fantasy/dystopian.

42. Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno While anyone would love to have a bit of magic, what happens when magic turns dark? Georgina Fernweh will come into her magic someday soon. Before she does, Georgina faces a tragedy that tests the islanders' trust. In this book, Georgina’s best friend Vira is aroace, and it’s addressed somewhat in the story at different points. There is a sweet strength between Georgina and Vira, full of loyalty and support that is lovely to see.

43. The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson In this moving and complex narrative, Lou learns to draw boundaries, stand up for herself, all while coming to terms with her demisexuality.

44. The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow One-third of the human population has died and now the world is about to end. Ellie, a fat, Black, disabled, demisexual girl with access to an illegal library teams up with a music-loving alien to risk their lives to save the world.

45. The Grimrose Girls by Laura Pohl Pohl serves up a veritable smorgasbord of queer fairytale goodies in Grimrose Girls. This tale as old as time follows four students at the prestigious boarding school Grimrose Academy—Ella, Yuki, Rory, and newcomer Nani. When the former three’s best friend dies, all four girls are swept up in a dark and twisted mystery full of old fairytale magic. They must work together to unravel the secrets between them and break an ancient curse that dooms them to a fairytale ending (and not the fun kind). Yuki’s aromantic asexual identity is explored in her relationship to expectations, beauty, and friendship throughout the novel.

46. Radio Silence by Alice Oseman Frances has been a study machine with one goal. Nothing will stand in her way; not friends, not a guilty secret – not even the person she is on the inside. Then Frances meets Aled, and for the first time, she’s unafraid to be herself. So when the fragile trust between them is broken, Frances is caught between who she was and who she longs to be. In this book, Aled identifies as demisexual while Frances identifies as bisexual. The story really pays homage to the importance of friendship, and romantic storylines move to the background in a way we don’t often get in YA literature.

47. This Golden Flame by Emily Victoria Forced to serve her country’s ruling group, Karis wants nothing more than to find her brother. But family bonds don’t matter to the sole focus of unlocking the magic of an ancient automaton army. Karis is ace and other LGBTQ+ characters are introduced throughout.

48. Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand A horror novel centered around three girls facing off against an unseen monster that preys upon the young women of the island of Sawkill Rock. Features a black asexual girl fresh out of a romantic relationship, as well as a f/f relationship.

49. Love Letters for Joy by Melissa See Less than a year away from graduation, seventeen-year-old Joy is too busy overachieving to be worried about relationships. She’s determined to be Caldwell Prep’s first disabled valedictorian. And she only has one person to beat, her academic rival Nathaniel. But it’s senior year and everyone seems to be obsessed with pairing up. One of her best friends may be developing feelings for her and the other uses Caldwell’s anonymous love-letter writer to snag the girl of her dreams. Joy starts to wonder if she has missed out on a quintessential high school experience. She is asexual, but that’s no reason she can’t experience first love, right?

50. Not Your Backup by C. B. Lee Part 3 in the Sidekick Squad series by C.B. Lee. Follows a questioning aromantic asexual latinx superhero sidekick fighting to prove her worth on the team despite her lack of superpowers, all admist the team's battle against the corrupt League of Heroes.

51. Belle Révolte by Linsey Miller Noble-born Emilie des Marais, 16, wants to become a physician, a role usually forbidden women of her class because of the corruptive toll the magical "noonday arts" exact. Common-born Annette Boucher wants to escape her domineering parents and master the less physically costly "midnight arts" of illusions, divination, and scrying, normally reserved for those who can afford the expensive education. At Emilie's urging, each girl takes the other's place. Miller (Ruin of Stars) writes in lush, dense prose that can require a careful read, but her protagonists' awareness of privilege and desire to challenge the status quo shines through. LGBTQ representation--including gay, trans, and nonbinary characters (Annette identifies as asexual biromantic)--further widens this tale's appeal.

52. Tarnished Are the Stars by Rosiee Thor A secret beats inside Anna Thatcher's chest: an illegal clockwork heart. Anna works cog by cog -- donning the moniker Technician -- to supply black market medical technology to the sick and injured, against the Commissioner's tyrannical laws. Determined to earn his father's respect, Nathaniel sets out to capture the Technician. But the more he learns about the outlaw, the more he questions whether his father's elusive affection is worth chasing at all. This YA novel features an aroace character gradually coming to accept his orientation in the midst of everything else that is happening in his life. Perfect for older teens who also enjoy WLW representation and dark themes.

53. Aces Wild: A Heist by Amanda DeWitt An all-asexual online friend group attempts to break into a high-stakes gambling club and commit a heist together. Includes a male asexual character navigating what love looks like for him, an aromantic asexual Latinx gender-nonconforming boy, a Vietnamese American and German asexual nonbinary teen, and a black asexual girl.

54. Planning Perfect by Haley Neil Summer vacation quickly becomes complicated for Felicity Becker as she tries to plan a perfect wedding for her mom, figure out her feelings for her friend Nancy, and wonder what dating will look like for her as an asexual person.

55. Ace of Hearts by Myriad Augustine Everyone around Alvin seems to be obsessed with one thing-- sex. Alvin finds it uncomfortable to think and talk about it and he knows he isn't ready and may never be. His friends, however, think that all Alvin needs is to hook up with the right guy. But the closer Alvin gets to being physical with someone, the more he's uncertain that this is for him and he begins to wonder if he's asexual. Can Alvin find the love that's right for him?

56. Beyond the Black Door by AdriAnne Strickland Everyone has a soul. Some are beautiful gardens, others are frightening dungeons. Kamia comes to know more about her identity as she decides to battle the forces of evil, no matter the cost... Asexual and demi-romantic main characters. Dark fantasy. Kamai is asexual, but isn’t aromantic—she has an interest in relationships that isn’t always depicted for those who are ace.

57. Loveless by Alice Oseman A queer coming of age story featuring a romance obsessed aromantic asexual main character discovering her sexuality and coming to terms with what that means, and a variety of other queer characters that support her on her journey.

58. Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman Rumi Seto spends a lot of time worrying she doesn’t have the answers to everything. What to eat, where to go, whom to love. But there is one thing she is absolutely sure of—she wants to spend the rest of her life writing music with her younger sister, Lea. Then Lea dies in a car accident, and her mother sends her away to live with her aunt in Hawaii while she deals with her own grief. While not the main focal point of the book, Rumi does grapple throughout the story about where exactly she lands on the ace and aro spectrum—and whether she has to label herself at all.

59. Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee In this queer rom-com, a transgender teen must decide if he's dedicated to romantic formulas or open to unpredictable love after an internet troll attack on his blog compels him and a fan to start fake-dating. Through an unlikely friendship with sweet, grounded Devin, who is Cuban American, asexual, and experimenting with pronouns, Noah--initially self-centered and standoffish--learns to value communication and empathy.

60. The Reckless Kind by Carly Heath In 1904 Norway, Asta runs away from her horrible fiancé to live with her two best friends. The three misfits set out to win the annual Christmas sleigh race to prove that they belong together. Queer asexual hard of hearing protagonist with heterochromia of Norwegian descent.

61. Forward March by Skye Quinlan How can band geek Harper have the chance of becoming the First Daughter with a fake dating profile? However, Harper does know that the drumline leader swiped right. Come along with Harper as she explores her truth during her last year of high school. Asexual-questioning cis female MC with anxiety and asthma.

62. Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger What if America had monsters, magic, and interdimensional beings? For Elatsoe, this is real, and she has to uncover her cousin's murder! She can do this with the help of her ghost dog, Kirby, but has to remember not to wake human ghosts. Aromantic ace main character. Paranormal mystery. Casual representation which extends to Ellie’s identity as Lipan Apache. This identity is asserted more often and firmly than her asexuality, and Little Badger drops in nuggets of education for us settlers about what Indigenous people, and the Lipan Apache in particular, suffered at the hands of settlers.

63. All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages by Editor Robin Talley A collection of short fantasy stories, featuring a variety of queer characters across multiple sexualities and genders. Features an asexual roller-skating girl from the 70s struggling to explain her identity to her crush.

64. Black Wings Beating by Alex London Twins Brysen and Kylee live in a world that revers the power of the falconers, but in a world where war approaches, they aren’t safe. Hunted for their power, they work together to trap the Ghost Eagle. Kylee is an ace character, focused on protecting her brother.

Graphic Novels

65. A-okay by Jarad Greene Eight grade can be tough, especially if you have acne and bullies, and lose friends. But our relatable asexual and aromantic protagonist, Jay, pulls through. This is a relatable memoir with colorful artwork.

66. How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing up Asexual by Rebecca Burgess A comic memoir detailing the author Rebecca Burgess's experience with growing up asexual in a world obsessed with sex. Also talks about her experiences with her own mental health and OCD.

67. Jughead, Volume 1 by Chip Zdarsky A comic book reboot of the Archie comics centered around Jughead Jones. Follows an aromantic asexual main character in typical Archie-style shenanigans. Part 1 of a 3 part series.

68. A Quick & Easy Guide to Asexuality by Molly Muldoon A charming introduction to asexuality, created to shed light on the misconceptions surrounding sex and being asexual. Told by writer Molly Muldoon and cartoonist Will Hernandez, both on the asexual spectrum.

69. Is Love the Answer? by Isaki Uta A poignant coming-of-age story about a young woman coming into her own as she discovers her identity as aromantic asexual. A complete story in a single volume, from the creator of "Mine-kun is Asexual."

Domestic Fiction

70. Have You Seen Luis Velez by Catherine Ryan Hyde Raymond Jaffe feels like he doesn't belong. Not with his mother's new family. Not as a weekend guest with his father and his father's wife. Not at school, where he's an outcast. After his best friend moves away, Raymond has only two real connections: to the feral cat he's tamed and to a blind ninety-two-year-old woman in his building who's introduced herself with a curious question: Have you seen Luis Velez? Mildred Gutermann, a German Jew who narrowly escaped the Holocaust, has been alone since her caretaker disappeared. She turns to Raymond for help, and as he tries to track Luis down, a deep and unexpected friendship blossoms between the two. Raymond is asexual (to be precise, he is aroace) And he is depicted as kind, loving, sensitive and realistic.

Fantasy

71. In the Lives of the Puppets by TJ Klune In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots--fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They're a family, hidden and safe. Protagonist: Vic, A curious, loving, & asexual human.

72. The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon In the mid-21st century major world cities are controlled by a formidable security force and clairvoyant underworld cell member Paige commits acts of psychic treason before being captured by an otherworldly race that would make her a part of their supernatural army. Demisexual main character.

73. The Perfect Assassin by K.A. Doore Divine justice is written in blood. Or so Amastan has been taught. As a new assassin in the Basbowen family, he's already having second thoughts about taking a life. A scarcity of contracts ends up being just what he needs. Until, unexpectedly, Amastan finds the body of a very important drum chief. Until, inevitably, Amastan is ordered to solve these murders, before the family gets blamed. Amastan is asexual and, as it turns out, homoromantic.

74. The Bruising of Quilwa by Naseem Jamnia Firuz-e Jafari was able to escape the slaughter of traditional blood magic practitioners by immigrating to the city-state of Qilwa. But now a terrible disease is spreading through the city, and Firuz believes it comes from ineptly performed blood magic. Now they must find a way to break a cycle of prejudice in order to survive. From the author: it's about an aroace nonbinary refugee healer who is trying to cure a magical plague in their new home while hiding their blood magic.

75. The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk The Midnight Bargain is a story "set in a world reminiscent of Regency England, where women's magic is taken from them when they marry. A sorceress must balance her desire to become the first great female magician against her duty to her family. Ysbeta has a clear goal for her life: to discover and share magic. Besides loving learning for its own sake, Ysbeta is asexual, and wealthy in her own right, so the bargaining season offers her literally nothing.

76. Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire Set in a world where a group of children have the ability to find and enter doorways into magical worlds, and now must find who's targetting them for this ability. Lead by an female asexual main character, with a trans love interest. First book in a series of novellas.

Science Fiction

77. The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis She's a priestess of the Sisterhood, traveling the stars alongside the soldiers of Earth who own the rights to her body and soul. When her former captain abandons her, First Sister's hopes for freedom are dashed and she is forced to stay on her ship with no friends, no status, and a new captain she knows nothing about. When the Mother, leader of her order, asks her to spy on Captain Saito Ren, First Sister discovers that sacrificing for the war effort is so much harder to do when your loyalties are split. He climbed his way out of the slums to become an elite soldier of Venus, but now he's haunted by his failures and the loss of his partner Hiro. But when Lito learns that Hiro is alive, but a traitor, and he's assigned to hunt Hiro down, and kill them, Lito must decide what he is actually fighting for - the society that raised him, or himself. As the battle to control Ceres reaches a head, Lito and First Sister must decide what - and whom - they are willing to sacrifice in the name of duty, or for love. Hispanic panromantic asexual protagonist (Lito).

78. Firebreak by Nicole Kornher-Stace Mal is one of many war survivors in the old town working multiple jobs to scrimp by, one of which is her team's streaming video game play. The team lives with several other roommates in a converted hotel room run by Stellaxis, the company that owns half of town, and is the only legal provider of drinkable water. When Mal catches sight of an elusive SecOps character, special non-player characters (NPCs) modeled after Stellaxis' twelve bioengineered operatives, the team pursues her inside the game to catch her on video for two seconds before their power curfew kicks in. By the time Mal heads down for her daily ration of water, they've secured a lucrative contract, involving an in-person meeting and a conspiracy theory, paying them to capture images of the three living SecOps characters. When Mal returns to find out why the next payment failed, she becomes involved in a fracas that will endanger everyone she knows. Aroace main character.

79. To be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers Four astronauts set out to explore the galaxy. This journey spans centuries and many worlds. A thought provoking read that explores the themes of loneliness and sense of purpose. Excellent cast of diverse characters and vivid world building. Chikondi is asexual and the text is careful to note that his relationship to the protagonist is no less emotional or vital than those she shares with people she is sexually involved with.

80. The Circus Infinite by Khan Wong What better person to take down a crime boss than a mixed-species fugitive! Join Jes on this exciting tale of espionage, torture, demolition. Sex-averse panromantic asexual lead character

Historical Fiction

81. Kaikeyi by Vasihnavi Patel The only daughter of the kingdom of Kekaya, she is raised on grand stories about the might and benevolence of the gods. Yet she watches as her father unceremoniously banishes her mother, her own worth measured by how great a marriage alliance she can secure. And when she calls upon the gods for help, they never seem to hear. Desperate for some measure of independence, she turns to the ancient texts she once read with her mother and discovers a magic that is hers alone. Kaikeyi is asexual and aromantic. Although the words "asexual" and "aromantic" aren't used in the book.

Western

82. The Complete Lady Ruth Constance Chapelstone Chronicles by L. C. Mawson If you’re looking for steampunk magic, the Lady Ruth Constance Chapelstone novellas are the place for you. Read them individually or all together in this compendium. Chapelstone is interested in her inventions, not love and romance.

Paranormal

83. The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Homes by Joseph Fink Told in a series of eerie flashbacks, the story of The Faceless Old Woman goes back centuries to reveal an initially blissful and then tragic childhood on a Mediterranean Estate in the early nineteenth century, her rise in the criminal underworld of Europe, a nautical adventure with a mysterious organization of smugglers, her plot for revenge on the ones who betrayed her, and ultimately her death and its aftermath, as her spirit travels the world for decades until settling in modern-day Night Vale. Asexual secondary character.

Romance  

84. All the Wrong Places by Ann Gallagher After his three ex-girlfriends in a row leave Brennan because he's not fulfilling their sexual needs, he seeks out advice from Zafir, the owner of a sex shop. Zafir introduces Brennan to the concept of asexuality and slowly something more blossoms between them.

85. That Kind of Guy by Talia Hibbert Rae needs a fake date to take to her ex's wedding and convinces Zach, a close friend who has recently discovered that he is demisexual, to play along.

86. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood In an attempt to convince her best friend that she really is over her ex-boyfriend, grad-student Olive panic kisses stern associate professor Adam in the hallway. (Olive is coded as demisexual/graysexual, but that label is never used in the book).

87. Far From Home by Lorelie Brown The oddest of odd couples finds unexpected joy in Brown’s warm, sweet contemporary romance. American citizen Rachel, a not-quite-asexual assistant film producer struggling to make a living in L.A., is drowning in student debt; Indian immigrant Pari Sadashiv, a lesbian logistics manager, needs a U.S. green card to advance her career. When Rachel offers to marry Pari in exchange for funds, it’s just party banter at first—but what’s to stop them from crafting a friendship with legal and financial benefits? Their platonic plans quickly go awry as Pari’s mother moves in to help plan the wedding, forcing them to live their lie. As Rachel feels herself awakening to an attraction she didn’t even know was possible, Pari has to decide whether she can live with the possible fallout of Rachel’s tentative first foray into same-sex love.

88. Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun Last Christmas, Ellie met Jack in Powell’s when they both went for a copy of Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home, and over a cute argument over “shared custody”, and Jack poking gentle fun at Ellie (who had been crying alone and talking to a footstool as if it were her friend) they start to bond. Jack asks Ellie for coffee, and then they end up spending the whole day together. This is a big deal for Ellie, who is demisexual, and rarely develops attractions to anyone. And then Jack breaks her heart. Fast-forward to this Christmas when Andrew, the landlord who owns the building she works in, asks her to fake-marry him so he can access his inheritance, and shenanigans lead to her agreeing to this and to going home with him for Christmas, and surprise! Jack is Andrew’s sister.

89. The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun Tech wunderkind Charlie has never really been interested in dating, but agrees to join the cast of reality show 'Ever After.' While there he finds himself charmed by his producer, Dev, and questioning his sexuality. The Charm Offensive includes a conversation discussing asexuality and its spectrum.

90. Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky Wren Roland has never been kissed, but he wants that movie-perfect ending more than anything. Thanks to Mateo’s boyfriend, he learns about demisexuality and realizes that when he came out as gay, he had not finished realizing truths about himself and intimate relationships.

91. How to be a Normal Person by TJ Klune Before The House on the Cerulean Sea blew up, Klune wrote this quirky and delightful story of two asexual people finding each other and their happily ever after.

92. Soft on Soft by Mina Waheed This super sweet, low-angst romance centers on two fat, queer women of colour (one Black and one Persian-Arab) who fall in love and find their happy ending with hardly any drama. There’s also anxiety representation. It’s just pure fluffy romance goodness. Demisexual protagonist.

Non-Fiction

93. Ace and Aro Journeys: A Guide to Embracing your Asexual or Aromantic Identity by The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project What does it mean to be ace or aro? How should I approach the challenges that come with being ace or aro? How can I best support the ace and aro people in my life? Join the The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project (TAAAP) for a deep dive into the process of discovering and embracing your ace and aro identities. Empower yourself to explore the nuances of your identity, find and develop support networks, explore different kinds of partnership, come out to your communities and find real joy within. Combining a rigorous exploration of identity and sexuality models with hundreds of candid and poignant testimonials -- this companion vouches for your personal truth, wherever you lie on the aspec spectrum. You are not invisible! You are among friends.

94. Being Ace: An Anthology of Queer, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection by Editor Madeline Dyer Discover the infinite realms of asexual love across sci-fi, fantasy, and contemporary stories From a wheelchair user racing to save her kidnapped girlfriend and a little mermaid who loves her sisters more than suitors, to a slayer whose virgin blood keeps attracting monsters, the stories of this anthology are anything but conventional. Whether adventuring through space, outsmarting a vengeful water spirit, or surviving haunted cemeteries, no two aces are the same in these 14 unique works that highlight asexual romance, aromantic love, and identities across the asexual spectrum

95. Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen A non-fiction research book about the asexual perspective on society's facinations with love and sex, and the misconceptions about what being asexual really is and what it means to a person.

96. The Invisible Orientation: an Introduction to Asexuality by Julia Sondra Decker An introduction to what asexuality is, both for people who don't know what that means and for people that may be questioning their own sexuality. It aims to puts asexual people's experiences in context, as they move through a very sexualized world.

97. Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe A graphic memoir about author Kobabe's growing from adolescence to adulthood, as e explores eir gender identity and sexuality. Features a gender queer and asexual main character that uses e/eir pronouns.

98. Ace Voices What it Means to Be Asexual, Aromantic, Demi or Grey-Ace by Eris Young This is the ace community in their own words. Drawing upon interviews with a wide range of people across the asexual spectrum, Eris Young is here to take you on an empowering, enriching journey through the rich multitudes of asexual life.

99. I Am Ace: Adice on Living Your Best Asexual Life by Cody Daigle-Orians Tackling everything from what asexuality is, the asexual spectrum and tips on coming out, to intimacy, relationships, acephobia and finding joy, this guide will help you better understand your asexual identity alongside deeply relatable anecdotes drawn from Cody's personal experience.

100. Sounds Fake But Okay: An Asexual and Aromantic Perspective on Love, Relationships, Sex, and Pretty Much Anything Else by Sarah Costello and Kayla Kaszyca Drawing on their personal stories, and those of aspec friends all over the world, prepare to explore your microlabels, investigate different models of partnership, delve into the intersection of gender norms and compulsory sexuality and reconsider the meaning of sex - when allosexual attraction is out of the equation.

I haven't read all of these books, so I can't guarantee all of them. But I did my best researching all of them. I was making this list on my own and I was amazed that I could find over 100 books with asexual characters and I wanted to share it!

The Aromantic Book List is now out!

Tagging some people who were excited about this list: @sweetspiderstew @majorgenerally @shayberri789 @53rdcenturyhero @knightoflodis @neonghost39 @rosaazulina

[doctorsiren]

I promised the discord that I would draw Gumshoe today

[noahhawthorneauthor]

Happy Ace Awareness Week!

Asexual means a person doesn't feel sexual feelings or attraction to others, but this is a spectrum and can vary widely from person to person. Note that attraction does not equal romance, and asexual is not the same as aromantic. Some people are sex repulsed, some are not. Some people are sex positive, some are not.

Demisexuality falls under the asexual umbrella, and means a person doesn't feel attraction until developing a strong connection with a person. Many of the characters I write are demisexual, but not all. Phantom and Rook, and Matsdotter and Adrastus, have a demisexual main.

There are many different shades of Ace, and many different types of stories you can read. What are you waiting for?

[zeawkwardpterodactyl]

O. M. G. THIS! fics like these are the main reason why I love ff as much as I do. It's so rare to find an ending as satisfying as this, or conflict written this beautifully. I love the fact that ultimately, romance wasn't the goal, but rather friendship. Even if they do get together after the story's ending, it doesn't feel like the author is forcing that to happen, it feels natural. Like anything is possible.

Overall 10/10, this fic alone made my day 10 times better ❤️❤️❤️

I.N.V.U. ✾ han jisung

genre: angst

word count: 5298

pairing: reader x han jisung

description: when you think your best friend is not really the best, issues start to arise.

[inspired on Taeyeon’s song, ‘I.N.V.U.’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbZH7XWDW_k]

You two have been friends for what felt like an entire life. Well… it was your entire life. Your entire 20-something-many-years-old. Your entire primary, middle, and high school; your entire college and post grad, and god knows what else. During all that, you always had Han Jisung by your side– sometimes holding your hand, sometimes hugging you close, and sometimes by just smiling at you with that special sparkle in his eyes, the ones that made your knees weak and your stomach knot. You on the other hand… you were always the same. Always there for him, always smiling shyly, a few steps behind, pushing him forward and watching him grow while being stuck in place.

No. Stuck in place is too harsh of an expression. You prefer comfortably settled.

But then you grow. And time passes. And as much as it bothers you, things change, but never you and him. Or at least, never you. Han Jisung changed all the time– majors, jobs, interests. He still changes, one day after the other, always trying new things, always chasing new people…. but never you. No, he never chases you, mainly because you never give him a reason to. You always stay.

So much so, that when he shows up at your apartment, drunk and messy, all you can do is smile and step away from the entrance, letting him in as if the house was completely his.

“Ah… thank god you were awake,” He giggles, throwing his body on your couch unceremoniously. I wasn’t, is what you want to tell him, rubbing your hands on your tired eyed. I was actually having a really nice dream. But you’ll never say that… not to him. “The party was wild, Y/N, you should’ve come. I don’t get why you always stay at home.”

Shrugging, you sit on the little space his body doesn’t occupy on the couch. “I like my apartment. Parties are full of drunk people and that’s… a lot.”

“I’m drunk,” You know he’s drunk– you can hear it in his voice, and you can smell in his breath. You know he’s drunk, but you don’t care. He’s different. Han is different.

“I know, silly,” Is all you say, getting up to go get the extra clothes he leaves at your place, hoping that convince him to at least take a shower.

It’s like this whenever the weekend rolls around– Han goes out, probably invited to one of many parties by his co-workers and old college friends, and for hours, you don’t hear from him. It’s almost like you get to taste a life by yourself, try a different version of how things could’ve been without him; but those are quick to fade, usually around one or two in the morning, when the inevitably loud banging on your door wakes you up from deep sleep, stopping at nothing until you open up the door for him and his oddly charming, drunk smile. His blushed cheeks. His half-moon eyes. Get it together, you think, shaking your the thoughts out of your head as you went back to the living room, tiredly crouching next to him.

“Jisung,” You call softly, sighing when he doesn’t move. “Ji, come on… go take a shower. You’ll sleep more comfortable if you wash the alcohol away, Jisungie.”

He does nothing but groan and waved your hand away, grabbing it right after and bringing it to his chest– an attempt to a cuddling that has you in the most awkward position possible, and yet, you don’t dare to pull away. So that’s how you sleep; in pain, sitting on your floor, hugging his spare clothes to your chest, but none of that matters because you, because the warmth of his hand on yours is enough to have you lulling back into sleep. This time, he’s not in your dreams, and when you wake up, he’s not in your couch.

———————

During the week, Jisung is the best friend you could ever want. Or need, for that matter.

He is present, from Monday to Friday morning. He picks you up for work, since you work in the building next to his, and takes you out for lunch and a well deserved office gossip session– much like the class gossip sessions you two had throughout school, telling each other everything anything about the people in your respective classrooms. Usually, Jisung pays for your lunch, too, and that’s if he doesn’t bring a full, home cooked meal on those cute little lunch boxes. I got bored and cooked a shit ton of stuff, is what he would say if you ask, and with a sheepish smile, the one that has him scratching the back of his head in embarrassment, he puts the food in front of you. It’s always delicious and it always made the weekend to come hurt a little less.

But then the week passes and it’s the weekend again, and suddenly the lunch boxes mean absolutely nothing and it all hurts all the same.

You hate the way Jisung disappears on a Friday evening, after a perfect week as your best friend, with a simple text saying nothing more than ‘going out, wish me luck! ;P’. And you hate how he’ll show up again, hours of defeating silence filled with useless TV shows and takeaway deliveries later, banging on your door with a smile that disarms you whole and leaves you bare and defenseless. A smile that leaves you at his mercy, running around your apartment at god knows what hour in the morning to try and make him comfortable, only to have him falling asleep on the couch again, you on the ground again, all twisted and uncomfortable again… holding his hand again. And then, when the sun is barely up and the birds are still starting to awaken, and you are abruptly ripped away from your dreams– only to realize that he has just sneaked out of your house and left you on the fucking floor… again.

So this time you promise yourself it will be different. You promise to sleep through the night, no interruptions. Or at least you promise to try.

But you know those are just empty promises.

You know that when he comes knocking, you’ll run to the door. That when he smiles, you’ll sit on your spot on the floor and wait until he’s gone. And that when he’s gone, you’ll go back to wishing you had never opened that door in the first place, alone and crying in your room, avoiding the goddamned couch at all costs. And you wonder, in those 48 hours of pain, if the other 120 are worth it… You don’t think you’ve ever reached a conclusion to that dilemma, falling asleep with hushed whines and contained sobs, because even when you cried, you couldn’t let yourself go. So much so that when Jisung comes knocking that night, you already have your trained-to-perfection smile on your face. Tonight he’s a bit later than usual, and the knocks seem slower, heavier, as if something weights them down.

“Jisungie, how– oh my god.”

The first thing you notice is the bloody lip. Split open and oozing crimson red, it makes you flinch as if the injury was your own. But then you see his eye, black and bruised and so, so swollen that it wouldn’t even open. 

“What the actual fuck happened?!” You shriek, hand slapping over your mouth to not wake up the whole building. Ushering him inside, you sit him in his usual spot, scrunching your nose as soon as the harsh and bitter smell of alcohol hits you. Just how much did he drink tonight?

There’s some stuttering from the living room and groaning or two but the pressure of having him like that, in that state, on your house, is enough to have your hands shaking, the pressure and nervousness of it all easily getting to you. The box of first aid, snug in between extra rolls of toilet paper and the sink pipes, is almost like a toy rattle, but you are quick to ignore it, just like you are with everything else that did not directly involve Han Jisung.

“Okay, let’s see what’s here… oh god, oh god, okay, Y/N focus, focus, just… fuck!” The medical tape rolls out of your hands and under the couch and you swear you’re about to cry as you stretched yourself on the floor, reaching, reaching, reaching but never really getting there.

“Y/N… Y/N, come on, stop that, I’m fine,” Jisung says softly, hands on you gently prying you away from the floor, finally, and sitting you next to him. His head is heavy when it falls on your shoulder and the way your thumbs fidget is enough to have him laying his much larger hand over yours, squeezing them in understanding support. “I’m fine. I promise.”

“You are hurt,” You are quick to blurt out, refusing to look at him. “You’re beaten up, with a busted lip, and you’re here pretending nothing happened. What the hell, Jisung?”

“Nothing happened,” The words slur with each other, from tiredness and drunkness, and you sigh. The stress of dealing with him like this gets to you easily– a bit too easily for you to be comfortable– and you push him away, reaching for the alcohol swabs and looking at him with sorry eyes. “Stop looking at me like that. Just… just be gentle.”

Nothing about this would be gentle and both of you knew.

“Of course, Ji, I got you,” And there was so much more behind those words, but this was not the time nor the place. “Can you open your mouth a bit?” Cleaning the cut on his lip took longer than you thought it would– every time he flinched or groaned you’d pull away, blowing gently on it, a bit too close without even realizing. “I’m so sorry, Ji, I’m sorry,” you chanted, trying to finish it as fast as possible.

“I think this is good, Y/N, thanks,” He chuckled, sounding a bit more sober already. “It’s alright.”

“Stop lying to me!”

You don’t know where this comes from, but the frustration and disappointment are palpable.

“What do you mean?”

“Jisung! You are bleeding! You have a black eye! You come to my house looking like this and you try to convince me that you’re fine but for fuck’s sake, how stupid do you think I am?”

He opened his mouth to answer but you shushed him.

“Don’t answer that! What the fuck even happened to you?”

A moment passes. “I don’t want to talk about it.”

That’s the last straw.

“You don’t want to talk about it?” You echo, fuming as you stand up with your hands on your waist. “Well, I wanna talk about it! How about that, Han Jisung?”

“Ah, it’s like they say, Y/N, you can’t always have what you want,” His laughter is stiff and uncomfortable and you just want to throw yourself out of the window. Has he always been like that? So selfish and self-centered?

“You came here.”

The silence that settles is everything but quiet, and your voice, small and low, scares even you with just how vulnerable it makes you sound.

“You came here. You always come here. And I never ask anything. I never say anything, I never criticize, I never complain. I just… I open the door because I know it’s what you need. Want. One or the other, who knows. But I do it anyways. Because it’s you, Jisung!”

He rolls his eyes, a small smile pulling on his lips. “You’re awake any–“ “No, I’m fucking not!” You shout, taking a step back and away from him. With a deep breath, you pinch the bridge of your nose, already feeling a headache coming through. “I mean… I’m usually sleeping. You come late and, I mean, it’s impossible not to wake up, you know? You bang on my door and you wake up the whole floor, and I open for you because I’m worried and I don’t like the thought of leaving you alone when you’re drunk and–“

“God, you’re so uptight.”

There is nothing for a second. As in, you feel absolutely nothing for a whole damn second. But then you do, and oh my fucking god, it hurts so bad. The way his words stung is only exasperated by the way he pulls his hair back, something you know he only does when he is feeling… things. And not good things, not at all, but you are also feeling not so good things and it’s like both of you forgot how to speak for a while, him looking down at the ground and you looking straight into him, looking for something, anything, that would give you a sense of him feeling the slightest remorse for what he said.

“…what?”

“I said, god, you are so uptight,” Jisung chuckled and you don’t know why– there was nothing funny about this. Nothing to laugh at, unless he was laughing at you. “I went out. Got drunk. Did some stupid shit, and got hit. Things that normal people do, you know? It’s not my fault that you lock yourself in your apartment all weekend, Y/N– I try getting you to come to parties with me, I try getting you out, but you just say no to everything.”

It’s the slight humor in his voice that brings tears to your eyes. The frustrated frown that turned into a calm smirk, the devil-may-care look in his shiny eyes, the absolute nonchalant attitude– it all amounts to what feels like a slap on your face, full of ultimatum and reality.

“I am… I am normal,” Your arms cross over your chest, shoulders curling inwards as you looked away from him, doing all you can to simply… disappear. All you want at that moment is to disappear. “I’m not weird, or–“

“That’s not what I meant–“

“I’m normal!” You say a bit louder, and there is conviction behind your words, you just don’t know if it’s to try and convince him or yourself. “I’m normal, I’m just… I just prefer to stay in. Is that so bad?”

“No, Y/N, it’s not–“

“And I don’t say no to everything,” The more you talk the more sure you sound. “I actually never say no… at least not to you, Jisung. I always do what you want, and– and you just… I don’t– I mean, you should…”

“Y/N–”

“You shouldn’t take me for granted anymore.”

Jisung’s eyes go wide, mouth hung open as if you had said something so unimaginable that it personally offended him. And honestly? You might just have. The sudden pang of fear and guilt that takes over you, however, is expected and even welcomed, the possibility of losing him and the safety he provides you being too much of a risk you didn’t want to take.

“And just to prove it to you, we’re going out tomorrow.”

That was possibly the worst idea you’ve ever had, and the most ridiculous thing you’ve ever done for him.

The place– a club you’ve heard about but never paid any attention to– was packed with people you somewhat knew, that you’ve seen around once or twice, and a few rare sightings of people from your own office, the wide smile and impressed looks they give Jisung making your skin crawl. But you are there and you might as well give it a shot, laughing when others do and taking a beer when someone offers. You dance when people ask you to, you listen when people talk, you flirt when people flirt– you do everything Jisung always says you are ‘missing’, and you hate every second of it. There’s a falseness to it, like you are tip-toeing a very thin line in between shallow friendship and inappropriateness, that makes you feel nauseous, and for a second, you blame the alcohol, getting up from the couch you sit on– arguably too close to this strange man– and setting off in search of the man you haven’t see in hours.

“For someone that wanted me to come to a party so badly,” You mumble, a bit dizzy as you walked around pushing through the crowd. “He did a pretty good job of disappearing in the first fucking hour.”

It bugged you a bit, the fact that you haven’t seen Jisung in hours, but for the hour that you did see him… god, he looked ethereal. Out there, in the dance floor, surrounded by people equally as glad to be there as he was, under the flashing, colorful lights… yeah, you didn’t know that guy. You’ve never seen or talked to that guy.

That man is not your Han Jisung.  

Never have you seen him laugh like that, so free and loud. The people around him laugh, too, although they don’t shine as brightly as he does; for fuck’s sake, no one can shine as brightly as he did in that moment, surrounded by people that demanded his attention, hungry and desperate for it, much like… much like you. Realization hits you like a brick, leaving you frozen and paralyzed in place as his eyes scanned the crowd, not sparing a second on you and landing on the giggling group to your right.

And that hurt. That hurt because you don’t have to look to know that you’ll never be like them– you’ll never have the courage to dress like them, or talk like them, or even have fun like them. You’ll always be… boring. Weird. Not normal. So you leave him be, for a couple of hours or so, until you can’t stand it anymore and you get to now, aimlessly looking for your best friend in a full club while fighting off grabby hands and wondering eyes.

How you find him, though, is the true last straw.

On a wall next to the bathrooms Jisung is leaning over a woman. You’re not really sure if she’s one of the giggly beautiful girls you’ve seen all night, but she’s giggling and she’s beautiful. First, you feel a tug on your heart as you see him whispering something in her ear; then, a silent gasp follows, surprised with just how quick he was to get his lips on hers; and when his hands started roaming around her body, those same hands that held yours through the night and to the ground, you turn around and make a bee line to the exit.

The ride home isn’t quiet just because the taxi driver makes a point of chatting all the way to your apartment, giving you a small smile once you pay him and turn on your heels, marching inside with no thoughts besides locking yourself at home for the remainder of the weekend. Your phone had died long ago so even if you wanted– you didn’t– you couldn’t text Jisung that you left the club and made it home. Would he notice? That you weren’t there anymore? That you left without a word? Admittedly on purpose, you don’t put it to charge before flopping on your bed, giving into pettiness all at once before closing your eyes and falling into a dreamless sleep, too tired to even cry at the burning pain of realization: he truly just doesn’t care.

———————

And once again, the banging on the door wakes you up.

But for the first time ever, you aren’t jolted awake. You aren’t scared, or anxious, or happy, or nervous. You are defeated. So much so, that it takes you a good ten minutes to make yourself even get up from bed, dragging your tired body downstairs. “Who is it…?” This is more out of spite than anything else, and it gives you a sense of satisfaction when you hear him huffing and puffing on the other side. 

“Are you fucking kidding me?!”

It’s the rage in his voice that makes the alarm bells sound loud and clear in your mind, swinging the door and crossing your arms over your chest in a defensive manner. You have never seen Han Jisung like that, to be honest; usually, he is always laughing and smiling and his big shoulders are always down, you know? Always relaxed. But the man in front of you is angry– his face is red and shoulders are tense and the snarl on his lips makes you cower a little, taking steps back inside the house and curling your shoulders inward to create a shield of protection around yourself. The man in front of you scares you and that makes your skin crawl. The thought of Jisung scaring makes your skin crawl. 

“What do you want?” You ask, closing the door behind him once he marches inside your apartment, sitting on the couch with his head on his hands.

Is it just me or does… does he look defeated too?

“WHAT I WANT?” His head snaps up to look at you, eyes bloodshot and shaking hands. “I want you to fucking tell wha the hell were you fucking thinking, Y/N?”

“Wha-“

“Do you even know how long I was in there looking for you?” Jisung cried out, frowning, and his anger seemed to melt into worry and you frown with him. This isn’t how it was supposed to go– you were supposed to go to that stupid party and have some stupid fun and just be stupid. And there it is, that familiar sense of overall guilt that always seems to find you, one time or another, whenever you are talking to your friend. Friend… is this my friend?, you wonder, looking at him with wide, surprised eyes. “You disappeared! Who does that? And your phone? Off! Why the fuck was your phone off, Y/N?”

“Jisung, what are you going on about? You didn’t even stay with me in that stupid club,” You mumble, voice small and weak in embarrassment. The point is lost in between how needy you sound and how disappointed you are. “Yeah, well, the point was to have fun,” He shouts, getting up in a sudden movement, probably not even thinking about his words. But you do, and they hurt, and you notice how they hurt and you notice how the only things he’s been doing lately is hurt you. 

“…And you can’t do that with me?” 

There is a silence that follows, tense and out of place. And the he sighs… he fucking sighs and you nod, swallowing hard. 

“I see.”

“Y/N, it’s not like that,” Jisung mumbles, hand reaching out to grab yours, and it’s the fact that he’s on the couch– he’s on that damned couch, in the middle of the night, after a party reaching out for your hand, that has you flinching away.

“Don’t touch me,” Your voice comes out harsh and steady and for once, you’re actually proud of yourself. “I’m… tired. Yeah. You know where the door is. Please be gone when I wake up.”

“Y/N, no, wait–“ And when he grabs your arm, your stomach tightens in a way that makes you sure you’re about to vomit.

“I said don’t fucking touch me, Han!” You shout– you think this is the first time you actually shout at Jisung– pulling your arm back. And just like before, his touch set a fire in you, but unlike before, it’s not one that makes you smile and giggle in your bed; this time, this fire is burning and wild and it is threatening over you unless you do something. “What is wrong with you?! What is fucking wrong with you, Jisung, cause I don’t know but somehow, I’m in the middle of it and I’m tired! I’m tired of this back and forth, of this fucking mood switching, of this showing-up-drunk-in-my-doorsteps thing– I’m exhausted… have you maybe consider that’s why I stay at home on the weekends? Because I’m exhausted?”

“Y/N, that’s not–“

“And then you come here, all drunk and messed up, waking me at god fucking knows when, practically forcing me to sleep on the floor, and I’m– I don’t like it, okay?! I like weekday Han Jisung; I like the Han Jisung that comes over work to have lunch with me, and that likes going to the movies, and that makes a mean lunchbox, but fuck me, is weekend Han Jisung the price I have to pay for that? Cause weekend Han Jisung is an asshole that couldn’t give two shits about the things he says or the people he hurts. You dragged me to a party for what? To watch you make out with someone? To watch you chat to people? That’s… that’s not fun for me!”

“Then what is fun for you?” He shouted back, confused and clearly hurt too. “Sitting at home, watching re-run of old movies you’ve seen a thousand times? Sorry if I don’t like being stuck inside all day and want to see people!” “That’s not the problem, that’s– you’re not getting it, you’re not listening to me!” This time, there are tears in your eyes, and it is your sniffling that makes him gasp, pausing mid-sentence. “I… I feel… I feel like… like you don’t… like you don’t care, Jisung. Like you are my friend during the week just to be able to not be my friend during the weekend. It’s like, it’s like you don’t want to give up even though I–“ And you stop yourself, biting your lip and rubbing the tears that fall down your cheeks uncontrollably. 

“Even though you what?” He breathes out, eyes wide and watery too. He finally understands.

“Even though I have,” You whisper, looking at him with everything you felt, everything you though, shinning through your tears. “I uh… I like you. A lot. As a friend and as a person and… and as man, but Jisung, I’m tired. I’m tired of compromising, and sacrificing, and giving up, and I just… I’m done. It’s like whenever we’re together, I can’t be myself, because I’m scared you’ll be bored and leave, you know? My biggest fear was, well, is, my biggest fear is losing you, and somehow I think I lost myself and never noticed… and I don’t like that. I don’t like that at all.”

“What on Earth are you talking about?” Jisung shrieked, sprinting up and you really want to tell him it’s a joke– you want to hug him and tell him it’s all a joke, but that would also mean you’d be admitting you are the joke and you are so, so, so tired of being the fucking joke.

“Stop pretending you don’t know,” You whisper, and every ounce of energy leaves your body as you mumble these next words, knees so weak that you have to crouch down. “Stop pretending you don’t know how I feel about you.”

“…Y/N, no, don’t do this–"

“It’s the truth, and I know you know,” You chuckled, sad and disappointed. “And I know, I mean, did you- you could, and… fuck, did you do it on purpose?”

It breaks your heart even more when he says nothing.

“For fuck’s sake, Jisung,” At this point, you are absolutely humiliated, hiding your face and tearful eyes behind your hands. “Are you fucking kidding me?”

“It’s not like that,” Han sighed. “I just… I knew that if I said something, it would be the end of… of us, you know? Han and Y/N, done. You’re my best friend, Y/N, I can’t lose you, not forms something as–“

“If you say stupid I will lose my mind.”

“That’s not what I meant, it’s not– this makes no sense! So what? You like staying in and I like going out and–“

“And every time you go out I have to sacrifice my time to stay with you, and to hold your hand, and to sleep on the fucking floor! And you leave in the morning– you leave without making a fucking noise and you leave me on the floor, Jisung! On the ground! What the hell is wrong with you?!”

“I’m sorry… Y/N, I’m so sorry, I never thought–“

“Yeah, I fucking know!” Pushing yourself up, you decide that this is it; wiping your nose and rubbing your eyes, you stand on shaky legs and anxiety. “Cause you never think! For some reason, you want me to do all the thinking and you don’t think about anything else but the weekend, and I’m not a part of your life on the weekends, Jisung, I’m just not! And honestly? I don’t want to be!”

“Don’t do this, please Y/N,” This time he actually touches you. He grabs your hand, like he did many times before, and pulls you closer, and closer, and closer until he’s crying on your shoulder and you take a moment to even process that the wetness you feel soaking your shirt are his tears. He’s crying?, you think, incredulous. I didn’t even notice he was crying… what the fuck is he crying for?

You know what he’s crying for; he’s crying for the memories of years past, for the laughters and the cries and the accomplishments and for every single time you held his hand, looking at him with proud eyes and a wide smile that could make him believe he could conquer anything. And he’d look back at you with an equally wide smile, warm and full of hope, that made you believe that everything would be okay in the end. What happened to those kids? Technically, you did. You fell for your best friend and you put up with too much shit because you fell for your best friend, and as a result a ball of issues and problems amounted to this exact moment: you holding Jisung for one last time.

“You’ll always be my friend,” You sigh, petting his hair and crying a little more yourself. “You’ll always be my friend but I think I need to relearn how to be your friend. I just… I need to be okay, Ji, even if you leave. I need to be okay by myself.”

It took him a while, but Jisung eventually left your house. And you eventually fell asleep again. And he eventually stopped coming to your house on those ungodly hours that you hated so much. Sometimes he texts you, and you answer him with a smile on your face. It’s a different smile though, and it shows; it not inconsequential as it used to be, as weird as that sounds. Your smile is controlled and relaxed– relaxed, can you believe that?– and now, when you see Jisung for your scheduled weekly lunch, something you two decided to try and keep up for the sake of your renewed friendship, you don’t feel the need to laugh and nod at everything he says. You don’t feel that tightness in your heart when he leaves and you don’t look at your phone every five seconds when you tell him you got home. Now, you get home and the first thing you do is smile at your living room, happy to see that couch you once hated and even happier to throw yourself in it, turning the TV on and actually enjoying your weekends guilt free. And you think nothing had ever felt as good at that.

You still loved him, of course. And to not do that anymore would take some time still, but you know you’re on the right track. You know you are, and for you to know that about yourself… well, that’s all that mattered.

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hi lovelies!! can’t believe I managed to finish another fic! it feels like it’s been forever and I missed you all so, so much! I hope you like this, even though is Y/N focused and has almost no romance LOL I also felt like trash making han be an ass, but oh well! as always, let me know what you think >.< I’m slowly getting my creative juices back so your feedback means the world! thank you for the constant support as always, lovelies!

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Vacation All I Ever Wanted by JJsADragon

Narumitsu, Klapollo - 110K+ words - Completed

Oh my god. this is in my top 5 fics ever. I don't know what it is about this fic, but it feels like it was written for me personally. The found family and hurt/comfort in this fic are what really give it its wings, as well as the humor (I cried with laughter BOTH times I read it), and. the romance is absolutely sickening as well. Just an absolute delight all around. If you've ever gone to the beach with a big family, you know this can only end in drama.

Can I Go Where You Go by Parchmints

Klapollo - 40K+ words - Completed

Again, top 5 fics ever. Fake dating in exchange for a free couple's vacation does NOT go as planned. The yearning in this fic is off the charts, and there's some gorgeous art scattered throughout !!

Turnabout Dungeons and Dragons by Synthpop

Klapollo - 170K+ words - Completed

Exactly what it says on the tin, and it's INCREDIBLE. They play D&D. Bard Klavier. Need I say more?

Signed, St. Nostalgia by Synthpop

Klapollo - 26K+ words - Completed

Another Synthpop slay. Road trip to a law convention in Klavier's shitty car. Tourist traps and kitschy motels, awkward crushes trapped in an enclosed space for extended periods of time, the whole nine yards. Absolute excellence.

If It's Really Me You Seek by Seamint

Klapollo - 83K+ words - Completed

Apollo returns from Kurain and has trouble finding a new apartment. Klavier suggests they become roommates. It's awkward and sweet and angsty and lovely and I've read it twice. The domestic bliss of it all makes my chest hurt.

Alternative Dispute Resolution by ehtala

Klapollo - 25K+ words - Completed

From the description, I was a bit worried this was going to be nothing but angst. I was so incredibly wrong. This fic made me laugh so hard I cried. There's a scene where Klavier locks himself in the WAA bathroom out of sheer horror and awkwardness and refuses to come out, so they send Edgeworth in after him. I was cackling aloud. The secondhand embarrassment is tangible and it's absolutely delicious.

A Brief For The Defense by Ophelia_Writes

Narumitsu (side Franmaya) - 260K+ words - Unfinished

Okay. If you've read any AA fic, you've probably read this one- and if you haven't, THIS IS THE ONE YOU NEED TO READ. Seriously, this is one of, if not the, best fic I've ever read. The humor, the fluff, the tension, THE KARAOKE CHAPTER. I'm so serious. I know how much reading an unfinished fic hurts, but I promise you, this one is so much more than worth it. You will thank me later.

YOU ARE LIVE ON TAKE-2 TV, PLEASE DO NOT SWEAR. by cosmicpoet

Klapollo - 17K+ words - Completed

This is a one-shot, and I DESPERATELY wish it wasn't. I NEED MORE. Apollo and Klavier meet in their late 30's on the set of Big Brother. The premise may sound random at first, but I promise it makes sense, and It's absolutely incredible. Cosmicpoet, i'm your biggest fan.

Possessed by the Genetic and Inevitable by cosmicpoet

Klapollo - 2K words - Completed

Okay look. I don't read a ton of one-shots, especially ones below 10K words, but I make an exception for Cosmicpoet, and I never regret it. This is a character study of Klavier Gavin through the lense of OCD. This fic means a lot to me.

apollo justice: attorney at law, friend of worms by cosmicpoet

Klapollo - 3K+ words - Completed

Klavier is jealous of a worm. That's it, that's the fic. This is crack, and also a work of absolute art. Download the offered PDF. You will not regret it.

Code to my Heart by SnowOnVenus

Narumitsu - 29K+ words - Completed

This is just pure fluff. 30K words of Phoenix trying to find a pet name that Miles likes. It's adorable, it made me giggle and kick my feet, it's cozy and comfy and perfect. 10/10.

In Better Light by cosmogyral, sunsmasher

Klapollo, Narumitsu - 66K+ words - Completed

I've posted about this fic before, actually. I've never seen Pacific Rim. I have no interest in seeing Pacific Rim. This is a Pacific Rim AU- and it is genuinely one of the best things I've read in a long time. The Klapollo and Narumitsu are great in this fic, but the sibling relationship between Apollo and Trucy is the true focus, and where it really shines. I'm not a huge fan of high stakes action most of the time, but I was on the edge of my seat reading this fic. (This one is rated Mature for swearing and adult humor)

And that's all for now, folks !! I have an absolute favorites bookmarks list on ao3 that you are welcome to peruse at your leisure as well, and I update it every time I read something that changes my life :) Happy reading, loves !!

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Narumitsu/AA fic rec list No.1

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pressure (pushing down on me) ApprenticeofDoyle | @apprenticeofdoyle https://archiveofourown.org/works/28440966/chapters/69694179

miles edgeworth's terrible, no-good, very bad week ApprenticeofDoyle | @apprenticeofdoyle https://archiveofourown.org/works/29390913/chapters/72203136 (this one isn't completed but please listen to my advice: a fic does not need to be completed to be enjoyable and/or give you necessary feelings) This author writes so beautifully, go read both!!! The first one has such cute and emotional moments and there's a scene in particular I will cherish most dearly for all of eternity. The second one follows as the title says Miles's most terrible misfortunes (aka AAI), so enjoy his very well written struggles.

The Miraculous Disappearance Of Phoenix Wright JJsADragon | @4ragon https://archiveofourown.org/works/15341994 This is Phoenix-centric, narumitsu is background - it's so beautiful and it's full of Phoenix drama and... hear me out... Godot!!! But, being serious here. This one really struck me. I don't know, I don't quite have the words to explain. You need to experience it yourself. But I can say that it made me rethink my whole perception of Phoenix's character. Vacation All I Ever Wanted JJsADragon | @4ragon https://archiveofourown.org/works/25088599/chapters/60774496 Same author as previous one and what can I say? It's gorgeous go read it. Also side note I actually laughed out loud at very very frequent intervals.

Saturation (ongoing) TiedyedTrickster | @greentrickster https://archiveofourown.org/works/20272603/chapters/48054286 Already talked about this previously....: It's a Miles-POV fic, sweet & cute, emotional, with an amazing sense of humor. The character relationships are chef's kiss. Absolutely brilliant all around.

The Things We Agree to Believe are True actual_goblin | @metaphorical-goblin https://archiveofourown.org/works/42658245/chapters/107157108 I think this is the kind of thing you need to read without any explaination whatsoever. It's just... an adventure, I would call it, and very very beautiful, so just jump in. There is one thing I can say though. If you like character exploration, to a degree that is frankly out of this universe, GO.

Kindred timepatches | @monimolimnion  https://archiveofourown.org/works/28852137/chapters/70772769 It's about Miles adopting Pess! And it makes him realize a few things. It's so so very heartwaming. Set during the 7y gap. I think whatever I say might spoil it so I'll just describe how it made me feel! Fuzzy. Warm. Sappy. Cozy like wrapped in a blanket in winter with a nice cup of cocoa in hand. ---- One-shots ----

pressed beneath the burden of proof harmony | @harmonization https://archiveofourown.org/works/57174151 So very very very well written - I love how the author describes thoughts and emotions... it felt like I was feeling them myself.

Trials, Texts, and Tribulations bluemoodblue | @blue-mood-blue https://archiveofourown.org/works/20590601 Just very very sweet and with such nice subtlety it made me scream internally-- I love subtle things.

A Boy at the Airport KrisseyCrystal (IceCreAMS) | @krisseycrystal https://archiveofourown.org/works/29741124 Kid Apollo + Wrightworth. cute too cute too extremely cute family feelings overload ---- my heart is flying away...

Code to My Heart SnowOnVenus | @legayllyblonde https://archiveofourown.org/works/57499360 Incredibly beautiful and the drawings made to accompany it are absolutely charming and so fitting to the story... I especially love how Edgeworth's character was explored here. This will forever be inprinted in my heart.

To be honest there are so many more so I will probably make more lists in the future, as I also need to reread things (I have terrible, terrible memory)... hence the '1' on the title.