#boynextdoor yandere

[urauntiefaye]

~MasterList~

Emoji Guide: 🔞=NSFW, 🌸=Fluff, 🔪=Yandere, 🖤=Mafia, 🧛=Vampire Au, 🐺=Werewolf Au, 💛=Hybrid Au, 👹=Crack, ❤️‍🩹=Angst

Enhypen

Legal Line 

-None Yet-

Heesung

-None Yet-

Jay 

-None Yet-

Jake

To Be Kidnapped Teaser🔪

Sunghoon

-None Yet-

Sunoo

-None Yet-

Jungwon 

-None Yet-

&Team

Legal Line:

-Legal Line Hard Thought 10:48🔞-

First Time With &Team Legal Line🔞

&Team as Yanderes(Not including Maki)🔞🔪

K

-Hard Thoughts: 12:26🔞 -

-Hard Thoughts 11:39🔞-

Fuma

-Hard Thoughts: 10:22🔞-

Nicholas

8:16🔞

Those Two Little Lines ❤️‍🩹🌸

Breeding Kink with Nicholas 🔞

EJ

-None Yet-

Yuma

-Hard Thoughts: 1:20🔞-

8:48 Jealous FWB Yuma 🔞🌸

Jo

You Will Be Mine 🔞👑

1:42 Jo Asakura 🔞

Slow it Down 🔞

Harua

-None Yet-

Taki

-None Yet-

-BoyNextDoor-

Legal Line: 

MtoL "Make Eye Contact During It"

First Time With Legal Line 🌸🔞

Boy Next Door When You're Too Shy To Ask 🔞

Boy Next Door When You're Sad🌸❤️‍🩹

Jaehyun

Soft Sex🔞🌸

Sungho

-None Yet- 

Riwoo

-None Yet-

Taesan

7:07

Possessive!Taesan 🔞

Rich!Boyfriend Taesan 🔞

8:20 🔞

Leehan

OneShot: Enemies~ NSFW  🔞

2:11

Frat!Boy Leehan 🔞

-P1Harmony-

Legal Line: 

First Time With P1harmony🔞

Keeho

-None Yet-

Theo

-None Yet-

Jiung

-None Yet-

Intak

-None Yet-

The Boyz

All Members

-None Yet-

Sangyeon

-None Yet-

Jacob

-None Yet-

Younghoon

-None Yet-

Hyunjae

-None Yet-

Juyeon

-None Yet-

Kevin

-None Yet-

New(Chanhee)

-None Yet-

Q(Changmin)

-None Yet-

Haknyeon

-None Yet-

Sunwoo

-None Yet-

Eric

-None Yet-

NCT 127 

All Members

-None Yet-

Taeyong

-None Yet-

Johnny 

-None Yet-

Yuta

-None Yet-

Doyoung

-None Yet-

Jaehyun 

-None Yet-

Jungwoo

-None Yet-

(Mark and Haechan will be with the Dreamies)

NCT Dream

All Members

-None Yet-

Mark

-None Yet-

Renjun

-None Yet-

Jeno

-None Yet-

Haechan

-None Yet-

Jaemin

-None Yet-

Chenle 

-None Yet-

Jisung

-None Yet-

Wayv

All Members

-None Yet-

Kun

-None Yet-

Ten

-None Yet-

WinWin

-None Yet-

Xiaojun

-None Yet-

Hendery

-None Yet-

YangYang

-None Yet-

-WIPS/To Be Uploaded-

-Reactions/Imagines- 

Full Fanfictions/Stories

[dodofiles]

✿ིུ͠ ⠀𝔦'𝔩𝔩 𝔨𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔞𝔫 𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔶𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 @ . . . ˖ ❤︎⎯─

[arelluv]

Noah Sandborn x Fem! Reader

MINORS DNI 🔞

TW : Toxic Relationship, No Protection, Abusive Language. (No proofread)

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(A/N : sorry for not updating, life has been hectic but here ya go. I've been obsessed with this man. hyperfixation atp)

"Who was that Y/n?" Noah asked, he didn't expect you to talk to anyone other than him. Though this was an unrealistic standard that he had for you, he expected you to only talk to him. Focus on him, love just him. "Noah, it was just an old friend. Nothing to worry about.", you said as you brushed him off.

"You think that fucking response is just gonna get you off easy?", Noah yelled. He couldn't believe that you just brushed him off like nothing. Did all his worrying, and thinking mean absolutely nothing to you? He needed to make sure you acknowledged him the way he did to you. "Y/n look at me.", he said as he eyed you down dangerously. "Noah, I promise you're the only man I need and want. Please don't think anything else of him.", you begged "worryingly". You look at him slowly as you said that, his eyes seemingly turning dark, you knew what was gonna happen.

Noah walked closer to you, breathing a little more heavily. "If I catch you talking to another guy, I'm not going to let it off easy next time. You're very lucky, I love you." he warned you as he slowly grazed his hands alongside your hips to your ass. You couldn't help but admit to yourself that you loved the constant jealousy he showed you. Your secret was that you constantly loved to see him riled up no matter what. You were not as innocent as he thought you were. You loved the chasing he did and you loved to be caught in his little net of jealousy and obsession.

"What are you gonna do right now then? Maybe you're just too much of a pussy to show me." you said internally laughing at yourself, you know what you were doing to him mentally. You loved to mindfuck him in the slightest way. "Let's go then." he said, as he dragged you to his truck. He drove as fast as he could, you arrived to his house.

As soon as you got out the truck, he grabbed your wrist as fast as he could and lifted you up by your ass. He was gripping you like his life depended on it. His mind was racing with the fact that you thought he was a "pussy" for not showing you how to be in your place. He knew he had to show you who you belonged to inside and out. But we'll start with the outside, literally.

He started kissing your neck slowly, tracing the kisses up then down to your collar bown. Leaving hickeys. He licked the little bruises he left on your shoulders and neck. He continued the small kisses going down to your breasts, he couldn't get enough of your breasts. He eyed them like a piece of candy that couldn't satisfy his hunger, he always stayed insatiable. Your breasts were plump and veiny, but they held so nicely in your black laced bra. Were you trying to make him go more insane? Are you purposely trying to make him want to fuck you any chance YOU get?

He eyed you like never before, looking at your eyes and then down to your gorgeous breasts. Licking your right breast, slowly.... so slow it felt like he was heating up inside from the teasing. You were whimpering because he was causing such a slow but growing warmth in you, you were craving more of him. "Noah.. please", you yearned for him but it didn't mean he'll give you what you want immediately. He smirked whilst he continued to kiss your breasts lightly. His hands still on your ass, squeezing them. His attention still on your tits, he left more hickeys eventually his tongue led to your niples. Fucking your niples with his painfully skilled tongue, he was sucking your tits to the point where your nipples were puffy. Sore even.

He walked still holding you, to his room. Plopping you down on the bed. His fingers going down to your clit, rubbing his fingers slowly but surely. Fucking your cute little clit yearning for more pressure. Your hips buck at him, but he nods and says, "No, Y/n. If you want my hands to fuck you, you take it how I'm giving it to you." You moaned moving your head to the side of his pillow. His two fingers adding pressure to your clit, hitting the right spot for friction and the orgasm you've been yearning for. But, as you were about to reach your high, he stopped. Smiling at you like an ass knowing you were about to have your orgasm. "Please Noah! I admit it, I regret calling you a pussy." you whimpered as you knew he won YOUR game. "Admiting it does nothing for me Y/n, now you're gonna take me how I want you to. I don't care."

His fingers entering you slowly, fucking you inside. Fucking you inside, as he hit the right spot in your wet puffy pussy. God the feeling was godly for the both of you. For him, feeling the warmth and wetness of your cunt was getting to him. He needed to be inside you. As for you, it was feeling his big fingers fucking the right spot each time, imagining his fingers as his big dick, stretching your small cunt each minute. You were reaching your high, and you came on his fingers. He smirked again, still eyeing you as he pulled his fingers out of your pussy, licking your cum off his fingers.

He felt his cock yearning for your pussy, throbbing for you. "Can I?" he asked, as he pulled his dick out. "Always." you said, smiling at him. He entered your small pussy, feeling the tightness of it. Going in and out, in a rhythm. Your insides were squeezing his big dick, he whimpered at the feeling of you. He usually didn't show you this side of him but when he simply was craving you, he showed it vocally and with actions. "God, Y/n...I don't want to cum so quickly but holy fuck..", he admited as he moaned into your neck.

You were burning in the inside feeling his dick touching your cervix, bruising it. Fucking the spots that had you slobbering like you were seeing the fucking stars. You'd do absolutely anything for Noah, he always had you on edge. He just simply had that effect on you as you did to him. Just all about the chase and the catch. Heat was rising inside your pussy from all the fucking he was doing to you. "Oh fuck Noah!", you whimpered as you yelled.

He was going in and out, again and again. He was trying so hard not to cum as soon as he was inside you, you just made him feel that good each time. Your pussy was made just for him. Your wetness had him going crazy, the sliding into your warmth just had that grip on himself too. He felt like he was some rabid animal going crazy for you. He whimpered, moaned and was going batshit crazy as he pounded into you each minute. His thrusts going quick, more out of rhythm but still hitting the right spots for the both of you.

You both were reaching your high. Eventually you reached your high, wetness coating your pussy and his cock. Feeling your pussy clench around his dick, had him whimpering loudly because holy fuck did that unleash an overwhelming feeling in him. "Y/n..fuck!" he moaned as he reached his high and came inside your pussy. Still thrusting after slowly but eventually pulling out.

"I showed you Y/n, I don't think that makes me much of a pussy? Does it.", he mocked you jokingly, still out of breath.

(A/N : Sorry this was short pookies ! Hope you all had a great summer. Lmk if y'all want me to write anything specific. Next I think I'll write about Brahms Heelshire!)

[sooniessoulmate]

𝔻𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕘𝕖𝕕 - 𝕔𝕙.𝟚𝟘 𝕡𝕥.𝟚- 𝕟𝕔𝕥 𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕞 𝕤𝕞𝕒𝕦

𝕡𝕥.𝟙 | 𝕞𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕥 | 𝕔𝕙.𝟚𝟙

𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝟚𝟘 𝕡𝕥.𝟚 : 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕥𝕨𝕠

𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕧 | 𝕞𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕥 | 𝕟𝕖𝕩𝕥

𝕥𝕒𝕘𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕥

❈★ 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟 ★❈

@conwunder

[imvsilly]

Broo I'm here to rant , if any of you want to rant or want advice or anything just send in an anonymous ask .

Peace out.

[oracle-of-dream]

Fanfic Masterlist

Started: 08/17/2023

Updated: 09/05/2024

Total Works: 47

Accepting Commissions: DM for requests!

WIPs?

Series

Photo Finisher Yechan - 82Major Jeno - NCT Dream Woong - AB6IX Mingyu - SVT

Appreciation Posts Jeno, Jaemin, Soobin, Wonbin, Riwoo, Shinyu, Matthew, Juyeon, Sunwoo, Riize

TXT

Imagines

Yandere TXT

Smut

Soobin The Palm of His Hand Your Admirer

H. Kai Dumb Bunny

Yeonjun Boy Toy Getting Close

Taehyun We're Even

Series

Just A Dare

Enhpyen

Imagines

Jay Something Special

Jake A Bedtime Message Dinner Date

Jungwon Jungwon's Birthday Gift

Smut

Heeseung Working Hard

Jake DSL Him or Me

Sunghoon Frame by Frame Cocky Guys

Jay Favorite Seat Slow Day CEO's Bodyguard

Series

Enhypen Under Pressure A Desperate Drink

TBZ (The Boyz)

Imagines

Sunwoo The Cuite At The Carwash

Smut

Eric Regular Maintenance

Series

NCT

Imagines

Jisung Sick Day

Smut

Jisung Snapshot

Jeno The Boy Next Door The Boy Next Door pt2 Photo Finisher

Series

Riize

Imagines

Anton Love 119 Sungchan Unexpected

Smut

Wonbin Hotel Hookup Sungchan Mr. Trainer

Series

OT7 Sweetness, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

BND (BoyNextDoor)

Imagines

Leehan Under the Nite Lights

Smut

Leehan Home Sick

Taesan Just Talking

Series

Leehan Nothing but Bad News

SKZ (Stray Kids)

Imagines

Smut

Lee Know A Dark Opportunity

Series

ZB1 (Zerobaseone)

Imagines

Smut

Taerae Submissive and huh?

Jiwoong Bad Habit

Series

WayV

Imagines

Smut

Winwin Dinner with Friends

Series

Xiaojun Never Really Alone, 2

SVT (Seventeen)

Imagines

Smut

Wonwoo Stress Relief

Mingyu Photo Finisher

Series

MISC Idols

Myungho - 8Turn Stuck

[minnieeeee-fics]

hello everyone <3

my name is minnie and will write some male idol x male reader hehe

im really passionate about writing and wanted to improve my writing skills so feel free to give some ideas for me to improve it hehe

i will mainly wrote for sub reader

yandere, angst and probably smut are my common themes

i might update story one a week starting this week

also feel free to send request but do note that i have some rules about it and might not write it if i feel uncomfortable

i will mainly write on enhypen and zb1 cause they're my current ult group rn but i might add boynextdoor, RIIZE and even treasure

that will be all thank you very much <3

[taesancult]

guidelines for requests

no requests will be taken from ageless blogs. this is an +18 account, and i expect everyone who interacts with me to respect my boundaries.

before submitting a request, make sure to read below as it shares the things that i am not comfortable writing

please be patient with me as i work through requests as i’m working full time! also, make sure to be respectful as i’m just a girl and not a writing machine!

i would really love to hear any hard thoughts you may have, so feel free to send them in as this is a safe space for all your h word thoughts!

things to note: i only write for boynextdoor, and of course i don’t write for woonhak. all my work is specifically fem!reader, so please keep that in mind when requesting from me! hard hours for bnd: OPEN!

taken anons: 🔮, 🪻

things i will NOT write about: scat/watersports, ageplay, ddlg, yandere (don’t know enough about it), pegging, anal, mental illness, topics surrounding weight, copious gore (a bit of blood is fine), noncon, stepcest, and this list may grow.

[astraystaythatslays]

𝙍𝙀𝙌𝙐𝙀𝙎𝙏 𝘼𝙍𝙀 𝘾𝙐𝙍𝙍𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙇𝙔 𝙊𝙋𝙀𝙉. Groups I write for

ATEEZ​​​​​​

Stray Kids

ENHYPEN

Seventeen 

TXT

DRIPPIN

P1HARMONY

BOYNEXTDOOR

X:IN

I write:

Angst

Fluff

Comfort

Au

What I don't write:

Incest

Lemon

Suggestive stuff

Smut

Yandere

[nichoswag]

--♡ ask rules !!

requests/asks are open

be kind and respectful

i do not write ships (idol x idol)

i do not write heavy angst or yandere (not good at it)

if i am not comfortable completing a request, i will reply saying that

i write for:

♡ &team

♡ enhypen

♡ txt

♡ riize

♡ zerobaseone

♡ boynextdoor

♡ seventeen

♡ stray kids

[urauntiefaye]

A few thoughts on Leehan (cantains mention of alcoholism, sex*doesn't go into explicit detail*, abusive partners, abusive parents, physical altercation, slight Yandere Leehan?)

1. Frat Boy Leehan...

2. Imagine you started dating this guy. You two start becoming serious but you soon find out he's pretty toxic. As you become familiar with his family you find out that he gets his misogynistic abusive behavior from his father who's also an alcoholic. His mother is never really there mentally or physically. It's almost like she's given up and also chooses to indulge in alcohol. Not he also has a younger brother named Leehan. Leehan and you are either the same age or you're a year older than him right?. Leehan is completely different from his older brother (your bf) and his parents. Instead he's pretty shy and keeps to himself, he has a close group of friends he's usually hanging out with or he's found in his room. Due to his soft nature he is typical the target of most of the family's verbal and physical abuse. You being extremely nice to Leehan and actually finding a liking to each other it was no matter of time that you two actually end up forming a close bond with each other! You find yourself talking to him often and hanging out in his room when your bf isn't home. Leehan absolutely hates how his brother treats you, he finds it disgusting that his brother is so much like their father and that he treats such a kind and pure angel like you so shitty. One night when your bf and everyone is away but Leehan you find yourself hanging out with him. It actually ends up leading to a little more than just you two hanging out. Leehan ends up gaining actual feelings for you and you the same.

Your scandalous relationship with Leehan continues under the radar. It wasn't until one night a huge fight broke out and you stood up for Leehan. That's when it clicks that you may or may not have been cheating on your abusive boyfriend with his brother. And let's just say that your bf did not like causing a physical altercation to play out. Leehan protects you and causing him and his brother to get into a very violent and very messy fight.

And let's just say Leehan ends up getting kicked out...and you may have followed him and you both now live together.

Or maybe he leaves, leaving you behind with your abusive bf ... It's not until in the future when you've finally left your abusive boyfriend and have somewhat healed from those years that you end up bumping into Leehan in the big city. Leehan feels extremely guilty for leaving you, but you don't blame him. Instead you're glad he left because he needed to protect and take care of himself. You two make up and realized your feelings for each other died out...

Or maybe this ends up with a Leehan Yandere route-

[gluion]

all about moni

➵ hi everyone, i am moni! if we’re close feel free to call me by any nickname </3

➵ they/them pronouns (any if close, all gendered terms OK!) and identify as nonbinary unlabelled.

➵ 21 years old who lives in the philippines — eng/fil OK!

➵ 4th-year communications major who is also active in my uni's newspaper so i have a very sporadic schedule xP

➵ this blog does hold an array of interests. however, it mostly focuses on my writings and current hyperfixation/s

all about moni's works

➵ i mainly write about the boyz, zerobaseone, boynextdoor, and reader-insert fics whether in the romantic or platonic aspect. i also make my fics reader-centric. — although i write my readers to use they/them pronouns, i do note that they are afab on most occasions. please read the warnings.

➵ i write both sfw and nsfw. take note that this is my first time fully getting into writing fics and publishing them so always be kind as i'm figuring out my writing style :] — will not be writing about yandere, incest, and any majorly toxic themes that i'm uncomfortable writing about. i have every right to deny your request.

➵ i am not the best with requests. if you do request something, please do not expect too much nor get mad at me if i am unable to fulfill.

➵ for any feedback, i would love if you would reblog it! however, you can also send comments, feedbacks, or even requests to be part of the tag list to my ask/inbox.

moni's tag system old ➵ new

zzoguri thoughts ➵ nom nom

all my thoughts!!! about anything and everything i think about!! suitable for 16+

monstah

all my nsfw thoughts!! please block this tag if under 18

zzoguri works ➵ works of moni

all my works (though you can already find that in my masterlist)

zzoguri updates ➵ psa

all updates in terms of writing, from ideas to actually writing

zzoguri feedbacks/zzoguri feedback ➵ reviewed and approved

all the feedback i received on my works :') good to look back to

zzoguri asks ➵ om nom

all the asks i receive

love notes 💌 ➵ all my loves

all the love notes i receive from mutuals and followers

zzoguri requests ➵ food for a thought

all the requests i received and fulfilled

my boyz (the boyz), my sun for life (kim sunwoo), cobster (jacob bae), changmin lover (ji changmin), my erigi (eric sohn), the moon shines for all (kevin moon), catjyu (lee juyeon)

____ brainrot (all other general interests! expect a lot of doctor who, fe3h, atla, and more that you can find below)

moni's silly interests and other symbols of comfort

current hyperfixation ➵ zb1 & bnd

ults ➵ day6 (ot4) ✰ bts (namgi) ✰ the boyz (sunwoo, jacob, changmin, and eric) ✰ zb1 (taerae, hanbin, and matthew) ✰ boynextdoor (dongjaedong) ✰ txt (yeonbin) ✰ le sserafim (ot5) ✰ loona (yeojin, chuu, choerry, and vivi), p1harmony (intak)

my other loves

nct dream (jaemin and donghyuck) ✰ seventeen (seungkwan, dokyeom, and minghao) ✰ weki meki (yoojung and lucy) ✰ stayc (sumin, sieun, and isa) ✰ cravity

bibi ✰ dean ✰ woodz ✰ seori ✰ yerin baek ✰ dpr ✰ giriboy ✰ ph-1 ✰ woo ✰ offonoff ✰ crush ✰ penomeco ✰ epik-high

hyukoh ✰ wave to earth ✰ lucky tapes ✰ jannabi ✰ se so neon ✰ polkadot stingray ✰ surl ✰ nell ✰ lucy ✰ indigo la end ✰ onewe ✰ radwimps ✰ no buses ✰ cnblue

hippo campus ✰ laufey ✰ faye webster ✰ mitski ✰ phoebe bridgers ✰ sabrina carpenter ✰ matt maltese ✰ niki ✰ maneskin

ludwig ✰ quarterjade ✰ itzmasayoshi ✰ jerma985 ✰ tinakitten ✰ the yard ✰ jacksepticeye ✰ markiplier

valorant ✰ kirby ✰ fe3h (claude von riegan) ✰ omori ✰ the last of us ✰ overwatch ✰ pokemon ✰ inscryption ✰ undertale ✰ borderlands ✰ minecraft ✰ bioshock infinite ✰ stardew valley

doctor who ✰ little women (2019) ✰ everything, everywhere, all at once ✰ the spiderverse franchise ✰ the mandalorian ✰ community ✰ new girl ✰ modern family ✰ superstore ✰ the good place

tomo-chan wa onnanoko ✰ cowboy bebop ✰ brass & sass ✰ the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya ✰ kyoukai no kanata ✰ code geass ✰ steins;gate

[nichoswrld]

ask rules

requests are open.

hard hours are open.

i don’t write about bodily excretions (other than semen and spit.) i don’t write about yandere/dark themes or toxic/abusive relationships. i only write afab reader, purely out of my own comfort and preference, but i’ll try to use gender neutral pronouns as much as i can.

if you send an ask that i’m not comfortable writing about, i will respond saying so.

i write for : &team, enhypen, txt, riize, zerobasone, and boynextdoor.

[sooniessoulmate]

𝔻𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕘𝕖𝕕 - 𝕔𝕙.𝟙𝟡 - 𝕟𝕔𝕥 𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕞 𝕤𝕞𝕒𝕦

𝕔𝕙.𝟙𝟠 | 𝕞𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕥 | 𝕔𝕙.𝟚𝟘

𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝟙𝟡 : 𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕖𝕟

𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕖𝕩𝕙𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕤𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕖. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕𝕟’𝕥 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕦𝕕𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕕, 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕝𝕠𝕚𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕓𝕪 𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕕𝕣𝕦𝕟𝕜𝕖𝕟 𝕧𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕠𝕤 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕖. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕𝕟’𝕥 𝕨𝕣𝕒𝕡 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕒 𝕠𝕗 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕠 𝕔𝕣𝕦𝕖𝕝, 𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕟𝕠 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕠𝕟. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕚𝕕 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕘𝕠 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕗𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕚𝕕 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕝 𝕤𝕒𝕗𝕖 𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖, 𝕞𝕒𝕪𝕓𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕'𝕧𝕖 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕚𝕞, 𝕞𝕒𝕪𝕓𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟’𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕤𝕒𝕗𝕖𝕥𝕪.

𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕡𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖, 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕤𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕𝕟’𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕖𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕒𝕤 𝕒 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕦𝕝𝕥 𝕠𝕗 ℂ𝕙𝕖𝕟𝕝𝕖 𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕧𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕠𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕕.

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕨𝕒𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕒 𝕤𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕠𝕨 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕠𝕠𝕣 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕜𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕟. ℍ𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕦𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕒𝕦𝕥𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕤𝕖𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕟 𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕕𝕚𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖. ℍ𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕕𝕟’𝕥 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙. 𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕨𝕠 𝕤𝕡𝕠𝕜𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕣, 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕖𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕗𝕣𝕖𝕖, 𝕖𝕒𝕘𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕒 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕗𝕦𝕟 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕣𝕪, 𝕤𝕦𝕔𝕙 𝕒 𝕕𝕣𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕔 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕥 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖. 𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕓𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕒 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟’𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕠𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕪.

𝕁𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕒𝕟 𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕒 𝕡𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕, 𝕒 𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕚𝕦𝕤 𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕒, 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕖𝕩𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕨𝕟. 𝔸𝕟 𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕝 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕨𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕒𝕤 𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕝𝕪 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕠𝕨. ℍ𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕞𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕠𝕪𝕖𝕖 𝕓𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕜𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕞, 𝕣𝕦𝕞𝕞𝕒𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤, 𝕤𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕘𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕠𝕝𝕧𝕖 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕠𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕞𝕤. ℍ𝕖 𝕜𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕖𝕩𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕕𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕘𝕠𝕒𝕝 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕡 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕪. 𝔸𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕝𝕝, 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕘𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕒 𝕗𝕦𝕟 𝕥𝕠𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙, 𝕒 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕗𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕒𝕕𝕕𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕦𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕫𝕠𝕠 𝕠𝕗 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕟𝕠 𝕘𝕠𝕠𝕕.

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕪 𝕧𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣. ℍ𝕖 𝕨𝕣𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕦𝕘𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕪 𝕧𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕣𝕖���𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕜𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕙 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕕𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕜.

“𝔸 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕓𝕚𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤, 𝕒 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕓𝕚𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥. 𝕊𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤,” 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕤𝕒𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕠𝕗𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕚𝕞𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗 𝕒𝕤 𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕘𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕡𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕕𝕚𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕚𝕝𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕦𝕞𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕣. 𝔸𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕦𝕞𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕣, 𝕙𝕖 𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕚𝕩𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞. ℍ𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕡𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕠𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔸𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕒 𝕄𝕠𝕔𝕙𝕒’𝕤 𝕓𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕔𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕖 𝕔𝕦𝕡𝕤. 𝔹𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕕 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠𝕡, 𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕪 𝕘𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕤 𝕧𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕥𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕦𝕡. ℍ𝕖 𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕒 𝕤𝕡𝕠𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕣 𝕚𝕥 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕜. ℍ𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕜 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕕 𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕞, 𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕕𝕣𝕚𝕫𝕫𝕝𝕖, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕕. “𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕖, 𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕤𝕤,” 𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕙𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕜𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕕𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕜 𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕.

𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕔𝕖𝕕 𝕒 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕒𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕗𝕖𝕝𝕥 𝕦𝕟𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕜𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕪 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕣𝕪 𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕡𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕥 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕓𝕪 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕜𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕕𝕠 𝕚𝕥.

“𝕀 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕘𝕠𝕥 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕥,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕤 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕘𝕠𝕥 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖.

“𝕐𝕖𝕒 𝕀’𝕞 𝕤𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕪 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕚𝕥,” 𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕕. “𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕞𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕣𝕕 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕥 𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕗𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕕𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕜 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦.”

“𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕣𝕕 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕥?” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕣𝕖𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕡𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕔𝕜, 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 ‘𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕘𝕖’ 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕝𝕪 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕒𝕝𝕤𝕠 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕕𝕞𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕥.

“𝕀𝕥’𝕤 𝕒 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕓𝕚𝕥 𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕒𝕣𝕣𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕕𝕞𝕚𝕥, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕞𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕣𝕕 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕥 𝕒𝕥 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕗𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕕𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕜. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕨𝕠 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕕𝕚𝕕𝕟’𝕥 𝕤𝕖𝕖𝕞 𝕦𝕡 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕖𝕤,” 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕, 𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕒 𝕓𝕚𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕙𝕒𝕞𝕖. 𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤𝕟’𝕥 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕝𝕪 𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕒𝕣𝕣𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕕, 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕠𝕠 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕔𝕥 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕗𝕖𝕝𝕥 𝕟𝕠 𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕒𝕣𝕣𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕤𝕠𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣. 𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕕𝕟’𝕥 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥. 𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕠𝕓𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕒𝕗𝕒𝕣 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤, 𝕙𝕖 𝕜𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕠 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕚𝕞𝕚𝕔 𝕓𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕙𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕝 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕚𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕒𝕚𝕝 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕗𝕖𝕕 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕚𝕥.

“𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕥’𝕤 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕤𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕥,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕖𝕕, 𝕤𝕙𝕪𝕝𝕪. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟’𝕥 𝕥𝕪𝕡𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕪𝕡𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕤𝕙𝕪, 𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕤𝕖𝕖𝕞𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕒 𝕘𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕥, 𝕒𝕨𝕜𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕪 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕠𝕟, 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟’𝕥 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗. 𝕀𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕪 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝 𝕣𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕣 𝕔𝕠𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕠𝕟 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕖𝕨 𝕕𝕒𝕪𝕤, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕖𝕩𝕚𝕥 𝕒𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕔𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕟𝕖𝕔𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕒𝕣𝕪.

“ℍ𝕖𝕣𝕖, 𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕚𝕥,” 𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕕, 𝕖𝕩𝕔𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕤 𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕜 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦. “𝕀 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕨𝕒𝕥𝕔𝕙 𝕒𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝕤𝕚𝕡 𝕤𝕠 𝕀 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕘𝕒𝕦𝕘𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕝 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕚𝕥.”

𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕔𝕜 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕤 𝕒 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕕𝕕 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕚𝕕 𝕘𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕒 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕠𝕠𝕣 𝕓𝕠𝕪 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕘𝕠𝕠𝕕 𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕛𝕠𝕓. 𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕𝕟’𝕥 𝕓𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕤 𝕒 𝕓𝕒𝕕 𝕢𝕦𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪, 𝕚𝕥 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕝𝕪 𝕣𝕖𝕘𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕕.

𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕓𝕓𝕖𝕕 𝕒 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕨 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠𝕡 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕦𝕡 𝕥𝕠𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕝𝕪 𝕡𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕜 𝕝𝕚𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕞𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕙. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟’𝕥 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕪 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘.

“𝕄𝕞𝕞𝕞,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕦𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕕, 𝕒𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕦𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕣 𝕝𝕚𝕡, 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕨𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖, 𝕤𝕞𝕠𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕖-𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕤𝕦𝕓𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖. “𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕫𝕚𝕟𝕘.”

“𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜 𝕤𝕠?” 𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕝𝕪, 𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕖𝕩𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥.

“𝕆𝕙 𝕞𝕪 𝕘𝕠𝕕, 𝕪𝕖𝕤,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕟𝕠𝕕𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕚𝕡. “𝕀'𝕞 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕨𝕠 𝕕𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕜𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕒𝕤 𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕫𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙.”

𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕒𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕤 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟’𝕤 𝕓𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥, 𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕤𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕝𝕪 𝕕𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖. ℍ𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒 𝕥𝕒𝕕 𝕚𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒 𝕞𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥, 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕓𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕪 𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕕.

“𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕟’𝕥 𝕒𝕨𝕗𝕦𝕝 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕒𝕤 𝕗𝕝𝕒𝕧𝕠𝕣𝕗𝕦𝕝 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕟𝕖,” 𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕. “𝔸𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕚𝕥?”

“𝕐𝕖𝕤,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕕. “𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕕𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕜 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤? 𝕎𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕚𝕥 𝕓𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕒 𝕤𝕞𝕠𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕖?”

“𝕎𝕖𝕝𝕝, 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕀 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕕 𝕦𝕡, 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕠 𝕚𝕥 𝕕𝕠𝕖𝕤𝕟’𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕒 𝕟𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕀 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝕨𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕟𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕚𝕥 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕠𝕟𝕖, 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕖, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕞𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒… 𝕦𝕞 … 𝕒 𝕦𝕞… 𝕀 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕫𝕖𝕕, 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕟𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕞𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕟𝕒𝕞𝕖,” 𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕖𝕕.

“𝕆𝕙 𝕀'𝕞 𝕤𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕪,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕘𝕚𝕘𝕘𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕒 𝕓𝕚𝕥 𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕪. “𝕀 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕀 𝕕𝕚𝕕…𝕞𝕪 𝕟𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕐/ℕ.”

“𝕀𝕥’𝕤 𝕒 𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕖𝕖𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕐/ℕ,” 𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕖𝕕. “𝕊𝕠 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕚𝕖𝕤, 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖, 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕖, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕡 𝕪𝕠��� 𝕦𝕡 𝕒 “𝕐/ℕ 𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝” 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕨𝕚𝕤𝕙 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕓𝕖 𝕞𝕪 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕕.”

“𝕆𝕜,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕝𝕒𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕖𝕕, 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕖𝕥𝕝𝕪. “𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕤𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕒 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕟.”

“𝔸𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕐/ℕ 𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝,” 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕖𝕕, 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕦𝕡 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕒 𝕗𝕖𝕨 𝕤𝕚𝕡𝕤 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘.

“𝕀 𝕥𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕀 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕥,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕖𝕕, 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕒 𝕓𝕚𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕠𝕪𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕪 𝕕𝕚𝕕𝕟’𝕥 𝕤𝕖𝕖𝕞 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕞𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕙.

“𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕨𝕙𝕪 𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕟’𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕥?” 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕, 𝕔𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕣𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕪 𝕤𝕦𝕔𝕙 𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤.

“𝔹𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕨𝕖 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘. 𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕖𝕕, 𝕡𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕦𝕡 𝕦𝕡 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕘𝕦𝕫𝕫𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕒𝕝𝕗 𝕠𝕗 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕦𝕡.

𝔸 𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕕 𝕓𝕒𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕜𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕟, 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟'𝕤 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟. ℙ𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕗𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕠𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖. 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕠𝕪𝕖𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕠𝕪𝕖𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥, 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕𝕟’𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕕 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕓𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕜𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕟. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕤𝕖𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕣𝕟 𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕖𝕪𝕖𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕔𝕙 𝕕𝕚𝕕𝕟’𝕥 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕙𝕪 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕤𝕠 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕦𝕡 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕡𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝕗𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕒 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕕𝕕, 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕥, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕞𝕦𝕔𝕙 𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕚𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕖𝕡𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕕.

“𝕀𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕖𝕝𝕤𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖?” 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕠𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕, 𝕔𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕪𝕖𝕤.

“ℕ𝕠 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕊𝕚𝕙𝕪𝕖𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕠𝕕𝕒𝕪,” 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕, 𝕓𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕓𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕖 𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕦𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟.

“𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕥’𝕤 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕖𝕕, 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕖𝕪𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕕𝕤 𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕣 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕠𝕟. 𝔸 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕗 𝕡𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕖𝕩𝕙𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕓𝕠𝕕𝕪.

“𝕀’𝕞 𝕤𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕪 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕀 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕘𝕠 𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕔𝕜 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕜𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕠𝕦𝕥. 𝕐𝕒 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕕𝕒𝕞𝕒𝕘𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕙𝕚…𝕀 𝕞𝕖𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕗𝕗,” 𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕, 𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕣𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕜𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕖.

𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕚𝕘𝕘𝕝𝕖 𝕒𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕡𝕠𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕙, “𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕝𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕕 𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕥.”

ℍ𝕖 𝕚𝕘𝕟𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕤𝕦𝕕𝕕𝕖𝕟 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕒𝕟𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕠𝕝𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕗𝕠𝕔𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤, 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕜𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕟. “𝔸𝕝𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕐/ℕ 𝕀’𝕝𝕝 𝕓𝕖 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜, 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕪 𝕡𝕦𝕥, 𝕠𝕜?”

“ℙ𝕦𝕥 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖?” 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕖𝕕, 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕩𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕓𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕤.

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕨𝕒𝕪, 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕘𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕓𝕣𝕚𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕒 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥. ℍ𝕖 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕟𝕠 𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕗𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕕, 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕣𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕦𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕜𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕟. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕠𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕒𝕣𝕞 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕚𝕣𝕤 𝕠𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕣𝕞. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕖𝕕, 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕓𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕦𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕝𝕪 𝕠𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕖𝕝𝕤𝕖 𝕘𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕞 𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦.

“ℍ𝕖𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕒 𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕚𝕕𝕟’𝕥 𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕖𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕥𝕠 𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕠𝕣 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘.

“𝕐/ℕ, 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦?” 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕖𝕕.

𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕟𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕚𝕥 𝕥𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕠 𝕡𝕒𝕪 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕝𝕪 𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕠𝕗𝕗 𝕠𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕒𝕣𝕞, 𝕠𝕓𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕘𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕚𝕥 𝕦𝕡 𝕠𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕕. 𝔸𝕝𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕚𝕕𝕟'𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕠𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦, 𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕒𝕣 𝕤𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕔𝕖𝕕 𝕒 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖.

“ℍ𝕚,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕞𝕦𝕞𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕕, 𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕘𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕦𝕡.

“ℂ𝕒𝕟 𝕀 𝕤𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕪𝕠𝕦?” 𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕖𝕕, 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟.

“𝕐𝕖𝕒 𝕀 𝕘𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕤,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕕. “𝔸𝕤 𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕗 𝕀 𝕝𝕒𝕪 𝕞𝕪 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟.”

“𝔾𝕠 𝕒𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕,” 𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕖𝕕. “𝔸𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕠𝕜?”

“𝕀 𝕕𝕠𝕟’𝕥 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕒 𝕥𝕠𝕦𝕔𝕙 𝕠𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕣𝕟 𝕚𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕧𝕠𝕚𝕔𝕖. “𝕀 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕝 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕨𝕖𝕚𝕣𝕕. 𝕃𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕞𝕪 𝕓𝕠𝕕𝕪 𝕚𝕤 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕝𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝, 𝕚𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕤 𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕖.”

“ℍ𝕞𝕞,” 𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕖𝕩𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕦𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟. “𝕀'𝕞 𝕘𝕠𝕟𝕟𝕒 𝕒𝕤𝕜 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕀 𝕙𝕠𝕡𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕠𝕟’𝕥 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕕.”

“𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕤𝕜 𝕞𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥, 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕪 𝕓𝕠𝕪,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕖𝕕, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤𝕟’𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕔𝕖𝕕, 𝕚𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕞.

ℍ𝕖 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕣, 𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕧𝕠𝕚𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕖𝕝𝕤𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕒𝕪. “𝔻𝕚𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘?”

“ℍ𝕠𝕨 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦?” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕘𝕒𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕕, 𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕗𝕗 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖, 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕦𝕡𝕤𝕖𝕥. “𝕀 𝕕𝕠𝕟’𝕥 𝕕𝕠 𝕕𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕤! 𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕞𝕠𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕀 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕕 𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕚𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕨𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕟 𝕞𝕪 𝕒𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕀 𝕨𝕠𝕜𝕖 𝕦𝕡. 𝔹𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕪, 𝕕𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕞𝕪 𝕒𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕚𝕤? 𝕀 𝕕𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜 𝕀'𝕝𝕝 𝕓𝕖 𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕥.”

𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣 𝕡𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕨 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕔𝕦𝕡 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕠𝕦𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕚𝕡 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕦𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕕 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕕𝕣𝕚𝕡��𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖. ℍ𝕖 𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕟 𝕖𝕪𝕖𝕓𝕣𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦, “𝕀'𝕞 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕪 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕞𝕠𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕕𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕘𝕖𝕕.”

“𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕊𝕦𝕟…𝕊𝕦𝕟…𝕦𝕞…𝕊𝕦𝕟-ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕤𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕡𝕚𝕗𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕪 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕞𝕖,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕.

“𝕀’𝕝𝕝 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕕,” 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕦𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕕.

“𝔹𝕦𝕥…𝕓𝕦𝕥…𝕨𝕙𝕪? 𝕎𝕙𝕪 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕞𝕖 𝕕𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕘𝕖𝕕?” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕠𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕, 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕓𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕒𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕓𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕨𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕓𝕝𝕪 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕕.

“𝕎𝕙𝕪 𝕕𝕠𝕟’𝕥 𝕨𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕔𝕦𝕤𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕣?” 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕. “ℍ𝕠𝕨 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕨𝕖 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕤𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕗𝕗?”

“𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕀'𝕞 𝕤𝕦𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕖𝕖𝕥 ℂ𝕙𝕖𝕟-𝕃𝕖𝕖𝕖𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕕, 𝕙𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕤𝕙𝕝𝕪 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕠 ��𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖.

“ℕ𝕠, ℂ𝕙𝕖𝕟𝕝𝕖 𝕚𝕤𝕟’𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘,” 𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕣𝕘𝕦𝕖𝕕. “𝕀'𝕞 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕, 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟, 𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕖𝕖𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕕.”

“ℝ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪?” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕖𝕕. “𝔹𝕦𝕥 ℂ𝕙𝕖𝕟-𝕃𝕖𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕘𝕠𝕟𝕟𝕒 𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕞𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕀 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤.”

“𝕎𝕖𝕝𝕝, 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕀 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕘𝕠𝕠𝕕 𝕟𝕖𝕨𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦, 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕪 𝕘𝕚𝕣𝕝, 𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕞𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕘𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕀 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕗𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕚𝕟 𝕠𝕟 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕨𝕖 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕖,” 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕒 𝕨𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕖.

“𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕟-𝕃𝕒?” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕦𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕕, 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕚𝕝𝕪 𝕓𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕦𝕕𝕕𝕖𝕟 𝕟𝕖𝕨𝕤.

“𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖 𝕀 𝕕𝕠,” 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕟𝕠𝕕𝕕𝕖𝕕. “ℍ𝕖’𝕤 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕞𝕪 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕤. 𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕀 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕗, 𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕕.”

“𝕆𝕙,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕣𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕪 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕠𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘. “𝕐𝕖𝕒 𝕚 𝕘𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦’𝕣𝕖 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥, 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕞𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕗.”

𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕖𝕕, 𝕒 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕝 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖, 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕔𝕙 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕦𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕠𝕗, 𝕓𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕒𝕤 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝. ℍ𝕖 𝕡𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕒 𝕡𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕛𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕥 𝕡𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕥, 𝕦𝕟𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖. ℍ𝕖 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕙𝕠𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕚𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕖.

“𝕀𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕖𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕗 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕠𝕦?” 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕖𝕕, 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕕𝕝𝕪.

“𝕐𝕖𝕤, 𝕀 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕤,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕕, 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕪𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕤 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕒𝕣𝕞. “𝕀’𝕞 𝕤𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕪 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕞 𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕓𝕚𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕗 𝕀 𝕕𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕚𝕥, 𝕀’𝕞 𝕒𝕗𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕕 𝕀 𝕞𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕜.”

“𝔸𝕝𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥, 𝕨𝕖 𝕘𝕠𝕥𝕥𝕒 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕖,” 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕖𝕕, 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕦𝕡. ℍ𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕠𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥. “𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕪 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕖𝕪𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕀 𝕘𝕠 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕔𝕜 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕓𝕦𝕕𝕕𝕪, 𝕊𝕌ℕ-𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟.”

𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕚𝕕𝕟’𝕥 𝕒𝕣𝕘𝕦𝕖, 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕧𝕠𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕠 𝕤𝕠, 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕡𝕦𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕧𝕠𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕕𝕖𝕖𝕡𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕖𝕕 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟, 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕚𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕖𝕪𝕖𝕤.

𝕌𝕟𝕓𝕖𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕟𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦, 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕚𝕟 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕞𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕚𝕡𝕝�� 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕠𝕟𝕤. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕓𝕖𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕡 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕤𝕦𝕓𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕤, 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕗𝕣𝕖𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕖𝕝𝕤𝕖 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕞.

“𝔽𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟,” 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕦𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕤 𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕜𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕟.

ℍ𝕖 𝕤𝕝𝕒𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕠𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕠𝕪𝕖𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕡, 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕨 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕒 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕚𝕣 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕙 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕘𝕒𝕘𝕘𝕖𝕕. 𝕁𝕚𝕤𝕦𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕤𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕓𝕝𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕠𝕦𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕚𝕡 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕝𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣 𝕠𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕, 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕗𝕠𝕔𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕚𝕡 𝕤𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕔𝕦𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕚𝕡 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕜𝕚𝕟.

“𝕎𝕠𝕨,” 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕦𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕕, 𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕠𝕥𝕙 𝕓𝕠𝕪𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕕𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟, 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟, 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕓𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕖𝕪𝕖𝕤 𝕕𝕦𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕓𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕. “𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕗𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕕𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕘𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕖𝕣?”

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕠 𝕥𝕣𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕞𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕖𝕖, 𝕦𝕟𝕤𝕦𝕔𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕗𝕦𝕝 𝕚𝕟 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕨𝕒𝕪. 𝕁𝕚𝕤𝕦𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣, 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕪 𝕤𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕓𝕝𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕠𝕪’𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕒𝕥, “𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕕𝕚𝕕 𝕀 𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟 𝕚𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕜𝕖𝕡𝕥 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕟𝕠𝕚𝕤𝕖?” 𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕝𝕖𝕕.

𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕔𝕙𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕖𝕕, 𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕪 𝕁𝕚𝕤𝕦𝕟𝕘’𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕪 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜. “𝕀’𝕞 𝕘𝕠𝕟𝕟𝕒 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕒𝕘 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕚𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕪𝕖𝕝𝕝, 𝕞𝕪 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕓𝕦𝕕𝕕𝕪 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕝𝕚𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕒𝕥,” 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕒𝕟 𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕝 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕣𝕜 𝕠𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖. “𝕃𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥 𝕚𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕕.”

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕖𝕪𝕖𝕤 𝕓𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕙𝕦𝕘𝕖 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖. “𝔾𝕠𝕠𝕕, 𝕀’𝕞 𝕘𝕝𝕒𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕕.” ℍ𝕖 𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕓𝕓𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕘𝕒𝕘, 𝕡𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕥 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕤𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕒 𝕓𝕚𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕙. “ℕ𝕠𝕨, 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕕𝕚𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕐/ℕ 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥?” 𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕪 𝕔𝕦𝕣𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕠𝕣'𝕤 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕒𝕝.

“𝕀 𝕕𝕠𝕟’𝕥 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕥 𝕚𝕤,” 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕. ℍ𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕠𝕟 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟’𝕤 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕔𝕙 𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕡𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕔, “𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕀 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕞𝕪 𝕓𝕒𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜.”

“𝕆𝕜𝕒𝕪, 𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕖’𝕣𝕖 𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖,” 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕝𝕒𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕖𝕕. “𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕓𝕒𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜?”

“𝕀𝕟 𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕣 𝟙𝟛,” 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕤𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕪 𝕒 𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕙. “𝕀𝕥’𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕕.”

“𝔾𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥,” 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕖𝕕, 𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕤𝕨𝕖𝕣. ℍ𝕖 𝕡𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕒𝕘 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕦𝕡, 𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕙 𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕞, 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕪 𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕒 𝕗𝕖𝕨 𝕧𝕚𝕒𝕝𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕. “ℕ𝕠𝕨 𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕘𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘.”

𝔸𝕟 𝕦𝕟𝕤𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤 𝕘𝕣𝕚𝕟 𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕨 𝕠𝕟 𝕁𝕚𝕤𝕦𝕟𝕘’𝕤 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟’𝕤 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕚𝕫𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕠𝕕𝕪.

“ℂ𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖, 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕘,” 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣 𝕪𝕖𝕥 𝕖𝕒𝕘𝕖𝕣 𝕓𝕠𝕪 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕪 𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕣𝕦𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕨𝕒𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕟𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥.

𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟’𝕤 𝕓𝕠𝕕𝕪, 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕟 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕗𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕒𝕤 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕟 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕁𝕚𝕤𝕦𝕟𝕘’𝕤 𝕖𝕒𝕣. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕟 𝕁𝕚𝕤𝕦𝕟𝕘’𝕤 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕡𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕠𝕗 𝔾𝕠𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕝𝕝-𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕠𝕪 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕜𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕠 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕨𝕒𝕚𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕘𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕨𝕒𝕪.

𝕁𝕚𝕤𝕦𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕧𝕚𝕝𝕖𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕖𝕒𝕥 𝕟𝕖𝕩𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕠𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕔 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕖. 𝔹𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕖𝕩𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕜𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕟, 𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕓𝕠𝕪𝕤, 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕚𝕝𝕪 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘, “ℍ𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕗𝕦𝕟 𝕓𝕠𝕪𝕤.” 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥, 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕘𝕠𝕟𝕖.

“𝕆𝕙 𝕨𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝,” 𝕁𝕚𝕤𝕦𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕, 𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕡𝕚𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕤 𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕠𝕕 𝕦𝕡, 𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕓𝕓𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕡𝕦𝕝𝕝 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕞, 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕔𝕙 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕦𝕞𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕧𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕒 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕧𝕒𝕔𝕪.

𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕨𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦, 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕙𝕒𝕕𝕟’𝕥 𝕞𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕟 𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕙 𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥. ℍ𝕖 𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕣𝕦𝕓𝕓𝕖𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕤 𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖.

“𝕐/ℕ, 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕠𝕟 𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕪, 𝕝𝕖𝕥’𝕤 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕤𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕘𝕠𝕠𝕕 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥,” 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕.

𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕝𝕪 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕖𝕪𝕖𝕤, 𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕒𝕨 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕒𝕦𝕥𝕚𝕗𝕦𝕝 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕤𝕠 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤. “𝕆𝕜,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕕. “𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕀 𝕞𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕡.”

“𝕀 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕪,” 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕟𝕠𝕕𝕕𝕖𝕕, 𝕨𝕣𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕞 𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕤𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕓𝕠𝕕𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕡 𝕓𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕕.

𝔼𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕞 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕦𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦, 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕒𝕘𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕓𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕞𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕕, 𝕗𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕕𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟’𝕤 𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕤𝕠, 𝕓𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕠𝕥𝕙 𝕠𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣.

“𝕐𝕠𝕦’𝕣𝕖 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕖𝕣 𝕦𝕡 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕕.

“𝕀 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦,” 𝕙𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕥��𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕞 𝕪𝕠𝕦, 𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕦𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕞𝕖𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕔𝕙 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕒𝕟 𝕦𝕟𝕦𝕤𝕦𝕒𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕠𝕣 ℕ𝕒 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟, 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕟𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕕𝕚𝕕𝕟’𝕥 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕥𝕙 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕚𝕗 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖. “𝔸𝕝𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕪𝕘𝕚𝕣𝕝, 𝕝𝕖𝕥’𝕤 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕖.”

“𝕀 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕟𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕟𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕤,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕖𝕕. “𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟, 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕜𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞. 𝕎𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕦𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕞𝕒𝕪𝕓𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡.”

“𝕎𝕙𝕪 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕀 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡 𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕪,” 𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕖𝕕, 𝕒𝕤 𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕘𝕒𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕒𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥.

“𝕆𝕙 𝕞𝕪 𝕘𝕠𝕕…𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕪 𝕟𝕠𝕨,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕠𝕦𝕔𝕙 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕜, 𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕕𝕦𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖. ℍ𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣, 𝕤𝕖𝕕𝕦𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕒𝕡𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕖𝕩𝕖𝕔𝕦𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕜 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕦𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕡𝕠𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕥 𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕘𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕤 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝.

“𝕎𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕞𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕪 𝕠𝕣 𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕪𝕘𝕚𝕣𝕝 𝕠𝕣 𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕪…𝕚𝕥 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕤 𝕞𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕟𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕕. 𝕄𝕒𝕪𝕓𝕖 𝕀 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕟𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕟𝕠𝕨.” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕕, 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕓 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕥𝕥𝕠𝕞 𝕠𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕣𝕥. 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕪 𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕓𝕓𝕖𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕗𝕣𝕖𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕, 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕥 𝕦𝕡 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕓𝕠𝕕𝕪.

“ℕ𝕠 𝕟𝕠, 𝕨𝕖 𝕕𝕠𝕟’𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕒 𝕕𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖,” 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕖𝕕. ℍ𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕠 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕚𝕥 𝕡𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕠𝕗𝕗 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕙𝕖 𝕜𝕟𝕖𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕𝕧𝕖 𝕘𝕠𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕘𝕖𝕕 𝕦𝕡 𝕠𝕟 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕞𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕤𝕦𝕓𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖.

“𝔻𝕠𝕟’𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕖𝕖 𝕞𝕖 𝕟𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕕?” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕡𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕕.

“𝕆𝕗 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖 𝕀 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕖𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕟𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕕,” 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕦𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕕. “𝔼𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕖𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕟𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕕.”

“𝔸𝕨𝕨𝕨𝕨 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕖, 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥’𝕤 𝕤𝕠 𝕤𝕨𝕖𝕖𝕥,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕖𝕕. “𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥?”

“𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥?” 𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕕.

“𝕀 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕒 𝕤𝕖𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕟𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠𝕠,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕕, 𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕗𝕣𝕖𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕝𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕚𝕥 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕣𝕥, 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕗𝕖𝕝𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕕𝕖𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕, 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕗𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕔𝕦𝕝𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕓𝕤.

𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕣𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕙𝕖 ��𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖. “𝔻𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥?” 𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕖𝕕.

“ℍ𝕠𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕥, 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕕. “ℍ𝕠𝕨 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝?”

𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕒𝕝𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕤 𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕞𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕚𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕣 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕕𝕠𝕖𝕤𝕟'𝕥 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕠 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕠𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕖𝕝𝕤𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕠 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕝𝕒𝕦𝕘𝕙, 𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕚𝕘𝕘𝕝𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕒𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕒 𝕗𝕖𝕨 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕝𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤, “𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕝𝕖𝕥’𝕤 𝕤𝕖𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕦𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕕, 𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗.

ℍ𝕖 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕪 𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕓𝕓𝕖𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕙𝕚𝕤, 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕥 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕘𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕗𝕦𝕣𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣. “𝔹𝕒𝕓𝕪, 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕟𝕠𝕨,” 𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕.

“𝕎𝕙𝕪 𝕟𝕠𝕥?” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕. “𝕀 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕒 𝕤𝕖𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕀'𝕞 𝕚𝕟 𝕗𝕠𝕣.”

“𝔹𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕚𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥,” 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕡𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕕, 𝕥𝕣𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕕𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕧𝕖𝕪. “𝕀’𝕞 𝕒𝕗𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕀 𝕨𝕠𝕟’𝕥 𝕓𝕖 𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡 𝕞𝕪𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗.”

“𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕙𝕪 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕒 𝕓𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘?” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕠𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕, 𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕦𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕪 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕦𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕞𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕙. 𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕪𝕡𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕓𝕖𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖𝕕. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕒 𝕝𝕠𝕥 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕗𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕖𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕒𝕥 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕒𝕘𝕘𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕚𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕤𝕖𝕩𝕦𝕒𝕝. 𝕋𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕥, 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕦𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕕𝕖𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕤 ‘𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕚𝕕’ 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕒𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕕𝕕 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕘𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕟 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕝 𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕝 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕥𝕤.

“𝕀𝕥’𝕤 𝕓𝕒𝕕 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕀 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕦𝕤 𝕨𝕒𝕚𝕥 𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕝 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕒 𝕘𝕠𝕠𝕕 𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥’𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕓𝕖 𝕒 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕝𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕝-𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕕,” 𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕.

“ℂ𝕒𝕟 𝕀 𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕥?” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕖𝕕, 𝕚𝕘𝕟𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕖 𝕕𝕦𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕗𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥.

“𝕊𝕦𝕣𝕖,” 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕖𝕕.

“𝕀 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕙𝕒𝕕 𝕤𝕖𝕩 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕀 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕗𝕚𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕖𝕟,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕.

“ℕ𝕠 𝕨𝕒𝕪,” 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕒𝕣𝕘𝕦𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕨𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕖𝕪𝕖𝕤.

“𝕐𝕖𝕤 𝕨𝕒𝕪…𝕞𝕪 𝕓𝕠𝕪𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕞𝕪 𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕖 𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕀 𝕕𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕕𝕣𝕦𝕟𝕜 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕞𝕪 𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕥 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕕. 𝕀𝕥 𝕙𝕦𝕣𝕥 𝕤𝕠 𝕓𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕀 𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡.” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕝𝕒𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕖𝕕, 𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕪. “𝕀 𝕕𝕠𝕟’𝕥 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕙𝕪 𝕀’𝕞 𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤.”

“𝕀’𝕞 𝕘𝕝𝕒𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖,” 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕖𝕕. “𝕎𝕙𝕪 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕𝕟’𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕒 𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕚𝕥 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟?”

“𝕎𝕙𝕠?” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕖𝕕, 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕗𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕕.

“𝕐𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕖𝕩 𝕓𝕠𝕪𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕,” 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕘𝕣𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘, 𝕖𝕩𝕒𝕘𝕘𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕙.

“ℍ𝕪𝕦𝕟𝕛𝕚𝕟?” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕖𝕕.

𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕣𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕖𝕪𝕖𝕤, 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕠𝕪𝕖𝕕. “ℕ𝕠, 𝕀’𝕞 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟.”

𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕝𝕒𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕖𝕕, 𝕤𝕞𝕒𝕔���𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕗𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕪. “𝕀 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕪𝕠𝕦’𝕣𝕖 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟, 𝕤𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕪. ℍ𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕘 ℍ𝕪𝕦𝕟𝕛𝕚𝕟 𝕚𝕤 𝕞𝕪 𝕖𝕩-𝕓𝕠𝕪𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕀 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕞𝕪 𝕧𝕚𝕣𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕥𝕠.”

“𝕎𝕒𝕚𝕥 𝕒 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕦𝕥𝕖,” 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕕. “ℍ𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕘 ℍ𝕪𝕦𝕟𝕛𝕚𝕟? ℍ𝕖 𝕘𝕠𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕪, 𝕕𝕠𝕖𝕤𝕟’𝕥 𝕙𝕖?”

“𝕐𝕖𝕒,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕖𝕕. “𝕀 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥.”

“𝕀𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘,” 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕖𝕕, 𝕥𝕣𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕛𝕦𝕕𝕘𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕖𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖. “𝕀 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙, 𝕀 𝕕𝕠𝕟’𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕨𝕠 𝕕𝕚𝕕, 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕧𝕚𝕣𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕪. ℍ𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕔𝕜 𝕚𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡, 𝕚𝕟 𝕞𝕪 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜, 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕕𝕠𝕖𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥.”

“𝕎𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕚𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕞𝕪 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕘𝕦𝕖𝕕. “𝕀'𝕞 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕘𝕠𝕟𝕟𝕒 𝕓𝕖 𝕒 𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕪 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕧𝕚𝕣𝕘𝕚𝕟.”

“𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕥’𝕤 𝕒 𝕤𝕙𝕒𝕞𝕖,” 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕡𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕕. “𝔹𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕞𝕪 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜, 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥’𝕤 𝕖𝕩𝕒𝕔𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖.”

“𝕀 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕒𝕟 𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕒,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕦𝕡. “ℍ𝕠𝕨 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕡 𝕞𝕖. 𝕎𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕩 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕀 𝕨𝕠𝕟’𝕥 𝕓𝕖 𝕒 𝕡𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕔 𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕪 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕧𝕚𝕣𝕘𝕚𝕟.”

“𝕀’𝕞 𝕘𝕠𝕟𝕟𝕒 𝕓𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕠 𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕟 𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕪,” 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕖𝕕. “𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕡𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕔 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕀 𝕞𝕖𝕒𝕟 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦’𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕟𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕒 𝕧𝕚𝕣𝕘𝕚𝕟 𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕪 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕥 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕀 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕞𝕪𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕣𝕖 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘. 𝕆𝕦𝕣 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕓𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦'𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕩𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕣 𝕗𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕦𝕡 𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕘𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦'𝕣𝕖 𝕝𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕝 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕣. 𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕘𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕞𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕚𝕥, 𝕀 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕠𝕗 𝕞𝕖.”

“𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕕𝕠𝕖𝕤𝕟’𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟?” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕡𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕕.

“𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕞𝕖, 𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕤𝕤,” 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕣𝕜𝕖𝕕, “𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕀 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦.”

“𝕐𝕠𝕦’𝕣𝕖 𝕟𝕠 𝕗𝕦𝕟,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕦𝕗𝕗𝕖𝕕 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕝𝕒𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕔𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤.

“𝕀 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕤𝕜 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙,” 𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕖𝕕. “𝕎𝕙𝕪 𝕕𝕚𝕕𝕟’𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℍ𝕪𝕦𝕟𝕛𝕚𝕟 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕒𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟? 𝕃𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕪 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕𝕟’𝕥 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕚𝕥?”

“𝔹𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕨𝕖 𝕓𝕣𝕠𝕜𝕖 𝕦𝕡 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕖𝕕. “𝕀𝕥’𝕤 𝕒 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕀 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕔𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕒 𝕡𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕔 𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕡 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕒𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕞𝕠𝕕𝕖𝕝 𝕟𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕕 ℂ𝕙𝕠𝕚 𝕐𝕖𝕠𝕟𝕛𝕦𝕟, 𝕓𝕪 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕒𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕡𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕥𝕪. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕖𝕝𝕦𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕀 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕓𝕝𝕒𝕙 𝕓𝕝𝕒𝕙 𝕓𝕝𝕒𝕙, ℍ𝕪𝕦𝕟𝕛𝕚𝕟 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕠𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕡 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤. 𝕎𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕕 𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕨𝕗𝕦𝕝 𝕓𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕜𝕦𝕡 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕔𝕙 𝕓𝕣𝕠𝕜𝕖 𝕞𝕪 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕀 𝕕𝕠𝕟’𝕥 𝕥𝕪𝕡𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕕𝕒𝕥𝕖, 𝕪𝕒 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕞𝕖𝕟 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕙𝕚𝕞, 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕤𝕦𝕔𝕜.”

“𝕊𝕠 𝕕𝕠𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕞𝕖𝕒𝕟, 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜 𝕀 𝕤𝕦𝕔𝕜?” 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕖𝕕.

“𝕀 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜 𝕚𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕦𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕕, 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕤𝕦𝕔𝕜 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕖𝕕, 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕕 𝕠𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥.

𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕒𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕓𝕦𝕚𝕝𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕓𝕠𝕥𝕙 𝕨𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕦𝕚𝕝𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟. 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕧𝕒𝕥𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕤 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕥, 𝕟𝕖𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕣 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖, 𝕣𝕚𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕦𝕡 𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕝 𝕚𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕙 𝕗𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕣, 𝕖𝕩𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕠𝕠𝕣𝕤 𝕤𝕝𝕚𝕕 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕒 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕜 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕠𝕠𝕣 𝕠𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕒𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕪 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕤𝕠 𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕝𝕪 𝕖𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕖.

“𝔸𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕘𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖?” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕖𝕕, 𝕙𝕠𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕤𝕦𝕔𝕔𝕦𝕞𝕓 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕣𝕖. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕪𝕠𝕦, 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕟𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕠 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕥𝕠 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕝 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦'𝕧𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕓𝕠𝕕𝕪 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕞𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕, “𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞. ℂ𝕒𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕞𝕖?”

“𝕐𝕠𝕦’𝕣𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕘𝕠𝕠𝕕 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕕,” 𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕖𝕕.

“𝕀 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜 𝕀’𝕞 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕖𝕝𝕤𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕥𝕠𝕠,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕣𝕜𝕖𝕕, 𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕖𝕪𝕖𝕤.

“𝕐𝕠𝕦’𝕣𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕟𝕒𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕪 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕓𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕥𝕨𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕪 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕧𝕚𝕣𝕘𝕚𝕟,” 𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕕, 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕖𝕫𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕒𝕤𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕓𝕠𝕥𝕙 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕤.

𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟, 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕝𝕚𝕡𝕤 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤. 𝕆𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕝𝕚𝕡𝕤 𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕔𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕓𝕠𝕕𝕪, 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕓𝕠𝕕𝕪 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖. 𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕒 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕟𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖, 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 ℍ𝕪𝕦𝕟𝕛𝕚𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕, 𝕟𝕠, ℕ𝔼𝔼𝔻𝔼𝔻 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖.

𝕋𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕖, 𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕡𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕨𝕒𝕪, 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕕𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕖𝕪𝕖𝕤. ℍ𝕚𝕤 𝕖𝕪𝕖𝕤 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕠 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕥 𝕗𝕖𝕝𝕥 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕖𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕤𝕠𝕦𝕝.

“𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟,” 𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕧𝕚𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟. “𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕚𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖. 𝕎𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕨𝕒𝕚𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕞𝕖, 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕘𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕤𝕠 𝕞𝕦𝕔𝕙 𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣. 𝕀 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕤𝕖.”

“𝕆𝕜,” 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕡𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕕, 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕚𝕟 𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕜 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕪𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕔𝕥.

𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕕 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟, 𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕖��𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕡𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕡𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕥. ℍ𝕖 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕪 𝕦𝕟𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕, “𝕘𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕞𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕟𝕦𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣.”

𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕗𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕒 𝕤𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕖, 𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕓𝕓𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕡𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕖, 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕪𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕟𝕦𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕥𝕠 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝕓𝕠𝕪𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕣𝕖𝕛𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦.

𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟, 𝕜𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕨𝕒𝕝𝕜 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕥𝕠𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕧𝕒𝕥𝕠𝕣. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕒𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕤 𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕧𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟. 𝔼𝕩𝕙𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕝𝕪, 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕒𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥, 𝕨𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕚𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖, 𝕝𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕠𝕠𝕣 𝕓𝕖𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦.

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@conwunder

[urrsstrully]

request rules ˚ ༘ ೀ⋆｡˚

will write :

reactions, headcanons, blurbs, and probably series, fluff and angst, gn!reader & fem!reader, ot13 for seventeen and ot6 for boynextdoor, also i’m a student so pls understand that i won’t be active for a lot of times.

won’t write :

smuts (ofc), male!readers (i don’t think i’d do a good job doing it and it’s out of my realm so sorry about that!), graphic description of abuse or gore, yandere things, member x member, specifically older reader (i don’t feel comfortable writing an older reader but if you want a specific younger reader i would take it)

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[neomujinjja]

Requesting

Request Status: Open.ᐟᝰ

You can find request guidelines on my carrd linked in my bio

what you need to know

- i will always try to be extremely vague about the reader's race to be inclusive to everyone

- i will archive and/or delete my works if an idol says they feel uncomfortable about fan writing (i will make a post and comment before doing so; also hold me accountable as i might forget or not know)

- i won't write for idols in relationships (dating or married) out of respect, about minors in romantic scenarios, or ones that i don't know as well

- this list will be updated later on as i write more and figure out what im comfortable writing

What I will write

- fluff, angst, song fic, drabble, AUs, and headcanons

- you can request for mature scenes that hint to more

- unless specified, i will write the reader as gender neutral and an vague-ish age

What I won't write

- explicit scenes/smut as i don't feel comfortable writing like that yet (and maybe never will)

- staking or yandere themes

Who I'll write for

A.C.E

Astro

Ateez

B.I

BoyNextDoor

Enhypen

EXO

Forecasting Love & Weather

Got7

HiGH&LOW

NCT (excluding New Team)

Pentagon

RIIZE

Seventeen

SHINee

Stray Kids

Sweet Home

The Boyz

Treasure

Twenty Five Twenty One

TXT

Wonho

Woodz

Xdinary Heroes

Yedam