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𝐈 𝐝𝐹𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐜𝐹𝐧𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐼𝐞 𝐱𝐭, đ­đĄđšđ§đ€ đČ𝐹𝐼 đŻđžđ«đČ 𝐩𝐼𝐜𝐡 <𝟑 || tag: @tomboy420 || đ©đ«đžđŻđąđšđźđŹ ||
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【 ✩ 𝐍𝐹𝐭 𝐀 𝐅𝐚𝐧 ✩ 】
𝐇𝐼𝐩𝐚𝐧! đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đ± 𝐇𝐼𝐩𝐚𝐧! đ‘đžđšđđžđ« || 𝟐 ||
𝐓𝐡𝐞 đ§đžđ±đ­ 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐝𝐚đČ𝐬 đ°đžđ«đž đźđ§đžđŻđžđ§đ­đŸđźđ„, 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 đŸđšđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ›đšđšđ€ đ«đžđŹđ­đąđ§đ  𝐹𝐧 đČđšđźđ« 𝐧𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝. đƒđžđŹđ©đąđ­đž đČđšđźđ«đŹđžđ„đŸ, đČ𝐹𝐼 đœđšđźđ„đđ§â€™đ­ đĄđžđ„đ© 𝐛𝐼𝐭 đ©đąđœđ€ 𝐱𝐭 đźđ©, 𝐭𝐡𝐼𝐩𝐛𝐱𝐧𝐠 đ­đĄđ«đšđźđ đĄ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ©đšđ đžđŹ 𝐭𝐹 đ°đĄđžđ«đž 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŹđ­đšđ«đČ đ„đžđŸđ­ 𝐹𝐟𝐟. 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŹđ­đąđ„đ„ đ°đžđ«đžđ§â€™đ­ đŹđźđ«đž 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐹 đ­đĄđąđ§đ€ 𝐹𝐟 đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ«. đ‚đĄđšđ«đŠđąđ§đ ? đ‚đžđ«đ­đšđąđ§đ„đČ. 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐹đČ𝐱𝐧𝐠? 𝐖𝐱𝐭𝐡𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐚 𝐝𝐹𝐼𝐛𝐭. đˆđ§đ­đ«đąđ đźđąđ§đ ? đŒđšđ«đž 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 đČ𝐹𝐼 đœđšđ«đžđ 𝐭𝐹 𝐚𝐝𝐩𝐱𝐭.
𝐘𝐞𝐭, đ„đąđŸđž 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐹𝐧. đ–đšđ«đ€ 𝐜𝐹𝐧𝐬𝐼𝐩𝐞𝐝 đČđšđźđ« đŠđšđ«đ§đąđ§đ đŹ, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐱𝐧𝐠𝐬 đ°đžđ«đž đŹđ©đžđ§đ­ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 đœđźđ©đŹ 𝐹𝐟 𝐭𝐞𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ§đšđŻđžđ„đŹâ€”đČđšđźđ« đźđŹđźđšđ„ đŹđšđ§đœđ­đźđšđ«đČ đŸđ«đšđŠ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐹𝐱𝐬𝐞 𝐹𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ°đšđ«đ„đ. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 đźđ§đ­đąđ„ đ…đ«đąđđšđČ đšđŸđ­đžđ«đ§đšđšđ§, 𝐚𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐱𝐧 đČđšđźđ« đŸđšđŻđšđ«đąđ­đž 𝐜𝐹𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞 đŹđĄđšđ©, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ©đšđŹđ­ đ°đžđžđ€â€™đŹ đ©đžđœđźđ„đąđšđ« 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 đ«đźđŹđĄđąđ§đ  đ›đšđœđ€.
𝐀 đ„đžđ­đ­đžđ«.
𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đŹđ„đąđ đšđœđ«đšđŹđŹ đČđšđźđ« đ­đšđ›đ„đž 𝐛đČ 𝐚 đ›đšđ«đąđŹđ­đš 𝐰𝐡𝐹 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐣𝐼𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐹𝐧𝐟𝐼𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼. "𝐈𝐭’𝐬 đŸđ«đšđŠ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐹 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đĄđžđ«đž đžđšđ«đ„đąđžđ«. đ“đšđ„đ„, đ«đžđ 𝐬𝐼𝐱𝐭? 𝐒𝐚𝐱𝐝 đČ𝐹𝐼’𝐝 đ€đ§đšđ° 𝐡𝐱𝐩."
đ˜đšđźđ« đŸđąđ§đ đžđ«đŹ đ­đ«đšđœđžđ đšđŻđžđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đšđ«đ§đšđ­đž đžđ§đŻđžđ„đšđ©đž. 𝐖𝐡𝐹 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐼𝐬𝐞𝐝 đ°đšđ± đŹđžđšđ„đŹ 𝐚𝐧đČđŠđšđ«đž? đđźđ„đ„đąđ§đ  𝐱𝐭 đšđ©đžđ§, đČ𝐹𝐼 đźđ§đŸđšđ„đđžđ 𝐚 đœđšđ«đ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 đąđŠđŠđšđœđźđ„đšđ­đž đĄđšđ§đđ°đ«đąđ­đąđ§đ .
> 𝓓𝓼đ“Șđ“»đ“źđ“Œđ“œ 𝓹/𝓝,
𝓘 đ“œđ“»đ“Ÿđ“Œđ“œ đ“œđ“±đ“Čđ“Œ đ“¶đ“źđ“Œđ“Œđ“Ș𝓰𝓼 𝓯đ“Čđ“·đ“­đ“Œ đ”‚đ“žđ“Ÿ đ“Čđ“· 𝓰𝓾𝓾𝓭 đ“Œđ“čđ“Čđ“»đ“Čđ“œđ“Œ. 𝓘 đ”€đ“žđ“Ÿđ“”đ“­ đ“«đ“ź đ“­đ“źđ“”đ“Čđ“°đ“±đ“œđ“źđ“­ đ“Č𝓯 đ”‚đ“žđ“Ÿ đ”€đ“žđ“Ÿđ“”đ“­ đ“Șđ“Źđ“Źđ“žđ“¶đ“čđ“Șđ“·đ”‚ đ“¶đ“ź đ“Żđ“žđ“» 𝓭đ“Čđ“·đ“·đ“źđ“» đ“œđ“±đ“Čđ“Œ đ“źđ“żđ“źđ“·đ“Čđ“·đ“° đ“Șđ“œ 𝓛𝓼 đ“Ąđ“źÌ‚đ“żđ“ź, 𝟖 𝓟𝓜. 𝓘 đ“Șđ“Œđ“Œđ“Ÿđ“»đ“ź đ”‚đ“žđ“Ÿ, đ“œđ“±đ“ź đ“čđ“”đ“źđ“Șđ“Œđ“Ÿđ“»đ“ź 𝔀đ“Čđ“”đ“” đ“«đ“ź đ“¶đ“Čđ“·đ“ź.
đ“đ“”đ“Șđ“Œđ“œđ“žđ“»â€
đ˜đšđźđ« đ›đ«đšđ° đŸđźđ«đ«đšđ°đžđ, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đČđšđźđ« đĄđžđšđ«đ­đ›đžđšđ­ đȘđźđąđœđ€đžđ§đžđ. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐼𝐝𝐚𝐜𝐱𝐭đČ. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 đœđĄđšđ«đŠ. 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐱𝐧𝐬𝐭 đČđšđźđ« đ›đžđ­đ­đžđ« 𝐣𝐼𝐝𝐠𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭, đČ𝐹𝐼 đœđšđźđ„đđ§â€™đ­ đĄđžđ„đ© 𝐛𝐼𝐭 𝐛𝐞 đœđźđ«đąđšđźđŹ.
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐱𝐧𝐠, đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐭𝐹𝐹𝐝 𝐹𝐼𝐭𝐬𝐱𝐝𝐞 𝐋𝐞 đ‘đžÌ‚đŻđž, 𝐹𝐧𝐞 𝐹𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐹𝐬𝐭 đ©đ«đžđŹđ­đąđ đąđšđźđŹ đ«đžđŹđ­đšđźđ«đšđ§đ­đŹ 𝐱𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰 đŽđ«đ„đžđšđ§đŹ. 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đšđ„đŠđšđŹđ­ 𝐝𝐱𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐹𝐩𝐞. đ€đ„đŠđšđŹđ­. 𝐁𝐼𝐭 đĄđžđ«đž đČ𝐹𝐼 đ°đžđ«đž, 𝐱𝐧 đČđšđźđ« 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 đđ«đžđŹđŹ, đœđ„đźđ­đœđĄđąđ§đ  𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŻđžđ«đČ đ›đšđšđ€ 𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐠𝐡𝐭 đŸđšđ« đČ𝐹𝐼.
𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐱𝐝𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐛𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐱𝐭𝐬 đ«đžđ©đźđ­đšđ­đąđšđ§ đ©đ«đšđŠđąđŹđžđâ€”đŹđšđŸđ­ 𝐣𝐚𝐳𝐳, đ đ„đąđ­đ­đžđ«đąđ§đ  đœđĄđšđ§đđžđ„đąđžđ«đŹ, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đœđ„đąđ§đ€ 𝐹𝐟 đ đ„đšđŹđŹđžđŹ đŸđ«đšđŠ đžđ„đžđ đšđ§đ­đ„đČ đđ«đžđŹđŹđžđ đ©đšđ­đ«đšđ§đŹ. đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 đ­đšđ›đ„đž ïżœïżœđžđšđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐱𝐧𝐝𝐹𝐰, 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ«đžđ 𝐬𝐼𝐱𝐭 đźđ§đŠđąđŹđ­đšđ€đšđ›đ„đž.
“𝐘/𝐍,” 𝐡𝐞 đ đ«đžđžđ­đžđ, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 đšđ©đ©đ«đšđšđœđĄđžđ. 𝐇𝐱𝐬 đ đ«đąđ§ 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đđšđłđłđ„đąđ§đ , 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬 đŹđĄđšđ«đ© đČ𝐞𝐭 đ°đšđ«đŠ. “𝐈 𝐩𝐼𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐚đČ, đČđšđźâ€™đ«đž 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 đ„đšđŻđžđ„đąđžđ« đźđ§đđžđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 đ„đąđ đĄđ­đŹ.”
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ«đšđ„đ„đžđ đČđšđźđ« 𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐼𝐭 đŸđžđ„đ­ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭 đœđ«đžđžđ© 𝐭𝐹 đČđšđźđ« đœđĄđžđžđ€đŹ. â€œđ…đ„đšđ­đ­đžđ«đČ 𝐰𝐹𝐧’𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐚𝐧đČđ°đĄđžđ«đž, đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ«.”
â€œđđžđ«đĄđšđ©đŹ 𝐧𝐹𝐭, 𝐛𝐼𝐭 𝐡𝐹𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭đČ 𝐩𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭.” 𝐇𝐞 đ©đźđ„đ„đžđ 𝐹𝐼𝐭 đČđšđźđ« đœđĄđšđąđ«, 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧𝐬 đźđ§đœđšđŠđŸđšđ«đ­đšđ›đ„đČ đ§đšđ­đźđ«đšđ„ đŸđšđ« 𝐬𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐹𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐹 đŹđĄđšđźđ„đâ€™đŻđž 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 đŹđ­đ«đšđ§đ đžđ«.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐬... đ©đ„đžđšđŹđšđ§đ­. đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ«, đŸđšđ« đšđ„đ„ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đȘđźđąđ«đ€đŹ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ­đĄđžđšđ­đ«đąđœđšđ„ đœđĄđšđ«đŠ, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐱𝐧𝐠. 𝐇𝐞 đšđŹđ€đžđ 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 đČđšđźđ« đŸđšđŻđšđ«đąđ­đž đ›đšđšđ€đŹ, đČđšđźđ« đœđĄđąđ„đđĄđšđšđ, đČđšđźđ« đšđŹđ©đąđ«đšđ­đąđšđ§đŹ. 𝐁𝐼𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đœđšđ§đŻđžđ«đŹđšđ­đąđšđ§ đ­đźđ«đ§đžđ 𝐭𝐹 𝐡𝐱𝐩, 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đ đźđšđ«đđžđ.
â€œđ˜đšđźâ€™đ«đž đ«đžđŠđšđ«đ€đšđ›đ„đČ đĄđšđ«đ 𝐭𝐹 đ«đžđšđ, đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ«,” đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝, đ­đšđ€đąđ§đ  𝐚 đŹđąđ© 𝐹𝐟 đČđšđźđ« 𝐰𝐱𝐧𝐞.
“𝐀𝐩 𝐈?” 𝐇𝐞 đœđĄđźđœđ€đ„đžđ, đ„đžđšđ§đąđ§đ  đŸđšđ«đ°đšđ«đ ïżœïżœđ„đąđ đĄđ­đ„đČ. â€œđđžđ«đĄđšđ©đŹ 𝐱𝐭’𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐼𝐬𝐞 đ­đĄđžđ«đžâ€™đŹ 𝐧𝐹𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐹 đ«đžđšđ. 𝐉𝐼𝐬𝐭 𝐚 đŹđąđŠđ©đ„đž 𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 đŹđąđŠđ©đ„đž đąđ§đ­đžđ«đžđŹđ­đŹ.”
â€œđ’đąđŠđ©đ„đž?” đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐹𝐞𝐝, đšđ«đœđĄđąđ§đ  𝐚 đ›đ«đšđ°. “𝐀𝐧𝐝 đČ𝐞𝐭, đČ𝐹𝐼 đšđ«đœđĄđžđŹđ­đ«đšđ­đž đžđ„đšđ›đšđ«đšđ­đž đđąđ§đ§đžđ«đŹ đŸđšđ« đŹđ­đ«đšđ§đ đžđ«đŹ đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐱𝐧 đ›đšđšđ€đŹđ­đšđ«đžđŹ?”
𝐇𝐞 đŹđŠđąđ«đ€đžđ, đ„đžđšđ§đąđ§đ  đ›đšđœđ€. â€œđŽđ§đ„đČ đŸđšđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đžđ±đ­đ«đšđšđ«đđąđ§đšđ«đČ 𝐹𝐧𝐞𝐬.”
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 đ°đšđ„đ€ đšđ„đšđ§đ  𝐭𝐡𝐞 đđąđŠđ„đČ đ„đąđ­ đŹđ­đ«đžđžđ­đŹ 𝐹𝐟 𝐍𝐞𝐰 đŽđ«đ„đžđšđ§đŹ. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐱𝐭đČ 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đšđ„đąđŻđž 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐼𝐬𝐱𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ„đšđźđ đĄđ­đžđ«, đČ𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐹 𝐹𝐟 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐹 đžđ±đąđŹđ­ 𝐱𝐧 𝐚 đŹđžđ©đšđ«đšđ­đž đ°đšđ«đ„đ.
“𝐘𝐹𝐼’𝐯𝐞 đ„đžđŸđ­ 𝐩𝐞 đœđźđ«đąđšđźđŹ, đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ«,” đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐚𝐝𝐩𝐱𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ«đžđšđœđĄđžđ đČđšđźđ« đšđ©đšđ«đ­đŠđžđ§đ­ đ›đźđąđ„đđąđ§đ .
â€œđ‚đźđ«đąđšđŹđąđ­đČ 𝐱𝐬 𝐚 đđšđ§đ đžđ«đšđźđŹ 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠, 𝐩đČ đđžđšđ«,” 𝐡𝐞 đ«đžđ©đ„đąđžđ, 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐯𝐹𝐱𝐜𝐞 đđ«đšđ©đ©đąđ§đ  𝐭𝐹 𝐚 đ§đžđšđ« đ°đĄđąđŹđ©đžđ«. “𝐁𝐼𝐭 𝐈 𝐟𝐱𝐧𝐝 𝐱𝐭 𝐬𝐼𝐱𝐭𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼.”
đđžđŸđšđ«đž đČ𝐹𝐼 đœđšđźđ„đ đ«đžđŹđ©đšđ§đ, 𝐡𝐞 đŹđ­đžđ©đ©đžđ đœđ„đšđŹđžđ«, 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ đ«đąđ§ 𝐬𝐹𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐱𝐧𝐠. “𝐆𝐹𝐹𝐝𝐧𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐩𝐹𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞,” 𝐡𝐞 đŠđźđ«đŠđźđ«đžđ, đ›đ«đźđŹđĄđąđ§đ  𝐚 đŸđžđšđ­đĄđžđ«đ„đąđ đĄđ­ đ€đąđŹđŹ 𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ›đšđœđ€ 𝐹𝐟 đČđšđźđ« 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ›đžđŸđšđ«đž đ«đžđ­đ«đžđšđ­đąđ§đ  𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐹𝐰𝐬.
𝐀𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 đœđ„đąđŠđ›đžđ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŹđ­đšđąđ«đŹ 𝐭𝐹 đČđšđźđ« đšđ©đšđ«đ­đŠđžđ§đ­, đČ𝐹𝐼 đ«đžđšđ„đąđłđžđ đČ𝐹𝐼 đŹđ­đąđ„đ„ đĄđžđ„đ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ›đšđšđ€ 𝐱𝐧 đČđšđźđ« đšđ«đŠđŹ. đ’đ„đąđđąđ§đ  𝐱𝐭 𝐹𝐧𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ­đšđ›đ„đž, 𝐬𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 đŹđ„đąđ©đ©đžđ đŸđ«đšđŠ 𝐱𝐭𝐬 đ©đšđ đžđŹâ€”đš đœđšđ«đ.
𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đąđđžđ§đ­đąđœđšđ„ 𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ„đžđ­đ­đžđ« 𝐡𝐞’𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 đžđšđ«đ„đąđžđ«, 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 đŸđšđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ°đšđ«đđŹ đ°đ«đąđ­đ­đžđ§ 𝐹𝐧 𝐱𝐭:
> â€œđ“đźđ«đ§ 𝐭𝐹 đ©đšđ đž 𝟐𝟑𝟕.”
đ…đ„đąđ©đ©đąđ§đ  đ­đĄđ«đšđźđ đĄ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ›đšđšđ€, đČđšđźđ« đ›đ«đžđšđ­đĄ 𝐡𝐱𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝. đ’đœđ«đšđ°đ„đžđ 𝐱𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŠđšđ«đ đąđ§đŹ 𝐹𝐟 đ©đšđ đž 𝟐𝟑𝟕 đ°đžđ«đž 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ°đšđ«đđŹ:
â€œđ’đžđœđ«đžđ­đŹ đšđ«đž 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 đŹđĄđšđ«đžđ đźđ§đđžđ« đŠđšđšđ§đ„đąđ đĄđ­. đ’đĄđšđ„đ„ 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐹𝐧𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐼𝐞 đšđźđ« đŹđ­đšđ«đČ?”
đ˜đšđźđ« đ©đźđ„đŹđž đȘđźđąđœđ€đžđ§đžđ. đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐹 đšđ«đđąđ§đšđ«đČ 𝐩𝐚𝐧.
𝐁𝐼𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐱𝐧, đ©đžđ«đĄđšđ©đŹ đČ𝐹𝐼 đ°đžđ«đžđ§â€™đ­ 𝐚𝐬 đšđ«đđąđ§đšđ«đČ 𝐚𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ›đžđ„đąđžđŻđžđ đžđąđ­đĄđžđ«.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐹𝐭𝐞 đ„đąđ§đ đžđ«đžđ 𝐱𝐧 đČđšđźđ« 𝐩𝐱𝐧𝐝 đŸđšđ« 𝐝𝐚đČ𝐬. "đ’đžđœđ«đžđ­đŹ đšđ«đž 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 đŹđĄđšđ«đžđ đźđ§đđžđ« đŠđšđšđ§đ„đąđ đĄđ­." 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 đ©đ„đšđČ𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭? đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ«â€™đŹ đœđĄđšđ«đŠ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐱𝐭 đ°đžđ«đž đźđ§đđžđ§đąđšđ›đ„đž, 𝐛𝐼𝐭 đ­đĄđžđ«đž 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 đźđ§đŹđžđ­đ­đ„đąđ§đ â€”đ­đĄđ«đąđ„đ„đąđ§đ â€”đšđ›đšđźđ­ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐱𝐠𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐱𝐜 đ«đšđđąđš 𝐡𝐹𝐬𝐭.
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ°đžđ«đžđ§â€™đ­ đŹđźđ«đž 𝐱𝐟 𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đœđźđ«đąđšđŹđąđ­đČ, 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, đšđ« 𝐚 đŠđąđ±đ­đźđ«đž 𝐹𝐟 𝐛𝐹𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 đ„đžđ đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ©đšđ«đ€ 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐹𝐹𝐧 𝐡𝐼𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐱𝐠𝐡, 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 đŹđąđ„đŻđžđ«đČ đ„đąđ đĄđ­ đšđŻđžđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŹđ©đ«đšđ°đ„đąđ§đ  đšđšđ€ đ­đ«đžđžđŹ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đœđšđ›đ›đ„đžđŹđ­đšđ§đž đ©đšđ­đĄđŹ. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 đšđąđ« 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đœđšđšđ„, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ€đąđ§đ 𝐹𝐟 đœđ«đąđŹđ©đ§đžđŹđŹ 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐝𝐞 đČ𝐹𝐼 đšđ°đšđ«đž 𝐹𝐟 đžđŻđžđ«đČ đ›đ«đžđšđ­đĄ.
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đœđ„đźđ­đœđĄđžđ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ›đšđšđ€ 𝐡𝐞’𝐝 𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐠𝐡𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼, 𝐧𝐹𝐰 đšđđšđ«đ§đžđ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐹𝐭𝐞 đ­đźđœđ€đžđ đ§đžđšđ­đ„đČ 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 ïżœïżœđ­đŹ đ©đšđ đžđŹ. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 đ©đšđ«đ€ 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đȘ𝐼𝐱𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 đŸđšđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ«đźđŹđ­đ„đąđ§đ  𝐹𝐟 đ„đžđšđŻđžđŹ, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐹 đ°đšđ§đđžđ« 𝐱𝐟 đČ𝐹𝐼’𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 đŸđšđšđ„đąđŹđĄ 𝐭𝐹 𝐜𝐹𝐩𝐞.
“𝐀𝐡, 𝐩𝐹𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞,” 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐹𝐹𝐭𝐡 𝐯𝐹𝐱𝐜𝐞 đœđšđ„đ„đžđ, đ›đ«đžđšđ€đąđ§đ  𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŹđąđ„đžđ§đœđž.
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ­đźđ«đ§đžđ 𝐭𝐹 𝐬𝐞𝐞 đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đ„đžđšđ§đąđ§đ  đœđšđŹđźđšđ„đ„đČ 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐱𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐚 đ„đšđŠđ©đ©đšđŹđ­, 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ«đžđ 𝐬𝐼𝐱𝐭 đąđŠđ©đšđŹđŹđąđ›đ„đČ đ©đ«đąđŹđ­đąđ§đž, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐱𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐱𝐩 đ„đąđ đĄđ­. 𝐇𝐱𝐬 đ đ«đąđ§ 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐬 đŹđĄđšđ«đ© 𝐚𝐬 đžđŻđžđ«, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬 đ đ„đžđšđŠđžđ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 đźđ§đ«đžđšđđšđ›đ„đž.
“𝐘𝐹𝐼 đšđœđ­đźđšđ„đ„đČ 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞,” 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝, đŹđ­đ«đšđąđ đĄđ­đžđ§đąđ§đ  𝐚𝐧𝐝 đŹđšđźđ§đ­đžđ«đąđ§đ  đ­đšđ°đšđ«đ đČ𝐹𝐼.
“𝐈’𝐩 𝐧𝐹𝐭 đŹđźđ«đž 𝐱𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐚đČ𝐬 đŠđšđ«đž 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐩đČ đœđźđ«đąđšđŹđąđ­đČ đšđ« 𝐩đČ đ„đšđœđ€ 𝐹𝐟 𝐜𝐹𝐩𝐩𝐹𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞,” đČ𝐹𝐼 đ«đžđ©đ„đąđžđ, đœđ„đźđ­đœđĄđąđ§đ  𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ›đšđšđ€ đ­đąđ đĄđ­đžđ«.
𝐇𝐞 đœđĄđźđœđ€đ„đžđ, 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ„đšđźđ đĄđ­đžđ« đ„đšđ° 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đŠđžđ„đšđđąđœ. â€œđ‚đźđ«đąđšđŹđąđ­đČ. đƒđžđŸđąđ§đąđ­đžđ„đČ đœđźđ«đąđšđŹđąđ­đČ. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐚 đŹđ©đšđ«đ€ 𝐹𝐟 đ›đ«đšđŻđžđ«đČ, 𝐈’𝐝 𝐬𝐚đČ.”
â€œđđ«đšđŻđžđ«đČ?” đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐹𝐞𝐝, đŸđźđ«đ«đšđ°đąđ§đ  đČđšđźđ« đ›đ«đšđ°. “𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŠđšđ€đž 𝐱𝐭 𝐬𝐹𝐼𝐧𝐝 đ„đąđ€đž 𝐈’𝐩 đ°đšđ„đ€đąđ§đ  𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐹 𝐬𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 đđšđ§đ đžđ«đšđźđŹ.”
â€œđđžđ«đĄđšđ©đŹ đČ𝐹𝐼 đšđ«đž,” 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐩𝐹𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧𝐱𝐧𝐠 đŸđšđ« đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐭𝐹 đŸđšđ„đ„đšđ° 𝐡𝐱𝐩 đšđ„đšđ§đ  𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ©đšđ­đĄ.
đƒđžđŹđ©đąđ­đž đČđšđźđ« đ›đžđ­đ­đžđ« 𝐣𝐼𝐝𝐠𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭, đČ𝐹𝐼 đŸđžđ„đ„ 𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐹 đŹđ­đžđ© 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐱𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐱𝐩. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐹 𝐹𝐟 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ°đšđ„đ€đžđ 𝐱𝐧 đŹđąđ„đžđ§đœđž đŸđšđ« 𝐚 đ°đĄđąđ„đž, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐹𝐼𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐹𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐱𝐭đČ 𝐟𝐚𝐝𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐱𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞.
“𝐖𝐡đČ 𝐝𝐱𝐝 đČ𝐹𝐼 đšđŹđ€ 𝐩𝐞 đĄđžđ«đž?” đČ𝐹𝐼 đŸđąđ§đšđ„đ„đČ đšđŹđ€đžđ, đ›đ«đžđšđ€đąđ§đ  𝐭𝐡𝐞 đȘ𝐼𝐱𝐞𝐭.
đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đŹđ„đšđ°đžđ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ©đšđœđž, đ đ„đšđ§đœđąđ§đ  𝐚𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼 đŸđ«đšđŠ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đœđšđ«đ§đžđ« 𝐹𝐟 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐞đČ𝐞. “𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐼𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐟𝐱𝐧𝐝 đČ𝐹𝐼... 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐱𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠.”
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŹđ­đšđ©đ©đžđ đ°đšđ„đ€đąđ§đ , đœđ«đšđŹđŹđąđ§đ  đČđšđźđ« đšđ«đŠđŹ. “𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐹𝐭 𝐚𝐧 đšđ§đŹđ°đžđ«.”
𝐇𝐞 đ­đźđ«đ§đžđ 𝐭𝐹 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 đČ𝐹𝐼 đŸđźđ„đ„đČ, 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ đ«đąđ§ 𝐬𝐹𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐹 𝐬𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 đšđ„đŠđšđŹđ­ 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐼𝐱𝐧𝐞. â€œđ˜đšđźâ€™đ«đž đđąđŸđŸđžđ«đžđ§đ­. 𝐔𝐧𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛đČ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐹𝐱𝐬𝐞 𝐹𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ°đšđ«đ„đ. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 đČđšđźâ€™đ«đž 𝐧𝐹𝐭 đšđŸđ«đšđąđ 𝐭𝐹 đœđĄđšđ„đ„đžđ§đ đž 𝐩𝐞.”
“𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ­đĄđąđ§đ€ 𝐈’𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐱𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐼𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐝𝐹𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐰𝐹𝐹𝐧 𝐚𝐭 đČđšđźđ« 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭 đ„đąđ€đž đČđšđźđ« 𝐟𝐚𝐧 đœđ„đźđ›?” đČ𝐹𝐼 đšđŹđ€đžđ, đŹđ€đžđ©đ­đąđœđąđŹđŠ đœđšđ„đšđ«đąđ§đ  đČđšđźđ« 𝐭𝐹𝐧𝐞.
“𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐹𝐭 𝐣𝐼𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭,” 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝, đŹđ­đžđ©đ©đąđ§đ  đœđ„đšđŹđžđ«. 𝐇𝐱𝐬 𝐯𝐹𝐱𝐜𝐞 đđ«đšđ©đ©đžđ, đ­đšđ€đąđ§đ  𝐹𝐧 𝐚 đŹđžđ«đąđšđźđŹ 𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞. “𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 đŸđąđ«đž, 𝐘/𝐍. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐹𝐬𝐭 đ©đžđšđ©đ„đž đŹđ©đžđ§đ đ­đĄđžđąđ« đ„đąđŻđžđŹ đ­đ«đČ𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐹 𝐬𝐧𝐼𝐟𝐟 𝐹𝐼𝐭 đšđ« đœđšđ§đ­đ«đšđ„. 𝐁𝐼𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼? 𝐘𝐹𝐼’𝐯𝐞 đ„đžđšđ«đ§đžđ 𝐭𝐹 đ„đąđŻđž 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐱𝐭.”
𝐇𝐱𝐬 đ°đšđ«đđŹ 𝐜𝐚𝐼𝐠𝐡𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐹𝐟𝐟 đ đźđšđ«đ. 𝐇𝐹𝐰 đœđšđźđ„đ 𝐡𝐞 đ€đ§đšđ° 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼? đđžđŸđšđ«đž đČ𝐹𝐼 đœđšđźđ„đ đ©đ«đžđŹđŹ 𝐡𝐱𝐩 đŸđźđ«đ­đĄđžđ«, 𝐡𝐞 đ đžđŹđ­đźđ«đžđ đ­đšđ°đšđ«đ 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐱𝐞𝐧𝐭 đšđšđ€ đ­đ«đžđž.
“𝐒𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐞,” 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝.
𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐱𝐧𝐬𝐭 đČđšđźđ« đ›đžđ­đ­đžđ« 𝐣𝐼𝐝𝐠𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭, đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐝𝐱𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 đŠđšđšđ§đ„đąđ đĄđ­ đŸđąđ„đ­đžđ«đžđ đ­đĄđ«đšđźđ đĄ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ›đ«đšđ§đœđĄđžđŹ, 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 đđšđ©đ©đ„đžđ 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐹𝐰𝐬 đšđŻđžđ« 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞. đ…đšđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŸđąđ«đŹđ­ 𝐭𝐱𝐩𝐞, 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐝 đ„đžđŹđŹ ïżœïżœđąđ€đž 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đźđ§đ­đšđźđœđĄđšđ›đ„đž đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đŠđšïżœïżœđž... 𝐡𝐼𝐩𝐚𝐧.
“𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 đČ𝐹𝐼 đžđŻđžđ« đ°đšđ§đđžđ«đžđ,” 𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧, 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐯𝐹𝐱𝐜𝐞 đŹđšđŸđ­đžđ« 𝐧𝐹𝐰, “𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 đ„đąđžđŹ 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŠđšđŹđ€đŹ đ©đžđšđ©đ„đž đ°đžđšđ«?”
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ­đąđ„đ­đžđ đČđšđźđ« 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝. â€œđŒđšđŹđ€đŹ?”
𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐹𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝. “𝐖𝐞 đšđ„đ„ đ°đžđšđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐩. đ’đŠđąđ„đžđŹ, đ„đšđźđ đĄđ­đžđ«, đœđĄđšđ«đŠâ€”đ­đĄđžđČâ€™đ«đž 𝐣𝐼𝐬𝐭 đŠđšđŹđ€đŹ 𝐭𝐹 𝐡𝐱𝐝𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 đźđ§đđžđ«đ§đžđšđ­đĄ. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 đȘ𝐼𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧 𝐱𝐬, 𝐝𝐹 đČ𝐹𝐼 đžđŻđžđ« đ„đžđ­ 𝐚𝐧đČ𝐹𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ­đ«đźđ­đĄ?”
𝐓𝐡𝐞 đŻđźđ„đ§đžđ«đšđ›đąđ„đąđ­đČ 𝐱𝐧 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐭𝐹𝐧𝐞 đŹđźđ«đ©đ«đąđŹđžđ đČ𝐹𝐼. “𝐈 đ­đĄđąđ§đ€ 𝐩𝐹𝐬𝐭 đ©đžđšđ©đ„đž đšđ«đž đšđŸđ«đšđąđ 𝐭𝐹 𝐬𝐡𝐹𝐰 đ­đĄđžđąđ« đ­đ«đźđž đŹđžđ„đŻđžđŹ,” đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐚𝐝𝐩𝐱𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝.
“𝐀𝐧𝐝 đČ𝐹𝐼?” 𝐡𝐞 đ©đ«đžđŹđŹđžđ, đ„đžđšđ§đąđ§đ  đŹđ„đąđ đĄđ­đ„đČ đœđ„đšđŹđžđ«. â€œđ€đ«đž đČ𝐹𝐼 đšđŸđ«đšđąđ?”
𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐱𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝. “𝐈 𝐝𝐹𝐧’𝐭 đ€đ§đšđ°. 𝐌𝐚đČ𝐛𝐞.”
𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐼𝐝𝐱𝐞𝐝 đČ𝐹𝐼 đŸđšđ« 𝐚 đ„đšđ§đ  𝐩𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 đ›đžđŸđšđ«đž đ«đžđšđœđĄđąđ§đ  𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐹 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ©đšđœđ€đžđ­ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ©đźđ„đ„đąđ§đ  𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐚 đŹđŠđšđ„đ„, đŸđšđ„đđžđ đ©đąđžđœđž 𝐹𝐟 đ©đšđ©đžđ«. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐹 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐚 đ°đšđ«đ.
đ”đ§đŸđšđ„đđąđ§đ  𝐱𝐭, đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐟𝐹𝐼𝐧𝐝 𝐚 đœđ«đźđđž 𝐛𝐼𝐭 đđžđ­đšđąđ„đžđ đŹđ€đžđ­đœđĄ 𝐹𝐟 𝐚 đ«đšđđąđš đŠđąđœđ«đšđ©đĄđšđ§đž đŹđźđ«đ«đšđźđ§đđžđ 𝐛đČ 𝐣𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 đ„đąđ§đžđŹ, 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐹𝐼𝐠𝐡 𝐱𝐭 đ°đžđ«đž 𝐞𝐩𝐱𝐭𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐹𝐼𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬. 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐱𝐭, 𝐱𝐧 đžđ„đžđ đšđ§đ­ đŹđœđ«đąđ©đ­, đ°đžđ«đž 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ°đšđ«đđŹ:
> “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐹𝐱𝐜𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐱𝐜.”
“𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐱𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬?” đČ𝐹𝐼 đšđŹđ€đžđ, đ đ„đšđ§đœđąđ§đ  𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐱𝐩.
“𝐀 đŸđ«đšđ đŠđžđ§đ­ 𝐹𝐟 𝐩đČ đ­đ«đźđ­đĄ,” 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝 đŹđąđŠđ©đ„đČ.
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŸđ«đšđ°đ§đžđ, đ­đ«đšđœđąđ§đ  𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ„đąđ§đžđŹ 𝐹𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đđ«đšđ°đąđ§đ . “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐱𝐜... 𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐹𝐰 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐞𝐞 đČđšđźđ«đŹđžđ„đŸ?”
𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐹𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ đ«đąđ§ đ«đžđ­đźđ«đ§đąđ§đ  𝐛𝐼𝐭 đ„đšđœđ€đąđ§đ  𝐱𝐭𝐬 đźđŹđźđšđ„ đŹđĄđšđ«đ©đ§đžđŹđŹ. “𝐀 𝐯𝐹𝐱𝐜𝐞 𝐱𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐹𝐱𝐝. đ…đąđ„đ„đąđ§đ  𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŹđąđ„đžđ§đœđž, 𝐛𝐼𝐭 đ§đžđŻđžđ« đ­đ«đźđ„đČ đ©đšđ«đ­ 𝐹𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ°đšđ«đ„đ.”
𝐓𝐡𝐞 đŻđźđ„đ§đžđ«đšđ›đąđ„đąđ­đČ 𝐱𝐧 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ°đšđ«đđŹ 𝐭𝐼𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 đđžđžđ© 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧 đČ𝐹𝐼. đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ«, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐹𝐧𝐟𝐱𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭, đœđĄđšđ«đąđŹđŠđšđ­đąđœ đ«đšđđąđš 𝐡𝐹𝐬𝐭, 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐣𝐼𝐬𝐭 𝐚 đ©đžđ«đŸđšđ«đŠđžđ«. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐧 đ­đ«đšđ©đ©đžđ 𝐱𝐧 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐹𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐱𝐜, đČđžđšđ«đ§đąđ§đ  đŸđšđ« 𝐬𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐹𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐹 đĄđžđšđ« 𝐡𝐱𝐩 𝐛𝐞đČ𝐹𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐹𝐱𝐬𝐞.
“𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐹 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐹 𝐝𝐹 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ­đ«đźđ­đĄ?” đČ𝐹𝐼 đšđŹđ€đžđ.
â€œđŠđžđžđ© 𝐱𝐭,” 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝, 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐯𝐹𝐱𝐜𝐞 đšđ„đŠđšđŹđ­ 𝐚 đ°đĄđąđŹđ©đžđ«. â€œđ…đšđ« 𝐧𝐹𝐰.”
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐹 𝐹𝐟 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐱𝐧 đŹđąđ„đžđ§đœđž đŸđšđ« 𝐚 đ°đĄđąđ„đž, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐹𝐟 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐜𝐹𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐱𝐹𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐱𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đšđąđ«. đƒđžđŹđ©đąđ­đž đžđŻđžđ«đČ𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠, đČ𝐹𝐼 đŸđžđ„đ­ 𝐚𝐧 𝐹𝐝𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐹𝐟 𝐜𝐹𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧 𝐭𝐹 𝐡𝐱𝐩.
â€œđ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ«,” đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 đœđšđźđ­đąđšđźđŹđ„đČ, “đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐝𝐹𝐧’𝐭 đ„đžđ­ đ©đžđšđ©đ„đž 𝐱𝐧, 𝐝𝐹 đČ𝐹𝐼?”
“𝐍𝐹𝐭 𝐹𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧,” 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐩𝐱𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 đČđšđźđ«đŹ. “𝐁𝐼𝐭 𝐈 đ­đĄđąđ§đ€... đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐩𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đžđ±đœđžđ©đ­đąđšđ§.”
𝐓𝐡𝐞 đŹđąđ§đœđžđ«đąđ­đČ 𝐱𝐧 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đšđ„đŠđšđŹđ­ 𝐭𝐹𝐹 𝐩𝐼𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐹 đ›đžđšđ«. 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ„đšđšđ€đžđ 𝐚𝐰𝐚đČ, 𝐟𝐹𝐜𝐼𝐬𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐹𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ›đšđšđ€ 𝐱𝐧 đČđšđźđ« đ„đšđ©.
â€œđ’đžđœđ«đžđ­đŹ đšđ«đž 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯đČ,” đČ𝐹𝐼 ïżœïżœđšđąđ đŸđąđ§đšđ„đ„đČ. “𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐱𝐟 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ€đžđžđ© đœđšđ«đ«đČ𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐩 đšđ„đšđ§đž, 𝐭𝐡𝐞đČâ€™đ„đ„ đœđ«đźđŹđĄ đČ𝐹𝐼.”
𝐇𝐞 đœđĄđźđœđ€đ„đžđ đŹđšđŸđ­đ„đČ. â€œđđžđ«đĄđšđ©đŹ. 𝐁𝐼𝐭 𝐬𝐹𝐩𝐞 đŹđžđœđ«đžđ­đŹ đšđ«đž 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 đŹđĄđšđ«đžđ đŹđ„đšđ°đ„đČ, 𝐩𝐹𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞.”
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐱𝐩 đ°đšđ„đ€đąđ§đ  đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐡𝐹𝐩𝐞 𝐹𝐧𝐜𝐞 đŠđšđ«đž. 𝐀𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ«đžđšđœđĄđžđ đČđšđźđ« đđšđšđ«, 𝐡𝐞 đ©đšđźđŹđžđ, 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐱𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 đŸđšđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŸđąđ«đŹđ­ 𝐭𝐱𝐩𝐞 𝐬𝐱𝐧𝐜𝐞 đČ𝐹𝐼’𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐱𝐩.
â€œđ“đĄđšđ§đ€ đČ𝐹𝐼,” 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝, 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐯𝐹𝐱𝐜𝐞 đŹđšđŸđ­đžđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 đČ𝐹𝐼’𝐝 đžđŻđžđ« đĄđžđšđ«đ 𝐱𝐭.
â€œđ…đšđ« 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭?”
â€œđ…đšđ« đ„đąđŹđ­đžđ§đąđ§đ .”
đđžđŸđšđ«đž đČ𝐹𝐼 đœđšđźđ„đ đ«đžđŹđ©đšđ§đ, 𝐡𝐞 đ­đšđšđ€ đČđšđźđ« 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝, đ›đ«đźđŹđĄđąđ§đ  đšđ§đšđ­đĄđžđ« đ€đąđŹđŹ 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐱𝐧𝐬𝐭 đČđšđźđ« đ€đ§đźđœđ€đ„đžđŹ. â€œđ”đ§đ­đąđ„ đ§đžđ±đ­ 𝐭𝐱𝐩𝐞,” 𝐡𝐞 đŠđźđ«đŠđźđ«đžđ, đđąđŹđšđ©đ©đžđšđ«đąđ§đ  𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐹𝐰𝐬.
𝐀𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 đŹđ­đžđ©đ©đžđ 𝐱𝐧𝐬𝐱𝐝𝐞, đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐟𝐹𝐼𝐧𝐝 đšđ§đšđ­đĄđžđ« 𝐧𝐹𝐭𝐞 đ­đźđœđ€đžđ 𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐹 đČđšđźđ« 𝐛𝐚𝐠.
> “𝐓𝐡𝐞 đ­đ«đźđ­đĄ 𝐱𝐬 𝐚 đŹđ­đšđ«đČ 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 đ­đšđ„đ 𝐱𝐧 đœđĄđšđ©đ­đžđ«đŹ. đ€đ«đž đČ𝐹𝐼 đ«đžđšđđČ đŸđšđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ§đžđ±đ­?”
đ˜đšđźđ« đĄđžđšđ«đ­ đ«đšđœđžđ. đ–đĄđšđ­đžđŻđžđ« đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐱𝐝𝐱𝐧𝐠, 𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đšđ§đ„đČ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐱𝐧𝐧𝐱𝐧𝐠. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 đđžđŹđ©đąđ­đž đČđšđźđ« đ›đžđ­đ­đžđ« 𝐣𝐼𝐝𝐠𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭, đČ𝐹𝐼 đ€đ§đžđ° đČ𝐹𝐼 đœđšđźđ„đđ§â€™đ­ đ°đšđ„đ€ 𝐚𝐰𝐚đČ.
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lovevxle · 2 days ago
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Could you do Vassago x reader hcs?
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~Vassago x gn!Reader Hcs~
✩₊˚.⋆☟⋆âș₊✧✩₊˚.⋆☟⋆âș₊✧✩₊˚.⋆☟⋆âș₊✧✩₊˚.⋆☟⋆âș₊✧✩₊˚.⋆
Vassago who... LOVES. calling you sweet little Spanish pet names.
"C'mere mi amorr~"
"Ay que linda/lindo mi preciosa/precioso~"
Vassago who... gets mad when you steal his lil yellow tint glasses but secretly loves seeing you wearing his things.
Vassago who... Loves matching outfits with you! Color scheme, outfit type, anything. (especially on dates)
Vassago who... Isn't a real touchy person but enjoys hand holding<3
Vassago who... Will start an argument or fight with ANYONE who tries to insult/belittle you. (doesn't matter who, no ones safe)
Vassago who... Is always a "ask consent before doing anything" type of person. He'll never do anything you're not comfy with.
Vassago who... Isn't really a sex type of guy (asexual possibly?) You would never make him do anything because of your urges, simply making out could help. (COMPLAIN TO THE WALL HORNY BITCHES, HE DONT SEEM FREAKY DEEKY)
Vassago who... Is a gardenerrr! He'll love to get dirty (not like that💀-) and plant flowers and cute things in the backyard. (he also likes putting the flowers in your hair<3)
Vassago who... In general is the cutest towards you and would do anything to keep you happy. Sick? Already at the store grabbing everything you need to get better. Feeling depresso? He's got your favorite movies, shows, and a nice set up at the couch to keep you cozy and make you feel better :)
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A/n: YES IK THIS WAS SHORT ASF. Motivation is the hardest to find when the winter depression is killing my spirit😭 Requests will be back open and I'll try to get more stuff out either right before or a bit after New Years. Happy holidays! (yes my drafts have been overflowing bc of requests and crazy ass ideas)
-Val🎄⛄
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thelov3lybookworm · 2 days ago
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Weeping Heart (Part 5)
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
Summary: panic attacks and tears
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Warnings: the beginnings of a panic attack, cardan being sad and frustrated, though i dont go into details. yn running away again, ig. (the next part will include her getting comforted, dw <3 )
Word Count: 1107
A/n: shes a lil late but shes hereee yayyy đŸ„ł
Imp: the next parts will be either posted on friday or next monday, depending on how quick i write. it will be a double update, so everyone whos on team herb can read the herb x reader part and ones on team cardan can read the cardan x reader part. i will add those links to this part when they are uploaded, so if you choose yes, you read the herb part. if you choose no, you read the cardan part.
anyways, enjoyđŸ„čâŁïž
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Y/n did not mind mornings. She had come across quite a few humans who insisted mornings were the worst time of the day, about how they preferred night.
Most faeries would agree, considering they slept during the day and worked at night. But Y/n, she loved mornings. She could get some peace to herself, some quiet that seemed to betray her when her soldiers, male and female alike, were awake. It was just quiet chatter, but it still got on her nerves sometimes.
Y/n always got herself up a few hours before sunset to have some time to herself, to practise her fighting skills, to think.
Y/n also knew Cardan liked to sleep. Most of the time, he had no option but to sleep off his hangovers after drinking the whole night, but even when that wasn't the case, he would never wake up while the sun was still out without a reason.
So when Y/n snuck out of Herb’s tent in the afternoon, the sun beating down on her as she went, it was a huge surprise to Y/n to find Cardan sitting on her bed, wide awake.
She paused at the threshold of her tent, the flap fluttering shut behind her as she processed the sight. "Cardan? You’re up early."
He smiled, though it did not reach his eyes. "Yeah. I’ve been up for some time now." He paused, glancing down at Y/n’s boots. It was a thing he used to do, when he was feeling vulnerable but did not want her to see. "Waiting
 for you."
Y/n’s blood slowed in her veins before rushing again, and she sighed, stepping forward and making her way towards the chair in the corner.  "I was sleeping, Cardan."
"Where?" His response was quick, sharp, as if he had been thinking of it since he woke up. It made Y/n freeze in her tracks, her eyes growing slightly wide.
"Uh
 in a soldier’s tent?"
He stood. "Why?"
Y/n blinked. "What do you mean why? My bed was occupied, so-"
"So now you can’t even stand my presence?" He laughed.
Y/n stared at him, at a loss for words. She looked at him closely, noting the gauntness in his pale cheeks, he shadows under his eyes.
Sure, he had all those before, but the hollows seemed deeper, the shadows darker. "I never said that, Cardan. And I would never be intolerable to your presence."
He scoffed. "Right, that’s why you’ve been running away and avoiding returning to Insmire for so long."
Y/n sighed, rubbing her face. "It’s nothing against you, Cardan-"
"Then why have you been avoiding me since I arrived?! I’ve been trying to talk to you, I’ve tried so many times! Why are you running away from me?!" He snapped, his voice rising.
And Y/n froze completely.
Cardan never yelled. That was something Y/n had grown up with. No matter what, Cardan never yelled. He would drink, he would party, he would revel, hell, he’d bed people just to forget his frustrations. But he never yelled.
And never at Y/n.
It broke her will to care.
"Because if I don’t, I might just kill myself!"
He stilled, his eyes wild as he stared back at her, his chest heaving. Y/n stepped forward, closer and closer to him. His gaze tracked her movements, almost predatory.
"Do you know, Cardan, how much pain I have been in everyday since I realised that you would never look at me like I look at you?" He said nothing, his eyes wide. "Everyday, I’d put on a smile, act like I have not been in love with you since I understood what love was, and watched as you did all that you did, as you revelled and ruined your own reputation, as you acted like you loved all those females you bedded."
Y/n finally stopped a foot from him, jabbing her finger into his chest, fury blazing in her heart. "I was there as you watched your mother ignore you, I was there to comfort you, I was there as you shattered every time after her rejection. I was there when you wanted Jude, I was right there helping you out with her. I listened to every detail you provided of your love life, trying to hold myself together, and you just couldn’t see it."
Y/n shook her head, smiling. "You could never see it, you were too busy making eyes at others to notice me. And yes, if you’re going to ask me if running away was necessary, yes it was. Because I could no longer bear to watch you be in love with Jude while I stared at you like a lovesick puppy. It was eating me alive from the inside. And I couldn’t tell you about it either, because I saw how in love with Jude you were, and I never wanted to get in the way of your happiness. You know why? Because I care about you, Cardan. I care about you."
He stared at Y/n, looking like he was about to cry as she panted, her blood chilling as she realised what she had just done.
"Y/n, I-"
Y/n stumbled back, her heart beating in her throat.
The beating slowed.
Her hearing diminished.
Or maybe the birds stopped chirping. She didn’t know.
She didn’t care.
This was a panic attack, she was sure of it.
This was the first one she was having in years. The last time was when Y/n had realised she loved Cardan and had almost blurted it out at him, but stopped just before he could hear it, and then he had left with a pretty nymph on his arm.
Even back then, he had not paid any attention to her as he led the female away, already beginning to kiss her before they were even out of sight.
And she had made it a mission that she never had any other panic attacks ever again. And if she did, she’d not create a scene, especially not in front of Cardan.
So she took another step back, her heartbeat thudding in her ears, slow, unsteady, and then turned and sprinted out of her tent, her only focus her horse, Toad.
And the moment the horse was in her arms reach, she swung herself onto the mare’s back and rode away, tears beginning to gather in her eyes.
She heard him calling after her.
Maybe Herb would keep Cardan away. Keep him from following her.
But did she want him to?
No.
Yes.
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sorinbds · 2 days ago
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kiss under the mistletoe
ivan and mizi x reader
A/N:I took the time to write a small scenario for Iván and Mizi while my mother finished dinner 😭not corrected
MIZI
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The glow of Christmas lights and decorations illuminated the living room and the soft smell of cinnamon added to the festive atmosphere.You and Mizi were finishing decorating the fireplace, when you noticed that there was mistletoe on top of you and Mizi.
- s/o there seems to be something about us - he said with a big smile but there were pink tones on his cheeks. His voice was soft and full of tenderness - don't you think we should follow tradition?
You turn to the mistletoe and quickly begin to get nervous "I agree" you say with a shaky voice.
Mizi reached out and placed his fingers on your jaw. He looked at you as a sign that he wanted your approval. Once you told him yes he slowly approached your face and captured your lips in a tender kiss.
The problems surrounding them slowly disappeared until only you and her were left.
IVAN
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The soft glow of the lights illuminated the room, casting soft reflections on the windows. The soft breeze of air entered the place moving Ivan's black hair. You were just putting the mistletoe on the fireplace
You couldn't hide your smile at how cute he looked looking at you. “I didn’t expect you to be able to cook cookies,” you said as you looked at the cookies sitting on the kitchen counter.
He gave you a mocking smile, his black eyes reflecting a black spot in his eyes. "What can I tell you, I am a person of many surprises," he said with a funny tone.
Ivan bowed and stood in front of you, with the mistletoe on top of you and the man. Ivan smiled playfully "What now?" you asked in a curious voice.
Before you could ask another question he leaned in, his hands resting on your waist as he leaned in slowly. "It's tradition, dear," he said, as his lips met yours in a soft, flirtatious kiss.
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bethsvrse · 1 year ago
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me, a writer, at 3am: WHAT? I CANT FIND THE SPECIFIC FANFIC THAT I MADE UP IN MY MIND WITH A WHOLE PLOT AND ORIGINAL CHARACTERS??? WHO DO THEY THINK THEY ARE??? DO THEY EXPECT ME TO WRITE THE STORY I THOUGHT UP OF???
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etfrin · 1 year ago
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‷❝Can't be Shared | Coriolanus Snow❞ˎˊ-
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â‡ąâ˜ŸWarning: NSFW | somnophilia, mentions of prostitution (Snow was going to 'share' you) cunnilingus, pinv sex, creampie, unprotected sex (wrap it dumbfucks), possessive af Snow, impact play (he slaps your thigh once), ruined orgasm (you do cum in the end) | lmk if I forgot anything!
â‡ąâ˜ŸPairing: young president! Coriolanus Snow x fem! Reader
â‡ąâ˜ŸSummary: Snow was going to share you with the elite of the Capitol but changed his mind halfway through only to have his way with you and make you the First Lady of Panem
â‡ąâ˜ŸA/N: hehe, the longest fic I have writing so far, hope y'all enjoy this and reblog ;)
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He thought he would be okay with it. He was sure he would be okay with it. But he wasn't. Snow's blood boiled when the rich elitist of the capitol had begun to touch you, whisper you praises, and whatnot. The only thing that was going in his mind was his, his, his.
When had he gotten so attached, he wasn't supposed to be. Letting them touch you, and play with you was a strategic decision to get them hooked and you weren't meant to be his Queen but something had changed. Something snapping in him when the Capitols’ richest eyed you like a meal.
His jaw was clenched and he cleared his throat, “I changed my mind.” He said, “I am not sharing after all.”
You are his. His property. His bird locked in his cage and now his Queen. He pulled you closer, away from prying hands. He glared, memorizing the face of any and everyone displeased, thinking of plans of how to dispose of them quickly because even if briefly they had touched you that was a sin. No one taints the Queen but a King.
He cordially finishes dinner, keeping in mind he was a president, a newly appointed one at that even if he wanted to he couldn't drag you into his room and have his way with you. But he wanted to. His free hand is on your thigh, gripping it hard enough to leave a small bruise. His hold gets tighter the more he has to smile pretty and act polite.
You hadn't said a word, you weren't sure what to say. You were ready to be shared, used, and then discarded. Snow had told you of this beforehand, but he had changed his mind and you were grateful.
Even as he marked you, made you whimper with his grip, giving your thigh a warning squeeze to be quiet. You were relieved that he decided not to share. You were his, you liked that you were his.
Dinner took longer than you would have preferred, but when it finally came to an end, Snow leaned into you and whispered, “Be on my bed wearing my shirt and nothing else, my bird.”
You didn't reply. You get up, walking into his room, heat choking your veins and making your pussy ache and wet. You close the door as you reach the master bedroom of the manor.
Going into his closet you picked on a red shirt, knowing that it would match your skin tone well. You had taken everything else off, your panties and previous clothes on the floor. You were in full display as you didn't even button up the shirt. Your breasts are exposed to the cold air making your nipples harden.
You sat on the bed, waiting for him to come. One minute bleeds into ten and you laid down on the bed. One hour turns to several and your eyes close up. Sleep catches up with you.
You woke up with a gasp. Sleep at the edge of your mind but your mouth lets out a moan wantonly as several things hit you at once.
One. Snow was here.
Two. Snow was between your thighs, his hands keeping your thighs wide and spread for him.
Three. His lips were on your clit, sucking it vigorously making you arch your back and wanting to flinch away from the intensity.
And you tried to move away, your bud sensitive more with pain than in pleasure. How long was Snow like this, sucking at your clit. Your pussy was now impossibly slick and throbbing, wanting to be filled.
A slap was delivered onto your thigh, a hitched moan leaving your lips because of the delicious pain. “Behave,” Snow sneers at you, his blue eyes looking ravenous, his face smeared with your arousal. This was Snow? You thought for a brief second. For once he felt like a man brought down to his knees by a woman instead of something untouched.
“Sorry,” you gasp out as he dives into your cunt. His tongue drew circles onto your clit as your cunt clenched around nothing. You never thought Snow would be sloppy at anything, you thought wrong because his breathing was loud, warn air of his pants grazing your sex. His stubble brushed against your sex as all of his attention was overstimulating your clit.
He finally lost interest as you cried out that you were close just by him playing with your clit for who knows how long. It hurt. It felt good. Perfect, delicious pleasure and pain. You were dizzy, your eyes glistening with unshed tears.
He leaves your clit alone, but his tongue finds its way to the rest of your pussy. His tongue traces your folds, your slit, and the inside of your walls. Leaving no parts of your cunt untouched by his mouth. He was licking every drop of your juices, all the while he made you wetter.
Your hands were fisted into the sheets, your hips subtly moving for friction. A notion that was stopped with a squeeze of his hand on your thigh. You were brought to your high, so close to the edge you would fall in a second as moans spilled from your lips.
Only for that to be snatched away as Snow moved away. You cry out, “No! Please!” But Snow merely raised an unamused eyebrow while his hand wiped his mouth. “Snow, please,” you whispered, feeling the heat and the high of your lost orgasm.
He lets out a scoff as he sees your desperate state. “My meal is finished,” he merely said. His hand takes off the red suit, the same color as your (his) shirt. His fingers unbutton his white shirt, revealing his toned physique. Those same hands now unzipped his pants, his boxer down to the floor revealing a hard cock. The well-rounded tip leaking pre-cum.
“But I am not done with you yet,” he muses, as he moves in closer. You were sitting up now and his hand was on your nape.
“I don't think I'll ever be done with you,” he whispers, the words sealing a promise of forever. “Don't be,” you whispered back, leaning to catch his lips. Your arms around his shoulders to pull him on top of you, to feel his weight, his skin against yours.
Primal instincts take over you both as you kiss. Desperate whimpers and deep groans could be heard and his teeth sank into your bottom lip. Making it bleed and making him suck your blood into his mouth. He pulls back with a gasp, his eyes wide, his lips swollen. His taste was of a dessert you couldn't name. Addictive and delicious.
His left hand was on your cheek, another still on your nape. His thumb brushes your cheek in a manner of caring. “You're the Queen of Panem now,” he announces, making your heart jump in surprise. “The First Lady of Panem.”
With that, he seals his words with a kiss. Soft and ravishing, his tongue explores your mouth. Your hand is in his hair, the blonde locks between your fingers as you kiss back with everything you have.
“You're mine,” he whispered, his lips brushing with yours, “My bird in a cage. My property.”
“I'll make sure everyone at Capitol knows it,” he said, his eyes looking at you with the ferality of an animal stripped to his bare instincts. “Is that understood, my bird?” He asked.
The answer couldn't be anything but yes. So you replied exactly that and he grins. He looked beautiful in that moment, his charms coming out making you even more needy.
You pulled him in for another kiss, his lips smiling against yours as both of your tongues tangled. His hand lowered itself and cupped your cunt. His fingers trace your entrance and you whimper into his mouth but he doesn't breach in.
He gathers your arousal on his digits, and he pulls back from the kiss to take the digits into his mouth. After sucking his fingers clean, he kisses you again, letting you taste yourself.
His hands pushed you down on the bed, your legs on his shoulder. He takes a deep breath, taking you in, his bird being such a pretty mess.
He placed a kiss on your thigh that was unbelievably soft that for a moment you didn't believe it was action done by Snow's lip but the harsh bite of his mouth marking the skin of your inner thigh proved otherwise.
He leaned down, his hand in your hand above your head. Your free hand dug into his shoulder, forming crescent marks that made him groan, a choked-off desperate sound that you wanted more of.
All the while he placed his cockhead right at your entrance. You gasp as you feel the tip slip inch by inch into your velvety warmth. You wondered if he was going so slow because he wanted you to adjust to his length. However, one look at his face told you were wrong. His blonde strands clinging to his forehead, his lips parted and letting out hot breaths all the while his eyes closed shut, his eyebrows furrowed as he buried his dick into your cunt with the slow pace.
The reason he was going slow was because he wasn't sure if he could last and fuck, that got into your head. Birds are little teasers and you were no different so you clenched around him. His length half pushed in and felt your pulsing cunt wrapping itself tighter around him.
His eyes fall open as he lets out a grunt of surprise and pleasure, “Fuck.” His icy eyes glare at you, “Don't.” Your pussy only clenched further in reply and his hold gets harder, pressing your hand into the mattress as he sank in completely without a warning. “Ah!” You let out in surprise, the stretch painfully perfect.
“Take it,” he whispered to you, his lip biting your earlobe before he dragged his mouth to the pulse of your neck to mark you up properly as his property. His hips now beginning to move, calculated and controlled just like every other action of Snow. Every thrust hits your g-spot relentlessly, making you gasp and moan, back arching in pleasure.
“Gentlemen make their women cum but you're not a woman. You're my property but I am merciful so cum. Cum on my cock untouched, my bird.” He groans into your ear as his pace gets faster, a tad bit of desperation creeping in as his hips slam into you without a care. You could only moan in reply, truth is you didn't need to be touched to cum. His cock, his skin against yours, his mouth sucking your neck, and placing love bites were enough. More than so.
The heat was already forming in your stomach, waiting to be released and spread all over your body. The final push hadn't come long after. As you and Snow shared a filthy open-mouthed kiss, he had thrust so hard and deep, a small bulge had formed, your cervix being kissed with his cockhead.
You cry his name and your pussy comes on his cock, milking his length with repeated squeezes. “That's it, my bird,” he praises as he continues to abuse your cunt with his dick. Your nerves are oversensitive making you whimper and teary-eyed. He found his release with a whimper, his hot cum filling your womb. He pulled out with a small gasp and you wanted him again.
His hand ran through his hair, pushing the sweaty strands up. “First lady of Panem,” he stated, looking at you and then your body, his cum falling out of your cunt.
“First Lady
” you whispered, in disbelief and for whatever may come in the future.
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bookishdreamer28 · 11 months ago
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Height difference
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Idk Mattheos actual height but let's imagine he's really tall here ✹ I hope you'll like it 👐
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Mattheo is obsessed with the way his body is towering over yours. He has found himself thinking of how you'd perfectly fit in his arms many times and he can't help but feel his whole body getting hot at the very thought. From the very first moment Theodore introduced you to their group, he was instantly besotted. He was entirely mesmerized by you.
Every time you wanted to grab something that was out of your reach, he was standing closely behind you just to help you, but in reality all he wanted was to feel your small frame against his. And when you look up at him all puppy-eyed, with those eyes, he knew he was down bad already. And he knew he had fallen deeply for you.
He loved teasing you cause your reactions to his teasing were absolutely worthwhile. Seeing your flustered face was something he adored.
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"How you're doing shorty?" He said in his baritone voice and it took everything in you not to punch the smugness off of his face.
"Stop calling me shorty" you tried look mad and scary with your angry expression but Mattheo wanted to just grab your face and kiss the shit out of you.
"Ok then how about...pixie-"
"NO!" You exclaimed and walked away from him, not being able to stay any longer around his presence but one thing you didn't notice, was Mattheo laughing quietly behind you because he found your walk absolutely adorable.
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When he gets to hug you, that's when he feels like his heart will burst out. It's the way you snuggle your head in his chest, the way your arms are wrapped around his waist, and the warmth that instantly engulfing him when he feels your heart beating against him. Everything about this feeling is perfect. You just fitted perfectly.
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His most fave thing about your height difference, is when you tip toe every time you want to kiss him. He's just standing there, the corner of his lips curving upwards displaying a cheeky smile on his face as he watches you struggling while you're trying to give him a kiss.
"You know you can lean down a bit right? I can't do all the work here" you frowned as you looked up at him. He pinched you cheek softly and traced his thumb in soft circles there.
"Yeah but you have no idea how adorable you l- ouch!" You slapped his hand.
"Now, don't make me bend your head down here by force"
"I would gladly let you love" he chuckled and you smirked as you placed your forehead on your palm, sighing.
"Enough with the teasing Riddle, now kiss me" you looked up again, waiting for his lips to finally crush on yours. He felt his heart pounding like crazy against his chest.
He laughed and instead of leaning his head down, he crouched down and scooped you up into his arms, your legs wrapped around his waist and he placed one hand under your thigh and the other around your waist. Kissing you was earth-shattering. The fieeling of your soft lips locking with his, was something he has been craving for so long.
Once you pulled away, you expected him to put you down but he still held you tight against him.
"Will you put me down now?" You tried to fight back a smile as you felt his hold becoming a bit tighter, his locked on you the whole time.
"Nope, I love having you like this love" he murmured against your lips and you giggled as you once again captured your lips together in a kiss which caused your eyes to flutter close and enjoy the feeling.
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Thank you for reading!!
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elixrr · 10 months ago
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“could you be seen with me and still act proud?”
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➱ Jing Yuan, Argenti, Aventurine, Dan Heng, Blade, Xiao, Childe, Wanderer, Zhongli
➱ Star Rail / Genshin x [GN] Reader
➄ (their answer + reaction to this question)
➄ (comfort / fluff)
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✧ - JING YUAN
“Why, of course. I would hold your hand up for the whole of the Xianzhou to see.”
This was pretty expected of the sly general. However, what was unexpected was the way he took you in his arms and lifted you up—bridal style. You begged him to put you down as he opened the doors of his and your room, now making his way outside to remind the whole Xianzhou that you're his and he's yours.
✧ - ARGENTI
“Dearest love—of course, I would be so proud to have the chance to take the hand of mortal beauty itself, and, if it were chivalrous, I would boast about your beauty everywhere I go.”
Ever so poetic, Argenti pulls your heart strings again with his creative (yet cheesy) lines. He loves you; that's a fact that nobody can deny, and he believes that you were sent down by Idrila herself with how attractive you are. Without a hesitant thought, he backs away and offers you his hand—will you accept the offer in which he takes you from place to place, hand in hand, to show the whole world that your his love?
✧ - AVENTURINE
“You wanna take a bet? Here, I'll take you out to dinner if you guess my answer correctly—get it wrong, and I decide on what I'll do with you.”
With a wink and a smile turning into a smirk, it's always hard to guess what Aventurine is thinking, but with the clock ticking, you hardly get time to really think, and so you curiously answer with “no.” A smile grows on his face, and he leans in close, holding your arms. He whispers in your ear, “I guess that means you have to do what I tell you tonight.”
✧ - DAN HENG
“Of course. I do... I do love you, after all.”
His sentences are kept short and simple (with a little bit of blush), just like how they always are. Now, unlike most people on this list, he isn't bringing you outside to let the world know that you're dating, but he would feel and does absolutely feel proud to have you as his love. He reassures you that he would never feel embarrassed or feel the need to hide his love for you, no matter the crowd he's surrounded by.
✧ - BLADE
“Yes. Nobody's taking you, and nobody's taking me. Everyone had better know that you're mine, and the same goes for me.”
His response was rather threatening, but that's typical with Blade. His words are as sharp as his sword, but they're also as meaningful as sharp; his intent is nowhere near ill towards you, and he only means that he's dedicated himself to you already, and it's a dedication that he would never feel embarrassed or guilty for. Now, take his hand—he'll promise the world that you're his tonight.
✧ - XIAO
“Yes. Why wouldn't I be?”
In Adeptus Xiao language, he means, “yes, of course I would. Archons, holding your hand is a blessing itself.” And, though he doesn't admit it, he still feels it. You are his first and only love in several millennia. You, of every person to ever set foot in Liyue, managed to capture his heart when nobody else could. Xiao loves you, and he feels that he will forever, so he prays you'd banish him if he ever hurts you or hides his love away for something trivial because that means the karma got to him and that he's gone mad.
✧ - CHILDE
“Of course, babe! You know what? Let's go on a date right now— everything's on me!”
And that's simply Childe. Without a word, he disappears and reappears with your favorite outfit in hand, and has you put it on (in private as he waits outside the bedroom door), and when you're done, he's suddenly dressed nicely with roses in hand, and he takes you out on a date. How? No clue, but know that he's letting the whole region know that you're his right here and right now.
✧ - WANDERER
“Huh? That's a stupid question. Why are you asking me, anyway?”
Yes. He means yes in every way possible. His sharp tongue speaks the opposite, but Wanderer truly means that he would show you off to the world if he had to. If he has to, mainly because he finds the concept of love in its entirety as stupid, but he also loves you too much to let you leave him, let alone have someone else think that you're some vacant partner just waiting to be taken. Now, hold both of his hands. He'll glide you above Sumeru City and show everyone there that you're his if you're still thinking about the question.
✧ - ZHONGLI
“Well, of course. Would you like to take a walk around the harbor for me to prove that?”
Zhongli senses your insecurity, and he wishes to alleviate your worries, so he takes you to a popular teahouse by a bridge. It's not that grand or special, but he keeps you close to him as you both sip away at your tea and embrace the company of one another.
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yes, this was a heathers reference.
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syefiles · 8 months ago
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⋆ various men who melt when they see you in their clothes.
he sees you come out of the shower, all dressed and freshly moisturized for the night. yet, he can't help but stare at your perky nipples piercing through his shirt, which was barely giving you any justice, giving him a view of your boobs. his shirt was already enough to drive him crazy, but he finds you only wearing underwear underneath it.
he was ready to pounce on you and fuck you until you go limp.
the sight was too much for his cock to bear, as it started leaking precum all over his boxers. don't you know how hard he is for you? you effortlessly make him go crazy for you without having to do anything. ''are you gonna sleep, love?'' you ask him, but his hand reaches into his pants and palms his bulge. ''fuck- do you see what you do to me?'' he peels off the blanket on his lower half and gives you the sight of the outline of his cock.
you smile at him, deciding to give him a proper show, teasingly taking off your underwear in front of him. swaying your hips subtly, enough for his eyes to anchor onto your body. ''you tease.'' he said, finally getting up from the bed and pulling you in by your waist, sitting you on his lap.
he let out a small groan, feeling your wetness pool on his boxers, the warmth almost making him cum immediately. your hips wasted no time grinding on his cock, your aching clit gaining friction. ''such a good fucking doll for me.'' he praised.
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kykyonthemoon · 9 months ago
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How to babysit a wounded little Hunter
Injured after a mission, you now indulge yourself in his special tender loving care.
àȇ. Character x Female Reader fanfic,
including Caleb, Rafayel, Xavier and Zayne
àȇ. Tags: fluff, domestic fluff, early stage of established relationship
A little heads up: The writer will not take responsibility for any side effect (such as toothache) that might come after reading the fic.
àȇ. Word count: 4k
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đ‘Șđ’‚đ’ïżœïżœïżœïżœđ’ƒ
You dimly sensed footsteps in the bedroom, and then one side of the bed sank. The acquainted scent and warmth embraced you. A cool hand rested on your forehead. In an instant, the heat in your body subsided.
So as soon as that hand was gone, you seized it.
"Don't go
"
You mumbled in a daze. There was a quiet laugh close to your ear, and then that palm brushed against your forehead again.
"If you don't let go, how can I take your temperature then, pipsqueak?"
You recognized that voice. It was Caleb's. So you acted even more aggressively. You yanked his hand tighter, so much so that his entire body appeared to collapse into the bed, just a little above yours.
"Huh? Aren't you a little too strong for someone who is sick?" Caleb laughed again. The sort of laughter that made you feel considerably better.
"I'm not sick." You were persistent, still. "Just feeling a little sleepy."
Caleb's hand tried to pull away from you. But perhaps he kept it that way on purpose, since given your current state, he would have no problem withdrawing if he truly wanted you to let go.
Caleb's hand patted you a little tenderly. He managed to grab the thermometer with his free hand. He took your temperature, then exclaimed: 
"Almost forty Celsius!"
You exhaled heavily, almost a moan. Every part of you felt irritated and heated. Despite this, you dismissed it, saying:
"I'm not... sick..."
Caleb used the chance to release his wrist from you. You opened your eyes slightly and gave him a disappointed expression.
"You have such a high fever, yet still saying you're not sick?" Caleb mumbled, but you caught every word. He handed you medicine, but you did not take it.
"Too bitter." You said.
"Quit whining. "Just take it and go to sleep."
"If I take it
 you'll have to stay here with me, okay?"
Caleb sighed. "Only until you sleep, pipsqueak."
You smiled faintly and fast to accept the pills from Caleb's hand. You clutched his hand securely as you drifted off to sleep, dreaming of the Wanderers, the escapes, and the secrets in which you were a part of. Then, when you woke up again, you noticed Caleb seated beside the bed.
“You're awake now, pipsqueak?” He smiled at you. He was rather relieved. He put a hand on your forehead again. “Yup. No more fever."
Caleb's presence seemed to chase the nightmares away. You removed his hand from your forehead and held it tightly.
“How long have I been sleeping?”
"Let's see
" Caleb brushed his chin. "When you arrived home last night, you went to bed right away. You got a high temperature around early morning. From the time you took the medicine and fell asleep until now, I've finished a whole movie, cooked a delicious pot of porridge, and measured your temperature three times."
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
Caleb laughed. He squeezed your hand once. "You've just been asleep for a few hours. But it is past noon now. Are you hungry?"
You shook your head.
"Are you sure?" Caleb asked again. "I made a super delicious pork rib porridge for you though."
You opened your eyes wide and looked at him. Pork rib porridge was a dish he would often cook when you were sick and no longer in a mood to eat anything. That dish always helped you feel better, even just hearing about it was enough to make you crave food again.
"Pork rib porridge
"
You could only whisper that much when Caleb pressed the tip of your nose and said:
“I knew right away that you couldn't resist food.”
A minute later, the room was filled with the aroma of a still-hot bowl of porridge. Caleb put it on a little tray over the bed. You lay back against the cushion, staring at the meal in front of you as if it were a rare delicacy, despite the fact that the ingredients were absolutely basic.
You looked over at Caleb. He was observing you. "What's wrong? Still no appetite?"
“It's too hot
” You pouted. “Besides,
 both my arms and body are aching
”
It took a quite difficult mission in extreme weather, and a high fever to receive special care at your bedside. How could you not enjoy it?
Caleb read you right away. He said: “What? The Hunter in Linkon wants me to feed her? Weren't you delirious this morning, saying you had to go fight off Wanderers?”
“When did I say that? But it's okay if you don't help me. I don't want to eat anymore.”
“Are you still a three-year-old then?”
Even though he grumbled, Caleb still smiled very gently. He scooped a spoonful of porridge, blew on it to cool down, then held it out to you.
You opened your mouth really wide, making him chuckle. When he saw that you were eating well, Caleb felt relieved. He teased:
"I thought you're a grown-up now and wouldn't need me to take care of you anymore."
You replied, still with a mouthful of pork rib porridge: "When you lose your cooking skills, I won't really need you anymore then."
Caleb laughed aloud. He patted your head and said: "I didn’t expect my vacation to turn into a part-time job for babysitting. If I catch a fever from you, you must take care of me in return.”
You rose up in a sudden and pressed your still-hot face into the crook of Caleb's neck, nearly dropping the porridge spoon.
“Then I’ll cook pork rib porridge for you. Just heads-up though, even if it tastes yucky, you must eat it all!”
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đ‘č𝒂𝒇𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒍
The door to the hospital room opened. Rafayel's curly purple hair appeared. And immediately, your phone lit up with a text message from Thomas:
[The little devil is coming for you. Sorry, I did my best.]
You exhaled. Clearly, he had not done his best. That was why Rafayel was here, staring at you with such a deep gaze from the entrance.
"Er
 "Hello, Rafayel..." You waved your arm, attempting to greet him with a warm smile.
"Rafayel?" He frowned. "Do you still remember that we know each other?"
"Huh? Why did you...?" You left your sentence incomplete as Rafayel surged inside. He placed his hands on his hips, his expression filled with slanderous words as he accused you.
"Who are you? Do I know you? It's been eight hundred years. Jellyfishes are walkin' naked. Sea turtles climb trees. Sharks are eatin' grass for free! And finally, you remembered me?"
You frowned. Why was there something that rang so familiar with this scenario? Yet it was still off.
“Rafayel, I—”
“When are you going to tell me you're hurt?”
Rafayel pointed a finger directly to your shoulder, where the white bandage was visible through the hospital gown. That was the real reason he was precisely distressed.
“Even Thomas knew you were injured. Yet you didn't say a word to me?! You left me waiting alone for three hours at the exhibition. I can't believe you stood me up!”
You lifted your hand, intending to remind Rafayel to keep his voice down because you were both in the hospital. But he gave you no opportunity to speak.
"Do you realize how scared I was? When Thomas told me you couldn't come, I thought about all the things that could happen to you!”
"Rafayel
" You finally found a chance to interrupt him.  “Let's calm down first. I didn't mean to hide it from you, it's just... I haven't told you yet..."
Rafayel crossed his arms. He was still irritated.
“I can't believe it! You deliberately manipulated me with your innocence so that I would let you get away this time!”
You felt dizzy in the head, and your ears were ringing with Rafayel's nagging words and accusations. The injured one was you. Why did you feel as if you had just committed a great sin?
"ARGHHH!" You shouted and clutched your bandaged shoulder. "It hurts!"
Rafayel quickly forgot the rage in his heart. He moved right away to the bed and gently raised your arm. His eyes were full of concern and anxiety.
“Are you hurt? I'll call the doctor here right away!”
You grasped Rafayel's hand, urging him to stay with you.
“See? I'm still very strong. Just a little hurt."
"How much is a little?" Rafayel frowned. You could feel his hot glare on your shoulder, soaking into the bandage and searing your wound.
"
 This much." You clasped your thumb and index finger to form a circle, then held it up for Rafayel to see. He grabbed your hand and placed it on his chest.
"I don't believe you anymore." He continued to speak with a condescending tone. "I have to check it out with my own eyes."
"Huh? What do you mean?
” You suddenly blushed. Rafayel looked at you with serious eyes, yet very sincere. He replied:
“Your wound. I want to see it."
The mere notion of Rafayel wanting to look behind your garments made your cheeks flame. You withdrew your hand and refused:
“I told you I'm fine
 Don't make such a scene
”
“If I don't see it, how can I be sure you're not lying to me? This isn't the first time you've hidden your injuries..."
That was all Rafayel said. You gazed at him for a second. Aside from being concerned about you, he was also saddened since you had repeatedly hidden your wounds from him. A great deal when you did not want to bother him, he always found out and became much more frustrated.
"Alright then
"
Eventually, you had to give in. You turned your back to Rafayel and carefully slipped the shirt collar down your shoulder, displaying the neatly wrapped bandages around your torso.
You could see your reflection in the front window. Your face turned crimson. And Rafayel stood next to the bed, attentively investigating you, his fingers softly caressing the gauze, causing you to bow slightly in pain as well as anxiousness.
“Yet you said it was just a little wound.” Rafayel muttered. It was his hand that drew your collar back up. And the next thing you knew, you were upgraded to the best room at the hospital.
You weren't used to how wealthy people spent their money. You looked at Rafayel, who had constantly been by your side during your hospital stay. He requested you to remain in the most advanced hospital room, with the greatest level of care. More than that, he refused to leave your side even when you asked to be alone.
"You don't have to do this, Rafayel." You spoke as he was peeling the fruit for you.
"Open your mouth." He handed you a slice of mango. Even if your lips stated it wasn't required, you nevertheless welcomed all of his attention.
"I'm serious
" As soon as you finished swallowing the mango, he gave you another slice. "Really, um... This mango is truly delicious..."
"Do you crave anything else?" Rafayel purposely ignored every time you told him he didn't need to stay there all day and night to care for you. Your wound had improved significantly.
“I think I can be discharged from hospital and get back to work now
” You said. “I don't want to bother you anymore
”
"What's that?" Rafayel pretended not to hear you. “I think I heard the sound of abalone porridge just being delivered to the hospital. Let me go grab it.”
You sighed. Another expensive meal he had prepared for you. But you knew how much you would miss these things when you left the hospital at last and could no longer benefit from his tender loving care.
“Maybe I'll stay here one more day... You're spoiling me too much...” You muttered beneath your breath, but Rafayel overheard everything. He pinched your cheek and responded:
“You're staying because of the delicious food, not because of my devoted service? This is so heartbreaking! Then, after you've recovered, I'll make you repay everything. You have to work overtime as my bodyguard too!"
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𝑿𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒓
You crept along the hospital's vacant rear door. You were just hospitalized in the afternoon due to an injury suffered while on job. Even though the doctor advised you to stay for additional examination, you believed the damage was minor. On top of that, the mission was not yet over. You needed to get back to headquarters.
Unfortunately, your escape did not go well. You ran into a familiar shoulder before you could complete the corridor.
"X-Xavier?" You became pale, but not because of the pain. It was only that you were astonished and a little ashamed when caught red-handed.
His look was incredibly complicated, ranging from apprehensive to serious and somewhat furious.
"Where are you going?" he inquired.
You didn't dare to reveal the truth, so you invented an excuse: "Ah... well... The hospital room is quite boring, so I decided to go for a stroll."
"From the back door?"
"Er
 I heard the nurse say this is a quicker shortcut to the garden..."
Xavier gazed at you for some time. You clutched your hand tight, terrified that he would not believe that ridiculous excuse. Yet, Xavier nodded at you: "Then let's go together."
Before you could respond, Xavier grabbed your hand and led you outside. It was night time, the wind blew, sending you a slight chill. Xavier took off his coat and draped it over your shoulders. That incredibly gentle gesture made you feel more guilty than ever for lying to him.
“Lead the way.” He told you shortly. For some reason, you had the impression that he was in extreme anger over you.
During the stroll, you didn't dare to speak, and Xavier did the same. He strolled close to you, as if keeping watch rather than walking together. You wandered about for a long time, but there was no trace of the hospital's garden anywhere. Xavier continued to follow your every step in such silence. Him being like that evoked even more guilt in your heart.
At last, you couldn't take it any longer and had to confess: "Xavier... Actually... The truth is, I don't know where the garden is..."
At that point, he spoke up and asked: "So why did you leave your hospital room?"
You didn't dare look into his eyes, so you just stammered an explanation: "Ah... My injury is nothing to be concerned about... That's why I... planned to return to headquarters..."
You noticed Xavier's hands clenching into fists. Fearing he'd be upset, you added: "The doctor also said my injury wasn't too serious— Ah!"
Xavier abruptly pulled your wrist, causing the wound on your arm to hurt. He read through your face which was miserable but still faking a smile. His voice turned sharp:
“If I hadn't caught you, would you really have sneaked away from the hospital?”
Your body convulsed in pain, but you were more concerned about Xavier's rage. You said, "I'm sorry... I was wrong... I'll return to the hospital room right now..."
"Good." Xavier responded curtly. Then he quickly leaned down and held you up in the attitude of a princess being carried.
"W-What are you doing, Xavier?"
"Let's take you back to the hospital room." His expression remained frigid, making you both terrified and embarrassed to be carried by him in such a manner.
Xavier did not return to the same path you had taken. Instead, he took you into the front entrance, where many people, including patients and hospital staff, could see you.
"Xavier? You... put me down! "They are looking at us!"
"I want them to see, so they know you intend to escape the hospital and will monitor you more closely."
Your cheeks became scarlet with humiliation. You swore you saw a kid pointing at you and chuckling, "Mom! I want to be carried like that princess, too!"
And you swore you saw Xavier smirking at that.
After an embarrassing journey, you finally arrived at your room. Xavier set you down on the bed. He chose to remain silent with you as punishment for your unsuccessful escape. You saw him sitting in the corner of the room, peeling a red apple for you.
“Xavier?”
You called out, but he didn't look at you and just replied curtly:
“Rest.”
“Are you angry with me?
”
Xavier's silence revealed the answer. You groaned and pulled the warm cover up high, as if to conceal yourself away from Xavier's rage, but he remained as quiet as a cloudless sky.
When he finished with the apple, he brought it over and gave you a slice. "Eat."
You did not enjoy this cold and distant demeanor of Xavier. If he was upset with you, he should have expressed it directly. You knew it was your fault, and he was so concerned about you that he got mad when you lied to him like that.
"Xavier, I'm sorry
" Your hands seized Xavier's wrist, which was clutching the apple slice. Your eyes widened as much as possible, even giving the impression that you were going to cry.
In the end, the ploy worked. His gaze had softened completely. He placed the plate of apples on the bed and used his other hand to elevate your chin a little. He said: "If you know your fault, then obediently eat all of these and rest."
His hand softly separated your lips, and his other hand inserted a slice of apple for you to eat. You were back in the sunshine, coaxing him to sit on the bed next to you.
"I'll give you three days to recover." Xavier spoke, his voice still agitated, but you could feel his boundless care and love.
"Then I shall bother you to watch over me for a few more days!"
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𝒁𝒂𝒚𝒏𝒆
You had just returned to your private cabin at the icy mountain base when you heard a tap at the door. You answered the door, wondering who was seeking for you at this hour, and there was Doctor Zayne, holding a first-aid kit while standing outside.
“Zayne?” Your eyes caught the blood on his face and neck. Snow adhered to his dark hair. You took a step back and allowed him inside. "Why are you here?"
Your team had accepted the mission of rescuing people caught in an avalanche created by a group of Wanderers on the mountain. You had learnt that a team of physicians from Akso Hospital was also on their way. But you did not expect to see Zayne here.
Zayne set the first aid pack on the table and then turned to you. He went on to say: "I'm here to do my duty as a doctor."
You widened your eyes and inquired him again, "Your duty as a doctor?"
Zayne pointed to your abdomen, which was soaked from your own blood oozing through the gauze you had recklessly covered earlier.
"Oh dear
" You cried out. You were so engaged in battles that you didn't have time to look at your wound. Your head began spinning as a result of excessive blood loss.
Zayne's powerful arms directed and assisted you to the table. He put you to the wooden table and took a chair to sit in front of you.
"Doctor Zayne, what are you going to do?"
You noted this when you found his hand on the hem of your shirt. He seemed to want to lift it up.
"Treating you."
You knew that. But you were still extremely nervous when thinking that he was about to lift up your shirt. So your hand was still securely grasping his, preventing him from moving any further.
“I've already bandaged it. A nurse also helped me stitch up the wound earlier..."
During the turmoil, you recalled being stabbed in the abdomen. A nurse assisted you in stitching it up, but because there were so many others with more serious injuries, you let her tend to them while you put bandages over yourself and returned to the battlefield. Perhaps your clumsiness caused the wound to bleed a great deal more.
Zayne used his other hand to remove yours before pulling your shirt up. The gauze surrounding your abdomen was drenched in blood. He slowly withdrew it as you writhed in pain and embarrassment.
"Try to sit still for a bit, will you?"
Zayne's soothing voice burst out, calming you down a lot. You sat on the table, your hands lifting your body up while you looked down at the doctor who was treating your wound. The fact that you had to display your skin beneath his gaze made you uneasy and desire to cover your face. But Zayne was quite professional. He remained silent and entirely concentrated on his work. He cleansed the wound and applied a new layer of gauze. His warm breath occasionally wafted against your skin, causing you to tremble slightly. Even when his frigid fingers touched you, it seemed like you were being scorched.
"It's done."
Zayne said after fixing the new layer of gauze. You were a little discontent when his fingers left you. You were ready to pull your top back down when Zayne lightly rubbed his fingers against your abdomen.
“Ouch!” Even though the place he touched was not wounded, you were still startled and embarrassed.
“Just checking it again.” Zayne elaborated. He had you sitting on the table, your bandaged abdomen at his eye level. You could feel his stare through the gauze, pausing a bit too long in areas that were not covered by anything.
“Doctor Zayne
 Are you done now?”
You attempted to keep your speech cool, but your crimson cheeks could have given you away. Zayne appeared to flash a little smile. You felt the icy sensation of his fingertip on your skin again as he slid it beneath the hem of your shirt, then pulled it back down.
"I am now." He answered while returning the supplies to the first aid kit. "Don't be so reckless next time. You have to care for yourself first before you can save others.”
"Hold on." You stopped him. You altered your position and stared into his eyes. "You always say so, but can you actually do what you say?"
Zayne tilted his head to look at you. You took advantage of the moment and raised his chin to have a better look. He had a minor cut on his forehead, and the blood on his body was most likely someone else's.
"You rushed here to take care of me, while you, yourself, are in this condition."
You spoke. His hand found your wrist.
"I barely got a few scrapes. Not as concerning as someone who rushed into the battlefield with a bleeding stomach."
"Whether the wound is big or small, it can be critical." You stated precisely what Dr. Zayne told you whenever he saw you injured, even if it was only a little cut.
Realizing that he had just tasted his own medicine, Zayne let out a small laugh. Then he tugged your hand, causing you to almost lean towards him. He gazed into your eyes for quite a while.
"So, my doctor, will you treat me?"
You blushed again. Zayne relinquished his hand, allowing you to properly wipe the blood off his face. You had to confess that you were a little awkward, owing to your unexpected closeness to Zayne in such a private and calm setting. He probably could hear your heart racing. He supported your hand which was holding a sterilized cotton pad and said:
"If you want to become a skilled doctor, in situations like this you must be even calmer."
"I'm not as professional as Dr. Zayne." You answered with a little caustic tone. "You were able to treat my wound so calmly just now."
Zayne gazed at you for an instant. His face remained calm, but his eyes were not.
"I'm a skilled doctor. Yet, it doesn’t imply that I wouldn't feel anything while treating the girl I like in such a... condition."
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"𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐩𝐞 đĄđžđ„đ© đČ𝐹𝐼," đ€đ§đ đžđ„ 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝 đ©đšđ„đąđ­đžđ„đČ, đ­đšđ€đąđ§đ  đČđšđźđ« đ©đ„đšđ­đž đŸđ«đšđŠ đČ𝐹𝐼.
"đ€đ§đ đžđ„, 𝐱𝐭 𝐱𝐬 𝐧𝐹𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯đČ. 𝐈 𝐚𝐩 đ©đžđ«đŸđžđœđ­đ„đČ đœđšđ©đšđ›đ„đž 𝐹𝐟 đœđšđ«đ«đČ𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐩đČ đ©đ„đšđ­đž 𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ€đąđ­đœđĄđžđ§," đČ𝐹𝐼 đ«đžđŹđ©đšđ§đđžđ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐱𝐠𝐡.
"𝐎𝐡, 𝐠𝐹 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ«đžđ„đšđ± 𝐭𝐹𝐹𝐭𝐬," đ€đ§đ đžđ„ 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝 đŸđąđ«đŠđ„đČ.
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ«đšđ„đ„đžđ đČđšđźđ« 𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐱𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐹 𝐠𝐹 𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ„đąđ›đ«đšđ«đČ 𝐭𝐹 𝐟𝐱𝐧𝐝 𝐚 đ›đšđšđ€.
"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐝𝐹𝐱𝐧𝐠?.." đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž đšđŹđ€đžđ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 đŹđŠđąđ„đž 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 đŸđšđ„đ„đšđ°đžđ đČ𝐹𝐼.
"đ‹đšđšđ€đąđ§đ  đŸđšđ« 𝐚 đ›đšđšđ€," đČ𝐹𝐼 đŠđźđŠđ›đ„đžđ, đ°đšđ„đ€đąđ§đ  đ­đšđ°đšđ«đđŹ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŹđ­đžđ© đ„đšđđđžđ«.
"𝐎𝐡, 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 đĄđžđ„đ© 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 đ›đšđšđ€ đ°đšđźđ„đ đČ𝐹𝐼 đ„đąđ€đž?" đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž đšđŹđ€đžđ, đœđ„đąđŠđ›đąđ§đ  đźđ© 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ„đšđđđžđ« 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐱𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 đŸđšđ« đČđšđźđ« đ«đžđŹđ©đšđ§đŹđž.
"𝐈 đ°đšđźđ„đ đ„đąđ€đž 𝐚 đđšđ«đ€ đ«đšđŠđšđ§đœđž đ§đšđŻđžđ„," đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐩𝐱𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐱𝐞𝐯𝐹𝐼𝐬 đ đ«đąđ§.
"𝐀𝐧 đąđ§đ­đžđ«đžđŹđ­đąđ§đ  𝐜𝐡𝐹𝐱𝐜𝐞," đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž đ«đžđŠđšđ«đ€đžđ.
"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐬𝐚đČ, 𝐈 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐹đČ 𝐚 đ©đšđ°đžđ«đŸđźđ„ 𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐹'𝐬 𝐝𝐹𝐩𝐱𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭," đČ𝐹𝐼 đ«đžđ©đ„đąđžđ đ©đ„đšđČđŸđźđ„đ„đČ.
đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đŹđ„đąđ đĄđ­đ„đČ đœđšđ§đœđžđ«đ§đžđ, 𝐛𝐼𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 đ«đžđ­đ«đąđžđŻđžđ 𝐚 đ«đšđ§đđšđŠ đ›đšđšđ€ đŸđ«đšđŠ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đđšđ«đ€ đ«đšđŠđšđ§đœđž 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧 đŸđšđ« đČ𝐹𝐼.
"đ“đĄđšđ§đ€ đČ𝐹𝐼," đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝, 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐱𝐧𝐠 đ›đšđœđ€ 𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ„đšđ›đ›đČ 𝐭𝐹 đ«đžđšđ.
ïżœïżœđŹ đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐹𝐰𝐧 𝐹𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐹𝐟𝐚, đČ𝐹𝐼 đŸđžđ„đ­ đČđšđźđ« đ„đžđ đŹ 𝐛𝐞𝐱𝐧𝐠 đ„đąđŸđ­đžđ đźđ© 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ©đ„đšđœđžđ 𝐹𝐧 𝐚 đŹđ­đšđšđ„.
"𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬 đœđšđŠđŸđšđ«đ­đšđ›đ„đž?" 𝐍𝐱𝐟𝐭đČ đšđŹđ€đžđ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 đ đ«đąđ§, đ›đ„đąđ§đ€đąđ§đ  đĄđžđ« đ„đšđ«đ đž 𝐞đČ𝐞.
"𝐘𝐞𝐬, đ­đĄđšđ§đ€ đČ𝐹𝐼, 𝐍𝐱𝐟𝐭đČ," đČ𝐹𝐼 đ«đžđ©đ„đąđžđ đœđšđźđ­đąđšđźđŹđ„đČ.
đƒđźđ«đąđ§đ  đČđšđźđ« đ«đžđšđđąđ§đ  𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐱𝐹𝐧, 𝐚 đ đ„đšđŹđŹ 𝐹𝐟 đ°đšđ­đžđ« đźđ§đžđ±đ©đžđœđ­đžđđ„đČ đšđ©đ©đžđšđ«đžđ đ›đžđŸđšđ«đž đČ𝐹𝐼, đœđšđźđ«đ­đžđŹđČ 𝐹𝐟 đ‡đźđŹđ€, 𝐰𝐡𝐹 đšđŸđŸđžđ«đžđ 𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 đ đžđ§đ­đ„đž đŹđŠđąđ„đž. đ„đ±đ©đ«đžđŹđŹđąđ§đ  đ đ«đšđ­đąđ­đźđđž, đČ𝐹𝐼 đšđœđœđžđ©đ­đžđ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ­đĄđšđźđ đĄđ­đŸđźđ„ đ đžđŹđ­đźđ«đž.
đ‡đšđ°đžđŻđžđ«, đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐧𝐹𝐭𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧 đźđ§đźđŹđźđšđ„ 𝐬𝐡𝐱𝐟𝐭 𝐱𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đšđ­đŠđšđŹđ©đĄđžđ«đž 𝐚𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ«đžđŹđźđŠđžđ đ«đžđšđđąđ§đ . 𝐀 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐹𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 đ„đąđ§đ đžđ«đžđ, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đźđ©đšđ§ đ đ„đšđ§đœđąđ§đ  đšđŻđžđ« đČđšđźđ« đ›đšđšđ€, đČ𝐹𝐼 đđąđŹđœđšđŻđžđ«đžđ 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 đžđŻđžđ«đČ𝐹𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đŹđ­đšđ«đąđ§đ  𝐚𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼.
𝐀𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭, đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đžđ§đ­đžđ«đžđ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ„đšđ›đ›đČ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đšđ›đŹđžđ«đŻđžđ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐱𝐭𝐼𝐚𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐞đČđžđ›đ«đšđ° đ«đšđąđŹđžđ.
"𝐈𝐬 đžđŻđžđ«đČ𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 đšđ€đšđČ?" 𝐡𝐞 đšđŹđ€đžđ, đžđ±đ©đ«đžđŹđŹđąđ§đ  𝐜𝐹𝐧𝐟𝐼𝐬𝐱𝐹𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 đ«đžđšđœđĄđžđ 𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐭𝐹 đ đžđ§đ­đ„đČ đ€đąđŹđŹ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ­đšđ© 𝐹𝐟 đČđšđźđ« 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝.
𝐈𝐧 đ«đžđŹđ©đšđ§đŹđž, đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐜𝐹𝐧𝐯𝐞đČ𝐞𝐝 đČđšđźđ« đđąđŹđœđšđŠđŸđšđ«đ­. "𝐓𝐡𝐞đČ'đ«đž đšđ„đ„ 𝐛𝐞𝐱𝐧𝐠 đšđđđ„đČ 𝐭𝐹𝐹 𝐧𝐱𝐜𝐞. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐹đČ𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐡𝐼𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐝.
"𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚đČ đšđ«đž 𝐭𝐡𝐞đČ đ­đ«đšđźđ›đ„đąđ§đ  đČ𝐹𝐼?" 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ›đ«đšđ° đŸđźđ«đ«đšđ°đžđ 𝐱𝐧 đœđšđ§đœđžđ«đ§.
"𝐓𝐡𝐞đČ đŹđąđŠđ©đ„đČ 𝐰𝐹𝐧'𝐭 đ„đžđšđŻđž 𝐩𝐞 đšđ„đšđ§đž," đČ𝐹𝐼 đ«đžđ©đ„đąđžđ, 𝐜𝐹𝐧𝐯𝐞đČ𝐱𝐧𝐠 đČđšđźđ« đŸđ«đźđŹđ­đ«đšđ­đąđšđ§.
đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 đ đ„đšđ§đœđžđ 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ đ«đšđźđ©, 𝐜𝐚𝐼𝐬𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐹 đđąđŹđ©đžđ«đŹđž đȘđźđąđœđ€đ„đČ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ«đžđŹđźđŠđž 𝐭𝐹 đ­đĄđžđąđ« 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐱𝐯𝐱𝐭đČ.
𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đœđ„đšđŹđžđ đČđšđźđ« đ›đšđšđ€.
"đ€đ„, 𝐈 đšđ©đ©đ«đžđœđąđšđ­đž đ­đĄđžđąđ« đœđšđ§đœđžđ«đ§, 𝐛𝐼𝐭 𝐈 𝐚𝐩 𝐧𝐹𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐹𝐟 đ đ„đšđŹđŹ. đ–đĄđąđ„đž đ­đĄđžđąđ« 𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧𝐬 đšđ«đž đœđšđŠđŠđžđ§đđšđ›đ„đž, 𝐈 𝐚𝐩 đŸđźđ„đ„đČ đœđšđ©đšđ›đ„đž 𝐹𝐟 𝐼𝐬𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐩đČ đ„đąđŠđ›đŹ đđžđŹđ©đąđ­đž 𝐩đČ đ©đ«đžđ đ§đšđ§đœđČ."
"𝐈 đ­đĄđąđ§đ€ 𝐭𝐡𝐞đČ'đ«đž 𝐣𝐼𝐬𝐭 đ„đšđšđ€đąđ§đ  𝐹𝐼𝐭 đŸđšđ« đČ𝐹𝐼. 𝐃𝐹𝐧'𝐭 đ°đšđ«đ«đČ 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐹𝐹 𝐩𝐼𝐜𝐡. 𝐈'𝐝 đ«đšđ­đĄđžđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞đČ'𝐝 𝐛𝐞 đ„đąđ€đž 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 đđ«đšđ  đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐭𝐹 đšđ§đšđ­đĄđžđ« đ›đšđ«." 𝐇𝐞 đŠđźđŠđ›đ„đžđ.
"𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐹đČ𝐱𝐧𝐠, 𝐭𝐡𝐹𝐼𝐠𝐡." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ đ«đšđšđ§đžđ.
"𝐎𝐡, 𝐈 đ€đ§đšđ°, đ„đšđŻđž, 𝐭𝐡𝐞đČ'đ«đž 𝐣𝐼𝐬𝐭 đ„đšđšđ€đąđ§đ  𝐹𝐼𝐭 đŸđšđ« đČ𝐹𝐼, 𝐱𝐬 đšđ„đ„." đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝.
"𝐈 đŹđźđ©đ©đšđŹđž..." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đšđ đ«đžđžđ. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞đČ đ°đžđ«đž 𝐝𝐹𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đĄđšđ«đŠđ„đžđŹđŹ, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ„đąđ€đž đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞đČ đšđ«đž đšđ§đ„đČ đ„đšđšđ€đąđ§đ  𝐹𝐼𝐭 đŸđšđ« đČ𝐹𝐼 đšđŸđ­đžđ« đšđ„đ„.
"𝐇𝐹𝐰 đšđ«đž đČ𝐹𝐼 đŸđžđžđ„đąđ§đ  𝐭𝐹𝐝𝐚đČ, 𝐛đČ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚đČ?" đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đšđŹđ€đžđ. "𝐈 𝐚𝐩 𝐝𝐹𝐱𝐧𝐠 đ°đžđ„đ„," đČ𝐹𝐼 đ«đžđŹđ©đšđ§đđžđ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 đ đžđ§đ­đ„đž đŹđĄđ«đźđ .
"đ‡đžđ«đž," đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝, đ©đ„đšđœđąđ§đ  𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐹𝐧 đČđšđźđ« 𝐚𝐛𝐝𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐧. "𝐂𝐚𝐧 đČ𝐹𝐼 đĄđžđšđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐱𝐧đČ đĄđžđšđ«đ­đ›đžđšđ­ đšđŻđžđ« 𝐩𝐱𝐧𝐞?"
đ“đĄđžđ«đž 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐹𝐟 đŹđąđ„đžđ§đœđž. "𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 đĄđžđšđ« 𝐱𝐭," đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 đŹđŠđąđ„đž, 𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 đ„đšđŻđž 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧.
"𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞đČ đšđ«đž 𝐝𝐹𝐱𝐧𝐠 đ°đžđ„đ„ 𝐭𝐹𝐹," đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝, đŹđŠđąđ„đąđ§đ  𝐚𝐭 đČđšđźđ« 𝐡𝐼𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝'𝐬 đ«đžđšđœđ­đąđšđ§.
"𝐈𝐬 đ­đĄđžđ«đž đ„đąđ€đž 𝐬𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐩𝐱𝐬𝐬? 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐼𝐬𝐞 𝐈'𝐩 đŹđ­đąđ„đ„ đ­đ«đČ𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐹 đźđ§đđžđ«đŹđ­đšđ§đ 𝐡𝐹𝐰 đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đŹđ­đąđ„đ„ 𝐠𝐹𝐭 đĄđžđ« đ©đ«đžđ đ§đšđ§đ­ đđžđŹđ©đąđ­đž 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đđžđšđ„ 𝐭𝐡𝐞đČ 𝐩𝐚𝐝𝐞." đ€đ§đ đžđ„ đȘ𝐼𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đšđ­đĄđžđ«đŹ đ«đžđ đ«đšđźđ©đžđ.
"đ–đžđ„đ„... (𝐘/𝐍) 𝐱𝐬𝐧'𝐭 đžđ±đšđœđ­đ„đČ 𝐚 đŹđąđ§đ§đžđ«... 𝐈 đ›đžđ„đąđžđŻđž 𝐬𝐱𝐧𝐜𝐞 đ­đĄđžđąđ« 𝐛𝐹𝐧𝐝 𝐱𝐬 𝐬𝐹 đŹđ­đ«đšđ§đ , 𝐭𝐡𝐞đČ đšđ«đž 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ«đšđ«đž 𝐭đČđ©đžđŹ 𝐹𝐟 đŹđšđźđ„đŠđšđ­đž 𝐰𝐡𝐱𝐜𝐡 đ­đ«đąđ đ đžđ«đžđ đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đ›đ«đžđžđđąđ§đ  𝐱𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐹 đ„đąđ­đ­đ„đž 𝐩𝐱𝐬𝐬 đžđ± đšđ§đ đžđ„ đšđŻđžđ« đĄđžđ«đž đ«đžđœđžđąđŻđąđ§đ  đĄđžđ« đšđ§đ„đČ đžđŻđžđ« đ©đžđ«đąđšđ 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐹𝐭 đšđŸđ­đžđ« đĄđžđ« 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡." đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž đžđ±đ©đ„đšđąđ§đžđ.
"𝐒𝐹... 𝐱𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŸđźđ­đźđ«đž, 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭? 𝐈𝐟 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 đŹđžđ±đźđšđ„đ„đČ đšđ§đ đ«đČ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 đŹđ§đšđ©đ©đČ. đ’đžđ©đšđ«đšđ­đž 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐩?" đ€đ§đ đžđ„ 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝 𝐱𝐧 𝐚 đȘđźđžđŹđ­đąđšđ§đšđ›đ„đž 𝐭𝐹𝐧𝐞. "đđ«đžđœđąđŹđžđ„đČ!" đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž đžđ±đœđ„đšđąđŠđžđ
"𝐈 𝐝𝐹𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧 đšđ«đŠđČ 𝐹𝐟 𝐩𝐱𝐧𝐱 đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đšđ«đšđźđ§đ, đ­đĄđšđ§đ€ đČ𝐹𝐼." đ‡đźđŹđ€ đŠđźđ­đ­đžđ«đžđ.
"𝐇𝐚𝐡𝐚, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 đ°đšđźđ„đ đŹđźđ«đžđ„đČ 𝐛𝐞 đžđ§đ­đžđ«đ­đšđąđ§đąđ§đ  𝐭𝐹 𝐬𝐞𝐞." đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đ đ«đąđ§đ§đžđ.
"𝐇𝐹𝐰 𝐝𝐹 đČ𝐹𝐼 đŸđžđžđ„?" 𝐕𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐱𝐞 đšđŹđ€đžđ, 𝐰𝐡𝐱𝐜𝐡 đ­đšđšđ€ đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐛đČ đŹđźđ«đ©đ«đąđŹđž. "đ–đžđ„đ„, đ„đąđ€đž 𝐚𝐧đČ đšđ­đĄđžđ« đ§đšđ«ïżœïżœđšđ„ đ©đ«đžđ đ§đšđ§đœđČ. 𝐈 đŸđžđžđ„ 𝐟𝐱𝐧𝐞, 𝐣𝐼𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐛𝐱𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐼𝐬𝐞𝐹𝐼𝐬." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŹđĄđ«đźđ đ đžđ.
"𝐃𝐱𝐝 𝐩đČ đžđšđ«đŹ đĄđžđšđ« đœđšđ«đ«đžđœđ­?" 𝐀 𝐯𝐹𝐱𝐜𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐹𝐞𝐝 𝐹𝐼𝐭.
đ‹đźđœđąđŸđžđ«.
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đœđšđźđ„đ đšđ„đŠđšđŹđ­ 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐱𝐭đČ 𝐹𝐟 đČđšđźđ« 𝐡𝐼𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝'𝐬 đŸđ«đźđŹđ­đ«đšđ­đąđšđ§ 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 đ đžđ§đ­đ„đČ đ©đ„đšđœđžđ 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐹𝐧 đČđšđźđ« đŹđĄđšđźđ„đđžđ«.
"(𝐘/𝐍) đ©đ«đžđ đ§đšđ§đ­?"
đ‹đźđœđąđŸđžđ« đŹđ­đšđ«đžđ 𝐚𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐱𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐹𝐧𝐱𝐬𝐡𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭.
"𝐇𝐞𝐡𝐞, 𝐡𝐱 𝐝𝐚𝐝..." đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž đ§đžđ«đŻđšđźđŹđ„đČ 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝.
"𝐇𝐹𝐰? 𝐈𝐧 đ„đžđŹđŹ, đČ𝐹𝐼 đŹđ„đžđ©đ­ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 đĄđžđ„đ„đ›đšđ«đ§? 𝐓𝐡𝐱𝐬 đŹđźđ«đžđ„đČ 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐱𝐬." đ‹đźđœđąđŸđžđ« đŠđźđŠđ›đ„đžđ, đ©đšđąđ§đ­đąđ§đ  𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đšđŻđžđ«đ„đšđ«đ.
đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đŹđŠđąđ„đžđ đ­đĄđąđ§đ„đČ 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ đ«đąđ© 𝐭𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 đŹđ„đąđ đĄđ­đ„đČ 𝐹𝐧 đČđšđźđ« đŹđĄđšđźđ„đđžđ«. 𝐇𝐹𝐰 đđšđ«đž 𝐡𝐞 đ­đĄđąđ§đ€ 𝐹𝐟 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ„đąđ€đž 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐹𝐼𝐠𝐡𝐭.
"𝐎𝐡, 𝐱𝐭'𝐬 đđžđŸđąđ§đąđ­đžđ„đČ đ­đĄđžđ«đž'𝐬! đ“đ«đźđŹđ­ 𝐩𝐞, 𝐰𝐞 đĄđžđšđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐩 đšđ„đ„ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐱𝐩𝐞." đ€đ§đ đžđ„ 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝, đŠđšđ€đąđ§đ  đČđšđźđ« đœđĄđžđžđ€đŹ đ›đźđ«đ§ đŸđ«đšđŠ đžđŠđ›đšđ«đ«đšđŹđŹđŠđžđ§đ­. "𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐡đČ đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đŹđ„đšđœđ€đąđ§đ  𝐱𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐹𝐟𝐟𝐱𝐜𝐞. 𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐹𝐹 𝐛𝐼𝐬đČ 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐱𝐧𝐠 đĄđžđ« đšđŻđžđ« 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬 -" "𝐎𝐊𝐀𝐘!" đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž đČđžđ„đ„đžđ, đ„đšđźđ đĄđąđ§đ  𝐱𝐭 𝐹𝐟𝐟 𝐚𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ đ„đšđ«đžđ 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ©đšđ«đ§ đŹđ­đšđ«.
"𝐇𝐩𝐩, 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 đ§đžđŻđžđ« 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 đ°đąđ§đ§đžđ« 𝐜𝐹𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐱𝐯𝐞 đ›đžđŸđšđ«đž." đ‹đźđœđąđŸđžđ« đȘ𝐼𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧𝐞𝐝 đŠđšđąđ§đ„đČ 𝐭𝐹 đĄđąđŠđŹđžđ„đŸ.
"đ–đžđ„đ„, đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐹𝐰." đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đ„đšđźđ đĄđžđ 𝐹𝐟𝐟 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐹 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐹𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ­đšđ©đąđœ.
"𝐌𝐚đČ 𝐈?" đ‹đźđœđąđŸđžđ« đšđŹđ€đžđ đČ𝐹𝐼. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đȘ𝐼𝐱𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐱𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐹 đŠđšđ€đž đŹđźđ«đž 𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 đŸđšđ« đČ𝐹𝐼.
đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đ©đ„đšđœđžđ 𝐚𝐧 đšđ«đŠ đ©đ«đšđ­đžđœđ­đąđŻđžđ„đČ 𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐱𝐧 đŸđ«đšđ§đ­ 𝐹𝐟 đČđšđźđ« 𝐬𝐭𝐹𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐡. "𝐈 𝐝𝐹𝐧'𝐭 đ­đĄđąđ§đ€ 𝐬𝐹. 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đšđ«đžđ§'𝐭 𝐭𝐹𝐼𝐜𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 đĄđžđ«."
"đ€đ„, 𝐱𝐭'𝐬 𝐟𝐱𝐧𝐞." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ°đĄđąđŹđ©đžđ«đžđ.
"𝐍𝐹," 𝐇𝐞 đŹđ­đžđ«đ§đ„đČ 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝, đ đ„đšđ«đąđ§đ  𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŹđĄđšđ«đ­ đ€đąđ§đ .
"𝐈'𝐩 đŠđšđ€đąđ§đ  đŹđźđ«đž 𝐱𝐭'𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 đŸđšđ« đĄđžđ«."
"𝐒𝐡𝐞 đ°đąđ„đ„ 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐱𝐧𝐞," đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đ đ«đšđ°đ„đžđ 𝐚𝐬 đ‹đźđœđąđŸđžđ« đ«đšđ„đ„đžđ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬.
"𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐝𝐹 đ«đžđšđ„đąđŹđž 𝐚 đŸđšđ„đ„đžđ§ đšđ§đ đžđ„ 𝐱𝐬 đœđšđ«đ«đČ𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐹𝐧 đœđĄđąđ„đ? 𝐃𝐹 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧đČ 𝐱𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼 đšđ«đž đđžđšđ„đąđ§đ  𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡?"
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ°đžđ«đž đȘ𝐼𝐱𝐞𝐭 đ­đ«đČ𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐹 đ­đšđ€đž 𝐱𝐭 𝐱𝐧, 𝐧𝐹𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 đ­đĄđąđ§đ€đąđ§đ  𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐚𝐧đČ 𝐹𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬.
"𝐈 đ›đžđ„đąđžđŻđž 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 đĄđšđ§đđ„đž 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ©đžđ«đŸđžđœđ­đ„đČ 𝐟𝐱𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡𝐹𝐼𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼 đŠđžđđđ„đąđ§đ ." đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đŹđ§đžđžđ«đžđ.
đ–đĄđąđ„đž đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ‹đźđœđąđŸđžđ« đ°đžđ«đž 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐱𝐧 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 đšđ«đ đźđŠđžđ§đ­, đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐟𝐹𝐼𝐧𝐝 đČđšđźđ«đŹđžđ„đŸ đŠđšđŠđžđ§đ­đšđ«đąđ„đČ đđąđŹđ­đ«đšđœđ­đžđ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đźđ§đšđ›đ„đž 𝐭𝐹 𝐟𝐹𝐜𝐼𝐬 𝐹𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đœđšđ§đŻđžđ«đŹđšđ­đąđšđ§.
𝐀 𝐬𝐼𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 đ«đąđ§đ đąđ§đ  𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧 đŸđąđ„đ„đžđ đČđšđźđ« đžđšđ«đŹ, đšđœđœđšđŠđ©đšđ§đąđžđ 𝐛đČ 𝐚 đđąđŹđšđ«đąđžđ§đ­đąđ§đ  đŸđžđžđ„đąđ§đ  𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐱𝐭 đđąđŸđŸđąđœđźđ„đ­ 𝐭𝐹 đœđšđŠđ©đ«đžđĄđžđ§đ đČđšđźđ« đŹđźđ«đ«đšđźđ§đđąđ§đ đŹ.
𝐈𝐬 đ‹đźđœđąđŸđžđ« đ«đąđ đĄđ­?
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 đšđ«đž 𝐰𝐞 đđžđšđ„đąđ§đ  𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡?
"(𝐘/𝐍)?" 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đĄđžđšđ«đ 𝐚 𝐯𝐹𝐱𝐜𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐹 𝐹𝐼𝐭.
"(𝐘/𝐍)?" 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŹđ§đšđ©đ©đžđ đ›đšđœđ€ 𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐹 đ«đžđšđ„đąđ­đČ 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐱𝐧𝐠 đžđŻđžđ«đČ𝐹𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐹𝐰 đŹđ­đšđ«đąđ§đ  𝐚𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼.
"đ€đ«đž đČ𝐹𝐼 đšđ€?" đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž đŸđ«đšđ°đ§đžđ, 𝐕𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐱𝐞 đ©đźđ­ 𝐚 đ«đžđšđŹđŹđźđ«đąđ§đ  𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐹𝐧 đČđšđźđ« đŹđĄđšđźđ„đđžđ«. "𝐃𝐹 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐹𝐩𝐞 đŹđ©đšđœđž?"
"𝐈 𝐣𝐼𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 đšđ„đšđ§đž." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ°đĄđąđŹđ©đžđ«đžđ 𝐚𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 đȘđźđąđœđ€đ„đČ đ°đšđ„đ€đžđ 𝐚𝐰𝐚đČ, 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐚 đ›đ«đžđšđ­đĄđžđ«.
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ›đšđ«đ đžđ 𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ€đąđ­đœđĄđžđ§ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ«đźđŹđĄđžđ đšđŻđžđ« 𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŹđąđ§đ€, đȘđźđąđœđ€đ„đČ đ­đźđ«đ§đąđ§đ  𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ­đšđ© 𝐹𝐧. 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŹđ©đ„đšđŹđĄđžđ đČđšđźđ« 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐱𝐭 𝐹𝐟 đœđšđ„đ đ°đšđ­đžđ«.
đđ«đžđšđ­đĄ... 𝐣𝐼𝐬𝐭 đ›đ«đžđšđ­đĄ. 𝐘𝐹𝐼'đ«đž 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝, đČ𝐞𝐬. 𝐁𝐼𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼'đ«đž đŹđ­đąđ„đ„ đ›đ«đžđšđ­đĄđąđ§đ . đˆđ«đšđ§đąđœđšđ„đ„đČ.
𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐹𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đœđšđźđ§đ­đžđ« 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 đČđšđźđ« đžđ„đ›đšđ°đŹ, đČ𝐹𝐼 đ›đ«đźđŹđĄđžđ đČđšđźđ« 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 đ­đĄđ«đšđźđ đĄ đČđšđźđ« đĄđšđąđ« đ°đĄđąđ„đž đČ𝐹𝐼 đœđšđźđ„đ đŸđžđžđ„ đČđšđźđ« 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐱𝐧𝐠.
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŸđžđ„đ­ 𝐚 đ©đšđąđ« 𝐹𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 đ đžđ§đ­đ„đČ đ đ«đšđŹđ© đČđšđźđ« đšđ«đŠđŹ, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐕𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐱𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž 𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 đœđšđ§đœđžđ«đ§ 𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐹𝐧 đ­đĄđžđąđ« 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬.
𝐀𝐬 đ­đžđšđ«đŹ đ°đžđ„đ„đžđ đźđ© 𝐱𝐧 đČđšđźđ« 𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬, đČ𝐹𝐼 đŹđ„đšđ°đ„đČ đŹđšđ§đ€ 𝐭𝐹 đČđšđźđ« đ€đ§đžđžđŹ, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞đČ đŸđšđ„đ„đšđ°đžđ 𝐬𝐼𝐱𝐭, đ€đ§đžđžđ„đąđ§đ  𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐱𝐝𝐞 đČ𝐹𝐼.
"𝐒𝐡𝐡, đČ𝐹𝐼'đ«đž 𝐠𝐹𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐱𝐧𝐞." đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž đ«đžđšđŹđŹđźđ«đžđ. "𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝. 𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐼𝐬 𝐭𝐹 đĄđžđ„đ© đČ𝐹𝐼 (𝐘/𝐍)." 𝐕𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐱𝐞 đŹđšđŸđ­đ„đČ đŹđŠđąđ„đžđ.
𝐖𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 đ đžđ§đ­đ„đž đŹđŠđąđ„đž, đČ𝐹𝐼 đ đ„đšđ§đœđžđ 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐹 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐹𝐧𝐬.
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŹđźđđđžđ§đ„đČ 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐬𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐱𝐧 đŸđ«đšđ§đ­ 𝐹𝐟 đČ𝐹𝐼.
𝐍𝐱𝐟𝐭đČ, 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 đ­đžđ§đđžđ« đžđ±đ©đ«đžđŹđŹđąđšđ§ 𝐱𝐧 đĄđžđ« đŹđąđ§đ đźđ„đšđ« 𝐞đČ𝐞, 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚 đĄđšđ§đđ€đžđ«đœđĄđąđžđŸ 𝐱𝐧 đŸđ«đšđ§đ­ 𝐹𝐟 đČđšđźđ« 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞.
"đ“đĄđšđ§đ€ đČ𝐹𝐼, 𝐍𝐱𝐟𝐭..." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đœđĄđźđœđ€đ„đžđ, đ­đšđ€đąđ§đ  𝐱𝐭 𝐹𝐟𝐟 đĄđžđ«.
"𝐈 đ­đĄđąđ§đ€ 𝐰𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚 đ đąđ«đ„ 𝐝𝐚đČ đšđźïżœïżœ, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐹 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐚đČ?" đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž đ«đžđœđšđŠđŠđžđ§đđžđ.
"𝐎𝐹𝐹𝐹𝐡, 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 đ§đžđŻđžđ« 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐹𝐧𝐞 đ›đžđŸđšđ«đž." 𝐍𝐱𝐟𝐭đČ đ đąđ đ đ„đžđ 𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐧𝐜𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐹𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŹđ©đšđ­.
"𝐒𝐹𝐼𝐧𝐝𝐬 đ đ«đžđšđ­, 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐞." 𝐕𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐱𝐞 đ đ«đąđ§đ§đžđ. "𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐹 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐚đČ (𝐘/𝐍)?"
"𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡... 𝐈 đ„đąđ€đž 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐹𝐼𝐧𝐝 𝐹𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŹđ©đšđ€đž.
𝐕𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐱𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐱𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐱𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐱𝐧𝐠 đźđ© 𝐛đČ đ„đąđ§đ€đąđ§đ  đ­đĄđžđąđ« đšđ«đŠđŹ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 đČđšđźđ«đŹ.
"𝐇𝐩𝐩, 𝐈 đ­đĄđąđ§đ€ 𝐰𝐞 đđžđŹđžđ«đŻđž 𝐚 𝐝𝐚đČ 𝐹𝐟𝐟, 𝐈 đ°đąđ„đ„ đ„đžđšđŻđž đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐱𝐧 đœđĄđšđ«đ đž 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 đŸđžđŠđšđ„đžđŹ 𝐠𝐹 𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭 đ©đšđŠđ©đžđ«đžđ!" đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž đ đ„đžđšđŠđžđ.
𝐓𝐡𝐞đČ đžđŹđœđšđ«đ­đžđ đČ𝐹𝐼 đ›đšđœđ€ 𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ„đšđ›đ›đČ đ°đĄđžđ«đž đžđŻđžđ«đČ𝐹𝐧𝐞 đ°đžđ«đž 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ„đžđŸđ­, đ›đžđŸđšđ«đž đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đšđ©đ©đšđ«đ­đźđ§đąđ­đČ 𝐭𝐹 đŹđ©đžđšđ€.
"𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐱𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐼𝐬 đ đąđ«đ„đŹ đšđ«đž 𝐠𝐹𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐹𝐼𝐭, đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ«, đČ𝐹𝐼'đ«đž 𝐱𝐧 đœđĄđšđ«đ đž." đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝.
"𝐃𝐹𝐧'𝐭 đ›đźđ«đ§ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đĄđšđ­đžđ„ 𝐝𝐹𝐰𝐧." 𝐕𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐱𝐞 đŠđźđŠđ›đ„đžđ 𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐩, đ€đ§đšđ°đąđ§đ  𝐡𝐹𝐰 𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞.
"𝐄𝐡, 𝐰𝐞'đ„đ„ đ­đ«đČ 𝐧𝐹𝐭 𝐭𝐹." đ€đ§đ đžđ„ đŹđĄđ«đźđ đ đžđ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ„đžđšđ§đžđ 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐱𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ›đšđ« 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 đđ«đąđ§đ€. 𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐧𝐹𝐭𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 đ đ„đšđ§đœđž đ€đ§đ đžđ„ 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐹 đ‡đźđŹđ€, 𝐜𝐚𝐼𝐬𝐱𝐧𝐠 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐭𝐹 đ§đšđ«đ«đšđ° đČđšđźđ« 𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬.
𝐓𝐡𝐞đČ'đ«đž đŸđźđœđ€đąđ§đ  đŸđšđ« đŹđźđ«đž.
"đ•đžđ«đČ đ°đžđ„đ„, đ©đ«đąđ§đœđžđŹđŹ, đČ𝐹𝐼 đŠđšđ€đž đŹđźđ«đž đČ𝐹𝐼 đ­đšđ€đž đœđšđ«đž 𝐹𝐟 𝐩đČ đđšđ«đ„đąđ§đ ."
"𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐱𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬." đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž đ«đžđšđŹđŹđźđ«đžđ.
"𝐈 đŹđźđ©đ©đšđŹđž." 𝐇𝐞 đŹđšđŸđ­đ„đČ 𝐡𝐼𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝, 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐞 đźđ©đšđ§ đČ𝐹𝐼.
𝐅𝐞𝐰 đĄđšđźđ«đŹ đ„đšđ­đžđ«
"𝐎𝐡 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭" 𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ°đžđ«đž 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐱𝐧𝐠 đ›đšđœđ€ 𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đĄđšđ­đžđ„.
"đ†đ„đšđ 𝐱𝐭 đĄđžđ„đ©đžđ." đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝.
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đžđ§đ­đžđ«đžđ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đĄđšđ­đžđ„ 𝐭𝐹 𝐬𝐞𝐞 đžđŻđžđ«đČ𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đŹđ­đąđ„đ„ 𝐱𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭, đ­đĄđžđ«đž đ°đžđ«đž 𝐧𝐹 𝐛𝐹𝐝đČ đ©đšđ«đ­đŹ đšđ« đ›đ„đšđšđ 𝐹𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŸđ„đšđšđ«. đ‡đźđŹđ€ 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ›đšđ« 𝐚𝐬 đźđŹđźđšđ„.
"𝐇𝐼𝐡, 𝐬𝐹 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐣𝐼𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐱𝐧𝐞 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞." 𝐕𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐱𝐞 đ đ«đąđ§đ§đžđ.
"đ€đ§đ đžđ„ 𝐚𝐭 đ°đšđ«đ€ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐱𝐧 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐹𝐟𝐟𝐱𝐜𝐞." đ‡đźđŹđ€ đŠđźđŠđ›đ„đžđ.
"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐝?"
"𝐏𝐹𝐹𝐟𝐭 𝐹𝐼𝐭𝐭𝐚 đĄđžđ«đž, 𝐝𝐹𝐧'𝐭 đ€đ§đšđ° đ°đĄđžđ«đž." đ‡đźđŹđ€ đŹđĄđ«đźđ đ đžđ.
"đ’đ­đ«đšđ§đ đž." đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž đŠđźđŠđ›đ„đžđ.
"𝐈'𝐩 𝐠𝐹𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐠𝐹 𝐬𝐞𝐞 đ€đ„, đ­đĄđšđ§đ€đŹ đŸđšđ« 𝐭𝐹𝐝𝐚đČ. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐱𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐱𝐧𝐠 đŸđ«đąđžđ§đđŹ 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 đ«đžđ„đČ 𝐹𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐹𝐭 đŹđ„đžđžđ©đąđ§đ  𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐩đČ đ©đšđ«đ­đ§đžđ«."
𝐕𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐱𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž đ„đšđšđ€đžđ 𝐚𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐜𝐹𝐧𝐟𝐼𝐬𝐞𝐝 đžđ±đ©đ«đžđŹđŹđąđšđ§. 𝐍𝐱𝐟𝐭đČ đ›đ„đąđ§đ€đžđ đĄđžđ« 𝐛𝐱𝐠 𝐞đČ𝐞 𝐚𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼.
𝐖𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 đ đžđ§đ­đ„đž đŹđŠđąđ„đž đ đ«đšđœđąđ§đ  đČđšđźđ« đ„đąđ©đŹ, đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐟𝐹𝐼𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐼𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐱𝐧 đ­đĄđžđąđ« đ«đžđšđœđ­đąđšđ§ 𝐚𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐩𝐚𝐝𝐞 đČđšđźđ« 𝐰𝐚đČ đ­đšđ°đšđ«đđŹ đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ«'𝐬 𝐹𝐟𝐟𝐱𝐜𝐞.
đđšđ„đąđ­đžđ„đČ, đČ𝐹𝐼 đ€đ§đšđœđ€đžđ 𝐹𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đđšđšđ«.
"𝐂𝐹𝐩𝐞 𝐱𝐧." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đĄđžđšđ«đ 𝐡𝐱𝐩 𝐬𝐚đČ.
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đšđ©đžđ§đžđ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đđšđšđ« 𝐭𝐹 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐱𝐩 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đđžđŹđ€ đžđ§đ đ«đšđŹđŹđžđ 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐧đČ đ©đšđ©đžđ«đ°đšđ«đ€ đŹđ©đ«đžđšđ 𝐹𝐼𝐭.
𝐀𝐬 𝐡𝐞 đ„đšđšđ€đžđ đźđ© 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐹𝐭𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼, 𝐡𝐞 đŹđźđđđžđ§đ„đČ 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 đŠđšđ«đž 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐱𝐯𝐞. "𝐌đČ đđžđšđ«, 𝐡𝐹𝐰 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đČđšđźđ« 𝐝𝐚đČ 𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ„đšđđąđžđŹ?" 𝐇𝐞 đŹđŠđąđ„đžđ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ đžđŹđ­đźđ«đžđ đŸđšđ« đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐭𝐹 𝐣𝐹𝐱𝐧 𝐡𝐱𝐩.
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ°đšđ„đ€đžđ đšđŻđžđ« 𝐭𝐹 đ°đĄđžđ«đž 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ­đšđšđ€ 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐹𝐧 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ„đšđ©. "𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐼𝐜𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐹 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐹𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭," đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝 đ›đžđŸđšđ«đž đ©đšđźđŹđąđ§đ .
"đ€đ„, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 đ‹đźđœđąđŸđžđ« 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝. 𝐈𝐬 𝐱𝐭 đ­đ«đźđž? đ–đąđ„đ„ đšđźđ« đœđĄđąđ„đ đ„đąđŸđž 𝐛𝐞 𝐱𝐧 đđšđ§đ đžđ«? đœđšđ§đŹđąđđžđ«đąđ§đ  𝐡𝐱𝐬 đŠđšđ­đĄđžđ« 𝐚 đŸđšđ„đ„đžđ§ đšđ§đ đžđ„ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đŸđšđ­đĄđžđ« 𝐚𝐧 đšđŻđžđ«đ„đšđ«đ."
"đƒđšđ«đ„đąđ§đ , đČ𝐞𝐬 đšđźđ« đ„đąđ­đ­đ„đž 𝐹𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞 đȘ𝐼𝐱𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ©đšđ°đžđ«đŸđźđ„ 𝐹𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐱𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 đšđ„đđžđ«, 𝐛𝐼𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 đšđ§đŹđ°đžđ« 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 đĄđšđ©đ©đžđ§đžđ. 𝐖𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 đšđ§đ„đČ 𝐰𝐚𝐱𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 đ­đĄđžđąđ« đŸđźđ­đźđ«đž đĄđšđ„đđŹ. 𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐹𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐹 đ°đšđ«đ«đČ 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭. đ…đšđ« 𝐧𝐹𝐰, 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐹𝐜𝐼𝐬 𝐹𝐧 đ€đžđžđ©đąđ§đ  𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐩 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ đ«đšđ°đąđ§đ . 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐹 đ€đžđžđ© đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐩đČ đđšđ«đ„đąđ§đ  𝐰𝐱𝐟𝐞 đĄđžđšđ„đ­đĄđČ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ©đ«đžđ©đšđ«đžđ 𝐭𝐹 đ›đąđ«đ­đĄ đšđźđ« đœđĄđąđ„đ."
"đ€đ„, 𝐈'𝐩 đȘ𝐼𝐱𝐭𝐞 đ§đžđ«đŻđšđźđŹ.." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐚𝐝𝐩𝐱𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝. "𝐈 đŸđžđžđ„ đ„đąđ€đž 𝐈'𝐩 đ©đšđ­đąđžđ§đ­ đłđžđ«đš 𝐛𝐞𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đšđ§đ„đČ đšđ§đ đžđ„ 𝐭𝐹 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐹𝐩𝐞 đ©đ«đžđ đ§đšđ§đ­ 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐱𝐬 𝐧𝐹𝐭 đ›đšđ«đ§ 𝐱𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐼𝐭 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝 đŹđšđźđ„."
đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐬𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 đŹđšđŸđ­đ„đČ. "𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 đ›đšđŹđ­đšđ«đ 𝐠𝐹𝐭 𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐹 đČđšđźđ« 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝."
"đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ«!"
"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭?" 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐼𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝, 𝐧𝐹𝐭 đœđšđ«đąđ§đ  𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ°đšđ«đ 𝐡𝐞 𝐼𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 đ­đšđšđ€ đČđšđźđ« 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐱𝐧 𝐡𝐱𝐬.
"𝐋𝐹𝐯𝐞, 𝐱𝐟 𝐚𝐧đČ𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐹𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 đŸđžđžđ„ đ«đąđ đĄđ­, 𝐠𝐱𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐞 đČđšđźđ« đ°đšđ«đ, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 đ°đąđ„đ„ đąđ§đŻđšđ„đŻđž 𝐩đČ đ©đšđ°đžđ«đŹ."
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŹđ­đšđ«đžđ 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐱𝐩 đŸđšđ« 𝐚 𝐩𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭.
"𝐈𝐟 𝐚𝐧đČ𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐹𝐞𝐬 đ°đ«đšđ§đ , đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐩đČ đ°đšđ«đ." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝 𝐱𝐧 𝐚 đŹđžđ«đąđšđźđŹ 𝐭𝐹𝐧𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 đ đ«đžđžđ§ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ đšđ„đ 𝐞𝐩𝐱𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 đšđ­đĄđžđ«'𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, đ§đžđąđ­đĄđžđ« 𝐧𝐹𝐭𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ°đžđ«đž 𝐭𝐹𝐹 𝐛𝐼𝐬đČ đŹđ­đšđ«đąđ§đ  𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐹 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 đšđ­đĄđžđ«'𝐬 đœđ«đąđŠđŹđšđ§ 𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬.
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 đšđ„đ„ đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐹 đĄđžđšđ«.
𝟓 đ°đžđžđ€đŹ đ„đšđ­đžđ«
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ„đžđ­ 𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐚 đ­đąđ«đžđ 𝐬𝐱𝐠𝐡, 𝐛𝐞𝐱𝐧𝐠 đ€đ§đžđ„đ­ 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐱𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ­đšđąđ„đžđ­. 𝐀 𝐬𝐼𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 đ€đ§đšđœđ€ 𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐹𝐞𝐝 𝐹𝐼𝐭.
"𝐂𝐹𝐩𝐞 𝐱𝐧." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ đ«đšđšđ§đžđ. 𝐕𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐱𝐞 đ°đšđ„đ€đžđ 𝐱𝐧. "𝐇𝐞đČ... 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đœđĄđžđœđ€đąđ§đ  𝐹𝐧 đČ𝐹𝐼. đ€đ«đž đČ𝐹𝐼 đšđ„đ„ 𝐠𝐹𝐹𝐝?"
"𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐱𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ„đąđ­đ­đ„đž đŠđšđ§đŹđ­đžđ« 𝐧𝐹𝐭 đšđ„đ„đšđ°đąđ§đ  𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐹 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐹đČ 𝐚𝐧đČ 𝐟𝐹𝐹𝐝, 𝐣𝐼𝐬𝐭 đ©đžđšđœđĄđČ..." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŠđźđŠđ›đ„đžđ.
𝐕𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐱𝐞 đŹđŠđąđ„đžđ đ„đąđ đĄđ­đ„đČ 𝐚𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 đĄđžđ„đ©đžđ đČ𝐹𝐼 đźđ©. "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐹đČ𝐬 𝐹𝐟 đ©đ«đžđ đ§đšđ§đœđČ, 𝐧𝐹𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 đ€đ§đšđ° đšđ« 𝐚𝐧đČ𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠." 𝐕𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐱𝐞 đœđĄđźđœđ€đ„đžđ.
"𝐌𝐩𝐩, đ„đźđœđ€đČ đČ𝐹𝐼," đČ𝐹𝐼 đ«đžđ©đ„đąđžđ 𝐚𝐬 𝐕𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐱𝐞 đ°đ«đšđ©đ©đžđ 𝐚𝐧 đšđ«đŠ đšđ«đšđźđ§đ đČ𝐹𝐼.
𝐀𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐛𝐹𝐭𝐡 đžđ±đąđ­đžđ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ›đšđ­đĄđ«đšđšđŠ, đČ𝐹𝐼 đ©đ«đšđœđžđžđđžđ đ­đšđ°đšđ«đđŹ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ„đšđ›đ›đČ. đ“đĄđžđ«đž, đČ𝐹𝐼 đšđ›đŹđžđ«đŻđžđ đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐱𝐧 𝐚 đœđšđ§đŻđžđ«đŹđšđ­đąđšđ§ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐹𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐹 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐝 đźđ§đŸđšđŠđąđ„đąđšđ« 𝐭𝐹 đČ𝐹𝐼.
"𝐎𝐡 (𝐘/𝐍), 𝐜𝐹𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐭 đšđźđ« 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐠𝐼𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐹'𝐬 𝐣𝐼𝐬𝐭 đœđĄđžđœđ€đžđ 𝐱𝐧!"
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐹𝐧 đąđ­đŹđžđ„đŸ 𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 đœđźđ«đąđšđŹđąđ­đČ đšđŸđ­đžđ« đ„đžđšđ«đ§đąđ§đ  đČđšđźđ« 𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐞.
"𝐇𝐱." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŹđŠđąđ„đžđ đ©đšđ„đąđ­đžđ„đČ. "𝐈'𝐩 (𝐘/𝐍)."
"(𝐘/𝐍) đĄđžđ«đž đĄđžđ„đ©đŹ đ«đźđ§ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đĄđšđ­đžđ„ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 đĄđžđ« 𝐡𝐼𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐩đČđŹđžđ„đŸ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩đČ đ đąđ«đ„đŸđ«đąđžđ§đ đšđ«đž 𝐧𝐹𝐭 đšđ«đšđźđ§đ."
"đ‹đšđŻđžđ„đČ 𝐭𝐹 𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼, 𝐈'𝐩... đ•đąđ€." 𝐇𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐚𝐜đȘ𝐼𝐚𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐹 đČ𝐹𝐼. 𝐇𝐞 đ đ«đšđŹđ©đžđ đČđšđźđ« 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐹𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐚 đ€đąđŹđŹ đźđ©đšđ§ 𝐱𝐭.
"𝐒𝐼𝐜𝐡 𝐚 đ đžđ§đ­đ„đžđŠđšđ§," đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝. 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŸđžđ„đ­ 𝐚 𝐬𝐼𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 đ«đžđ©đźđ„đŹđąđšđ§ đŸđ«đšđŠ 𝐱𝐭 𝐚𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐡𝐱𝐝 đČđšđźđ« đžđ±đ©đ«đžđŹđŹđąđšđ§.
đ’đźđđđžđ§đ„đČ, đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐱𝐝𝐞 đČ𝐹𝐼, đĄđšđ„đđąđ§đ  𝐡𝐱𝐬 đŹđąđ đ§đšđ­đźđ«đž đŹđŠđąđ„đž 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 đ§đšđ«đ«đšđ°đžđ 𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬.
"𝐎𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đĄđžđ«đž'𝐬 đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ«, đšđźđ« đžđ±đžđœđźđ­đąđŻđž đ©đ«đšđđźđœđžđ«!" đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž đąđ§đ­đ«đšđđźđœđžđ.
đ•đąđ€ đ đ«đšđđźđšđ„đ„đČ đ«đžđ„đžđšđŹđžđ đČđšđźđ« 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ°đĄđąđ„đž đŠđšđąđ§đ­đšđąđ§đąđ§ïżœïżœ 𝐞đČ𝐞 𝐜𝐹𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭, 𝐜𝐹𝐧𝐯𝐞đČ𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐹𝐟 đ«đžđœđšđ đ§đąđ­đąđšđ§ đ«đžđ đšđ«đđąđ§đ  đČđšđźđ« 𝐡𝐼𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝.
"đđ„đžđšđŹđźđ«đž 𝐭𝐹 𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼. 𝐈'𝐩 đ•đąđ€." 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 đŹđŠđąđ„đž 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 đŹđ„đšđ°đ„đČ đ đ„đšđ§đœđžđ 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐛𝐹𝐭𝐡.
"𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐹'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬, đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž?" đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đšđŹđ€đžđ, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐱𝐜 đ„đąđ§đ đžđ«đąđ§đ  𝐱𝐧 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐭𝐹𝐧𝐞 𝐹𝐟 𝐯𝐹𝐱𝐜𝐞 𝐧𝐹𝐭 đ›đ«đžđšđ€đąđ§đ  𝐡𝐱𝐬 đŹđ­đšđ«đž 𝐚𝐰𝐚đČ đŸđ«ïżœïżœđŠ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐹𝐧.
"𝐓𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐱𝐬 đ•đąđ€. đŽđźđ« 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐠𝐼𝐞𝐬𝐭!"
"đ–đšđ§đđžđ«đŸđźđ„..." đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 đœđ„đžđ§đœđĄđžđ 𝐣𝐚𝐰. 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đšđ›đŹđžđ«đŻđžđ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ«đžđšđœđ­đąđšđ§ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 đœđźđ«đąđšđŹđąđ­đČ.
"đ–đĄđąđ„đŹđ­ đČ𝐹𝐼 đŹđžđ­đ­đ„đž đšđźđ« 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐠𝐼𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐱𝐧, 𝐈'𝐩 𝐠𝐹𝐧𝐧𝐚 đ­đšđ€đž 𝐩đČ đđšđ«đ„đąđ§đ  đ›đžđ„đ„đž 𝐹𝐼𝐭." đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đšđ›đ«đźđ©đ­đ„đČ đđžđœđ„đšđ«đžđ, đžđ±đ­đžđ§đđąđ§đ  𝐡𝐱𝐬 đšđ«đŠ 𝐭𝐹 đžđ§đœđąđ«đœđ„đž đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐱𝐧 𝐚 đ©đ«đšđ­đžđœđ­đąđŻđž đŠđšđ§đ§đžđ«.
𝐀𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐛𝐹𝐭𝐡 đ°đšđ„đ€đžđ 𝐚𝐰𝐚đČ đŸđ«đšđŠ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đšđ­đĄđžđ«đŹ, đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đšđ›đ„đąđŻđąđšđźđŹ 𝐭𝐹 đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ«'𝐬 đ«đžđšđœđ­đąđšđ§, 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 đ•đąđ€ đžđšđ« 𝐹𝐟𝐟.
đ–đĄđąđ„đž đČ𝐹𝐼 đ°đžđ«đž 𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐹𝐟 đžđšđ«đŹđĄđšđ­, đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đĄđšđ„đ­đžđ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ©đ«đšđ đ«đžđŹđŹ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đđąđŹđœđ«đžđžđ­đ„đČ đđ«đžđ° đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐱𝐝𝐞. "𝐘𝐹𝐼 đšđ€đšđČ, 𝐩đČ đđžđšđ«?"
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŸđ«đšđ°đ§đžđ 𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. "𝐘𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐡đČ?"
"𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐝 đ«đšđ­đĄđžđ« đźđ§đœđšđŠđŸđšđ«đ­đšđ›đ„đž 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭... 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐹𝐧."
"𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ«đžđ©đ„đąđžđ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 đŹđĄđ«đźđ . "𝐃𝐹 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ«đžđœđšđ đ§đąđŹđž 𝐡𝐱𝐩?"
"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈'𝐩 đ­đ«đČ𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐹 đŸđąđ đźđ«đž 𝐹𝐼𝐭. 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 đŸđšđŠđąđ„đąđšđ«, 𝐛𝐼𝐭 𝐈 𝐝𝐹𝐧'𝐭 đ€đ§đšđ°..." 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝 đŠđšđąđ§đ„đČ 𝐭𝐹 đĄđąđŠđŹđžđ„đŸ. "𝐇𝐩𝐩, 𝐹𝐡 đ°đžđ„đ„." 𝐇𝐞 đ›đ«đźđŹđĄđžđ 𝐱𝐭 𝐹𝐟𝐟 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 đŹđĄđ«đźđ .
"đ’đĄđšđ„đ„ 𝐰𝐞 đšđđŻđžđ§đ­đźđ«đž 𝐹𝐼𝐭? 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐹 𝐬𝐡𝐹𝐰 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐟𝐹𝐼𝐧𝐝." đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐡𝐼𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝, đšđŸđŸđžđ«đąđ§đ  𝐡𝐱𝐬 đšđ«đŠ.
"𝐎𝐡?" 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŹđŠđąđ„đžđ, đšđœđœđžđ©đ­đąđ§đ  𝐡𝐱𝐬 đšđ«đŠ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 đČđšđźđ«đŹ 𝐚𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ©đ«đšđœđžđžđđžđ đČđšđźđ« đ°đšđ„đ€.
"𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐱𝐬 𝐱𝐭?" 𝐁𝐞𝐱𝐧𝐠 đœđźđ«đąđšđźđŹ.
"𝐀 đšđ«đžđš 𝐈 𝐟𝐹𝐼𝐧𝐝 đ°đĄđąđ„đŹđ­ đ°đšđ§đđžđ«đąđ§đ ," 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đšđ„đ„ 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝.
"𝐇𝐩𝐩,"
𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐹đČ𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŹđ­đ«đšđ„đ„ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 đČđšđźđ« 𝐡𝐼𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐛𝐱𝐭 𝐹𝐟 𝐚 đ›đ«đžđšđ­đĄđžđ« đŸđ«đšđŠ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đĄđšđ­đžđ„.
"𝐒𝐹 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 đ°đšđ§đđžđ«đąđ§đ ," đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đŹđ­đšđ«đ­đžđ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡. 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ„đšđšđ€đžđ đźđ© 𝐭𝐹 𝐡𝐱𝐩 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 đŹđ©đšđ€đž. "đ€đŸđ­đžđ« đšđźđ« đœđĄđąđ„đ 𝐱𝐬 đ›đšđ«đ§, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đ­đĄđąđ§đ€đąđ§đ  𝐹𝐟 𝐟𝐱𝐧𝐝𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐚 đ©đ„đšđœđž."
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ«đšđąđŹđžđ 𝐚𝐧 𝐞đČđžđ›đ«đšđ° 𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. "𝐓𝐡𝐞 đĄđšđ­đžđ„ 𝐱𝐬 đŠđšđ«đž đ°đšđ«đ€ 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐹𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐹𝐧𝐬 đœđĄđžđœđ€đąđ§đ  𝐱𝐧, đžđŹđ©đžđœđąđšđ„đ„đČ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐹𝐧𝐞 đ„đąđ€đž 𝐭𝐹𝐝𝐚đČ. 𝐈 𝐝𝐹𝐧'𝐭 đ­đĄđąđ§đ€ 𝐱𝐭 đ°đšđźđ„đ 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 đŸđšđ« đžđąđ­đĄđžđ« 𝐹𝐟 đČ𝐹𝐼, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 đ°đšđźđ„đ đ©đ«đžđŸđžđ« 𝐱𝐭 𝐱𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 đšđźđ« 𝐹𝐰𝐧 đŹđ©đšđœđž 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 đŸđšđŠđąđ„đČ, đšđźđ« 𝐹𝐰𝐧 đ©đ«đąđŻđšđœđČ." 𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 đŹđ„đšđ°đ„đČ 𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐹𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼.
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŹđŠđąđ„đžđ đ„đąđ đĄđ­đ„đČ 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. "𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐹𝐼𝐧𝐝𝐬 đ„đšđŻđžđ„đČ, đ€đ„."
𝐀𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 đŻđžđ§đ­đźđ«đžđ đŸđźđ«đ­đĄđžđ« đŸđ«đšđŠ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ›đźđŹđ­đ„đąđ§đ  đŹđ­đ«đžđžđ­đŹ 𝐹𝐟 đĄđžđ„đ„, đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐟𝐹𝐼𝐧𝐝 đČđšđźđ«đŹđžđ„đŸ đžđ§đ­đžđ«đąđ§đ  𝐚 đ­đ«đšđ§đȘđźđąđ„ đšđ«đžđš đžđ§đŻđžđ„đšđ©đžđ 𝐛đČ đ„đźđŹđĄ đ°đšđšđđ„đšđ§đđŹ. đđ«đšđœđžđžđđąđ§đ  đđžđžđ©đžđ« 𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŸđšđ«đžđŹđ­, đČ𝐹𝐼 đ°đžđ«đž đŹđźđ«đ«đšđźđ§đđžđ 𝐛đČ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŹđžđ«đžđ§đž 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐼𝐭đČ 𝐹𝐟 đ§đšđ­đźđ«đž.
𝐀𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 đœđšđźđ­đąđšđźđŹđ„đČ 𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐱𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 đ­đĄđ«đšđźđ đĄ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ­đ«đžđžđŹ, đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐩𝐚𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐱𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚 đŸđąđ«đŠ đ đ«đąđ©. 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đšđ«đ«đąđŻđžđ 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 đœđ„đžđšđ«đąđ§đ  𝐱𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŸđšđ«đžđŹđ­.
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ°đžđ«đž đŠđžđŠđšđ«đąđŹđžđ 𝐛đČ 𝐱𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐱𝐭 đ«đžđŠđąđ§đđžđ đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐹𝐟 𝐡𝐹𝐩𝐞.
"đ…đ«đšđŠ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đžđ±đ©đ«đžđŹđŹđąđšđ§ 𝐹𝐧 đČđšđźđ« 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐱𝐭 đšđ©đ©đžđšđ«đŹ 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼 đŹđĄđšđ«đž 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 đđąđŹđœđšđŻđžđ«đžđ 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ„đšđœđšđ­đąđšđ§," đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đ«đžđŠđšđ«đ€đžđ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 đŹđŠđąđ„đž. "𝐈 đžđ±đ©đ„đšđ«đžđ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đšđ«đžđš, đžđ§đŹđźđ«đąđ§đ  𝐱𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭đČ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đŹđžđœđźđ«đąđ­đČ, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐹𝐼𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐹 𝐩đČđŹđžđ„đŸ, '𝐖𝐡đČ 𝐧𝐹𝐭 đ›đźđąđ„đ đšđźđ« 𝐡𝐹𝐩𝐞 đĄđžđ«đž?'"
𝐖𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 đ„đšđšđ€ 𝐹𝐟 𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐹𝐧𝐱𝐬𝐡𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭, đČ𝐹𝐼 đ­đźđ«đ§đžđ 𝐭𝐹 đČđšđźđ« 𝐡𝐼𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 đąđ§đŻđšđ„đźđ§đ­đšđ«đČ đ đšđŹđ© đžđŹđœđšđ©đžđ đČđšđźđ« đ„đąđ©đŹ.
"𝐀 đ©đąđžđœđž 𝐹𝐟 đšđźđ« đšđ„đ đ„đąđŸđž đĄđžđ«đž." 𝐇𝐞 đ°đĄđąđŹđ©đžđ«đžđ, đœđšđ«đžđŹđŹđąđ§đ  đČđšđźđ« đœđĄđžđžđ€đŹ. "𝐖𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 đŠđšđ€đž 𝐱𝐭 đ„đšđšđ€ đ„đąđ€đž đšđźđ« đšđ„đ 𝐡𝐹𝐩𝐞."
"𝐈 đ°đšđźđ„đ đ„đšđŻđž 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đœđĄđšđ€đžđ 𝐹𝐼𝐭, đĄđšđ„đđąđ§đ  đ›đšđœđ€ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ­đžđšđ«đŹ. "đ‚đźđ«đŹđž đČ𝐹𝐼 đĄđšđ«đŠđšđ§đžđŹ." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ°đĄđąđŠđ©đžđ«đžđ, đŸđžđžđ„đąđ§đ  𝐚 đ­đžđšđ« đ«đšđ„đ„ 𝐝𝐹𝐰𝐧 đČđšđźđ« đœđĄđžđžđ€. đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đœđĄđźđœđ€đ„đžđ 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, đ›đ«đźđŹđĄđąđ§đ  𝐱𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚đČ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐼𝐩𝐛.
"𝐘𝐹𝐼'đ«đž 𝐭𝐹𝐹 𝐠𝐹𝐹𝐝 𝐭𝐹 𝐩𝐞." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŠđźđŠđ›đ„đžđ.
"𝐈 𝐣𝐼𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐩đČ đđšđ«đ„đąđ§đ  𝐰𝐱𝐟𝐞 đĄđšđ©đ©đČ. đ€đŸđ­đžđ« đšđ„đ„, đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐝𝐹𝐧'𝐭 đđžđŹđžđ«đŻđž 𝐭𝐹 𝐛𝐞 đĄđžđ«đž 𝐱𝐧 đĄđžđ„đ„, 𝐬𝐹 𝐈 𝐩𝐼𝐬𝐭 đžđ§đŹđźđ«đž đČ𝐹𝐼 đŸđžđžđ„ 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐹𝐩𝐞, 𝐚𝐭 đ„đžđšđŹđ­."
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐧đČ đ«đžđšđŹđšđ§đŹ 𝐰𝐡đČ đČ𝐹𝐼 đ°đžđ«đž 𝐱𝐧 đ„đšđŻđž 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐹-đœđšđ„đ„đžđ đŹđœđšđ«đČ đ©đšđ°đžđ«đŸđźđ„ đšđŻđžđ«đ„đšđ«đ. đƒđžđŹđ©đąđ­đž 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ«đžđ©đźđ­đšđ­đąđšđ§, đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đšđ§đ„đČ 𝐬𝐡𝐹𝐰𝐬 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧 đžđ±đœđ„đźđŹđąđŻđžđ„đČ 𝐭𝐹 đČ𝐹𝐼.
đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đ đ«đšđđźđšđ„đ„đČ đ„đžđšđ§đžđ 𝐱𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ©đ«đžđŹđŹđžđ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ„đąđ©đŹ 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐱𝐧𝐬𝐭 đČđšđźđ«đŹ. 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŠđžđ„đ­đžđ 𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ€đąđŹđŹ, đ„đžđ­đ­đąđ§đ  𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐹𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐱𝐠𝐡.
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đĄđžđšđ«đ đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đŹđźđđđžđ§đ„đČ đŹđ§đšđ© 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đŸđąđ§đ đžđ«, đŠđšđ€đąđ§đ  đČ𝐹𝐼 đ©đźđ„đ„ 𝐚𝐰𝐚đČ đŸđ«đšđŠ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ€đąđŹđŹ. 𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐼𝐩𝐩𝐹𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐹𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞đČ đ„đšđšđ€đžđ đ«đžđšđđČ 𝐭𝐹 đŹđ­đšđ«đ­ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ›đźđąđ„đđąđ§đ  đ©đ«đšđœđžđŹđŹ.
"𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 đČđšđźđ« đšđ©đ©đ«đšđŻđšđ„ đ›đžđŸđšđ«đž 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧." 𝐇𝐞 đœđĄđźđœđ€đ„đžđ 𝐚𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ„đšđźđ đĄđžđ đŹđšđŸđ­đ„đČ 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, đ„đžđšđ§đąđ§đ  𝐹𝐧 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đŹđĄđšđźđ„đđžđ«.
𝐀𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭 đ©đ«đšđ đ«đžđŹđŹđžđ, đČ𝐹𝐼 đ«đžđ­đźđ«đ§đžđ 𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đĄđšđ­đžđ„ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 đĄđžđšđ«đ­ đŸđąđ„đ„đžđ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐣𝐹đČ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 đ©đ„đšđ§ đŸđšđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŸđźđ­đźđ«đž 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 đČđšđźđ« đœđĄđąđ„đ đ°đšđźđ„đ 𝐛𝐞 đ›đšđ«đ§.
đ€đ„đ­đĄđšđźđ đĄ đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐠𝐱𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐱𝐭 𝐩𝐼𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐹𝐼𝐠𝐡𝐭 đ›đžđŸđšđ«đž, 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ©đ„đšđ§ 𝐜𝐹𝐩𝐞 đ­đšđ đžđ­đĄđžđ« đ›đ«đšđźđ đĄđ­ đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐹𝐟 đ©đžđšđœđž.
đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐱𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 đœđšđ«đ«đžđœđ­ 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 đ©đšđ­đžđ§đ­đąđšđ„ 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐹𝐧𝐬 đœđĄđžđœđ€đąđ§đ  𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đĄđšđ­đžđ„, 𝐛𝐼𝐭 đ­đĄđžđąđ« 𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧𝐬 đ°đžđ«đž đźđ§đ€đ§đšđ°đ§, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 đœđĄđąđ„đ đ«đźđ§đ§đąđ§đ  đšđ«đšđźđ§đ, đČ𝐹𝐼 đœđšđźđ„đđ§'𝐭 đĄđžđ„đ© 𝐛𝐼𝐭 đŸđžđžđ„ đœđšđ§đœđžđ«đ§đžđ đŸđšđ« đ­đĄđžđąđ« 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭đČ.
"đ–đĄđžđ«đž 𝐝𝐱𝐝 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐭𝐰𝐹 đ°đšđ§đđžđ« 𝐹𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐹 đŸđšđ« 𝐬𝐼𝐜𝐡 𝐚 đ„đšđ§đ  𝐭𝐱𝐩𝐞?" đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž đœđĄđźđœđ€đ„đžđ.
"𝐀 𝐧𝐞𝐰 đŹđœđžđ§đžđ«đČ 𝐱𝐬 đšđ„đ„ đ©đ«đąđ§đœđžđŹđŹ. 𝐈 đ­đĄđąđ§đ€ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ°đšđ„đ€ đĄđžđ„đ©đžđ 𝐩đČ đđšđ«đ„đąđ§đ  𝐧𝐚𝐼𝐬𝐞𝐚."
"đ”đ«đ đĄ, 𝐝𝐹𝐧'𝐭 đ«đžđŠđąđ§đ 𝐩𝐞." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ đ«đšđšđ§đžđ. 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ°đžđ«đž đšđ§đ„đČ 𝟏𝟐 đ°đžđžđ€đŹ đ©đ«đžđ đ§đšđ§đ­.
"𝐇𝐹𝐰'𝐬 đšđźđ« 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐠𝐼𝐞𝐬𝐭 đŹđžđ­đ­đ„đąđ§đ  𝐱𝐧?" đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 đšđŹđ€đžđ, 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐼𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 đŸđšđ« đČ𝐹𝐼.
"𝐇𝐞'𝐬 đœđźđ«đ«đžđ§đ­đ„đČ 𝐱𝐧 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ«đšđšđŠ. 𝐒𝐹 đžđ±đœđąđ­đąđ§đ , đ«đąđ đĄđ­?" đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž đ đąđ đ đ„đžđ 𝐱𝐧 𝐣𝐹đČ. 𝐕𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐱𝐞 đŹđĄđšđšđ€ đĄđžđ« 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐭 đĄđžđ« ïżœïżœïżœïżœđąđ«đ„đŸđ«đąđžđ§đ đžđ±đœđąđ­đžđŠđžđ§đ­.
"𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝." đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝, đ›đ«đźđŹđĄđąđ§đ  𝐱𝐭 𝐹𝐟𝐟. "đ–đžđ„đ„, 𝐈 đ›đžđ„đąđžđŻđž 𝐰𝐞 đ°đąđ„đ„ 𝐛𝐞 đ«đžđ­đąđ«đąđ§đ  đŸđšđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭."
𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝 đČđšđźđ« 𝐠𝐹𝐹𝐝𝐛đČ𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ„đžđ­ 𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐚 đČ𝐚𝐰𝐧 𝐹𝐧𝐜𝐞 đČ𝐹𝐼 đžđ§đ­đžđ«đžđ đČđšđźđ« đ›đžđđ«đšđšđŠ.
"𝐈𝐬 𝐩đČ đđžđšđ« 𝐰𝐱𝐟𝐞 đžđ±đĄđšđźđŹđ­đžđ đŸđ«đšđŠ 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 đ°đšđ„đ€?"
"𝐌𝐩𝐩, 𝐩đČ 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭 đšđ«đž đŹđšđ«đž 𝐧𝐹𝐰." "đ–đžđ„đ„, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐝𝐹. đ–đšđźđ„đ đČ𝐹𝐼 đ„đąđ€đž 𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐹 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐩 đŸđšđ« đČ𝐹𝐼?"
"𝐎𝐡, 𝐬𝐼𝐜𝐡 𝐚 đ đžđ§đ­đ„đžđŠđšđ§." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ đ«đąđ§đ§đžđ.
đŽđ§đ„đČ đČ𝐹𝐼 đœđšđźđ„đ 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đšđŻđžđ«đ„đšđ«đ 𝐹𝐧 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ€đ§đžđžđŹ 𝐭𝐹 𝐝𝐹 𝐬𝐼𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠. 𝐈𝐟 𝐚𝐧đČ𝐹𝐧𝐞 đđšđ«đžđ đšđŹđ€ 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐹 𝐡𝐱𝐩 đšđ« đŹđ©đžđšđ€ 𝐭𝐹 𝐡𝐱𝐩 đ„đąđ€đž 𝐚 đŹđ„đšđŻđž, 𝐭𝐡𝐞đČ đ°đšđźđ„đ 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭đČ đŠđžđšđ„, đšđ« đ­đĄđžđąđ« đŹđœđ«đžđšđŠđŹ đ°đšđźđ„đ 𝐛𝐞 𝐹𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ§đžđ±đ­ đ›đ«đšđšđđœđšđŹđ­.
𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐹𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŹđšđ„đž đœđĄđšđąđ« đ°đĄđąđ„đž đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đ«đžđ­đ«đąđžđŻđžđ 𝐚 đŹđ­đšđšđ„ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ©đšđŹđąđ­đąđšđ§đžđ 𝐱𝐭 đđąđ«đžđœđ­đ„đČ 𝐱𝐧 đŸđ«đšđ§đ­ 𝐹𝐟 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ›đžđŸđšđ«đž đ­đšđ€đąđ§đ  𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭 đĄđąđŠđŹđžđ„đŸ.
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ©đ«đšđœđžđžđđžđ 𝐭𝐹 đžđ„đžđŻđšđ­đž 𝐹𝐧𝐞 𝐹𝐟 đČđšđźđ« đ„đžđ đŹ, đšđ„đ„đšđ°đąđ§đ  đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐭𝐹 đœđšđŠđŸđšđ«đ­đšđ›đ„đČ đ«đžđŹđ­ 𝐱𝐭 đźđ©đšđ§ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐠𝐡. 𝐖𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐜𝐹𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ đ„đšđŻđžđŹ đ«đžđŠđšđŻđžđ, đČ𝐹𝐼 đœđšđźđ„đ đŸđžđžđ„ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧 𝐹𝐟 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ›đšđ«đž 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 đ đžđ§đ­đ„đČ 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐱𝐧𝐠 đČđšđźđ« 𝐟𝐹𝐹𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đšđ§đ€đ„đž. 𝐀𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 đŹđšđ§đ€ đđžđžđ©đžđ« 𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đœđĄđšđąđ«, 𝐚𝐧 đąđ§đŻđšđ„đźđ§đ­đšđ«đČ 𝐬𝐱𝐠𝐡 𝐹𝐟 đ«đžđ„đšđ±đšđ­đąđšđ§ đžđŹđœđšđ©đžđ đČđšđźđ« đ„đąđ©đŹ.
"𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐝𝐱𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐹 𝐝𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬, đČ𝐹𝐼 đ€đ§đšđ°."
"𝐇𝐩𝐩, 𝐈 đ€đ§đšđ°, 𝐈 𝐣𝐼𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐹𝐟 𝐬𝐹𝐩𝐞 đ§đšđ«đŠđšđ„đąđ­đČ." 𝐇𝐞 đŹđŠđąđ„đžđ 𝐚𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 đŹđ­đšđ«đžđ 𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐹 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 đšđ­đĄđžđ« đœđ«đąđŠđŹđšđ§ 𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬.
𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐼𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐹 𝐠𝐱𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 đšđ­đĄđžđ« 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐱𝐟 𝐹𝐧𝐞 𝐹𝐟 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 đ„đšđ§đ  đšđ« đŹđ­đ«đžđŹđŹđŸđźđ„ 𝐝𝐚đČ 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 đšđ„đąđŻđž.
"𝐈 𝐩𝐼𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐚đČ, 𝐈 𝐝𝐹 đŸđžđžđ„ đ„đźđœđ€đČ. đ€đŸđ­đžđ« đšđ„đ„, 𝐩𝐹𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐧 đ§đžđŻđžđ« 𝐠𝐹𝐭... 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ­đ«đžđšđ­đŠđžđ§đ­."
đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐬𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝, đ€đ§đšđ°đąđ§đ  đČ𝐹𝐼 đ°đžđ«đž đœđšđ«đ«đžđœđ­. "𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐱𝐬 𝐰𝐡đČ 𝐩đČ đŠđšđ­đĄđžđ« đ«đšđąđŹđžđ 𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐹 𝐧𝐹𝐭 𝐛𝐞 đ„đąđ€đž 𝐭𝐡𝐹𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐛đČ 𝐩đČ 𝐬𝐱𝐝𝐞, đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐡𝐹𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐞 𝐡𝐹𝐰 đ­đ«đźđ„đČ đ«đžđŠđšđ«đ€đšđ›đ„đž 𝐰𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞. đƒđšđ«đ„đąđ§đ , đČ𝐹𝐼'đ«đž đœđšđ«đ«đČ𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐩đČ đœđĄđąđ„đ. 𝐈𝐭 𝐱𝐬 đąđŠđ©đšđ«đ­đšđ§đ­ 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 đ€đžđžđ© đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐚𝐬 đœđšđŠđŸđšđ«đ­đšđ›đ„đž 𝐚𝐬 đ©đšđŹđŹđąđ›đ„đž. 𝐀𝐬 𝐈 đ€đ§đšđ° đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚 đ§đšđ­đźđ«đšđ„ đ›đąđ«đ­đĄ. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬... 𝐠𝐹𝐧𝐧𝐚 đĄđźđ«đ­ 𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐹 𝐬𝐞𝐞 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐱𝐧... 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 đ©đšđąđ§. 𝐁𝐼𝐭 𝐈 đ€đ§đšđ° 𝐱𝐭 đ°đąđ„đ„ 𝐛𝐞 đ°đšđ«đ­đĄ 𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐹 đŸđąđ§đšđ„đ„đČ đĄđšđ„đ đšđźđ« đœđĄđąđ„đ. 𝐀 đœđĄđąđ„đ 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 đŹđĄđšđźđ„đ 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 ïżœïżœđšđ«đ§ 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 đ°đžđ«đž 𝟐𝟑..."
"đ€đ„... 𝐩𝐚đČ𝐛𝐞 𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đŸđšđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭, đšđŸđ­đžđ« đšđ„đ„ đšđźđ« đœđĄđąđ„đ đ°đšđźđ„đ 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐹𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐧 đšđ«đ©đĄđšđ§ 𝐚𝐭 đšđ§đ„đČ 𝟏𝟎 đČđžđšđ«đŹ đšđ„đ. đ…đšđ« 𝐭𝐹𝐹 đČ𝐹𝐼𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐹 đ„đšđšđ€ đšđŸđ­đžđ« đ­đĄđžđŠđŹđžđ„đŻđžđŹ. 𝐒𝐹𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠𝐬 đĄđšđ©đ©đžđ§ đŸđšđ« 𝐚 đ«đžđšđŹđšđ§." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŹđšđŸđ­đ„đČ đŹđ©đšđ€đž.
"𝐇𝐩𝐩, đŹđźđ©đ©đšđŹđž đČ𝐹𝐼'đ«đž đ«đąđ đĄđ­, 𝐩đČ đ„đšđŻđž." 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝, 𝐠𝐱𝐯𝐱𝐧𝐠 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 đŠđšđ«đž 𝐩𝐱𝐧𝐼𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐹 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐹đČ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐹𝐹𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞.
"𝐇𝐹𝐰 𝐝𝐹 đČ𝐹𝐼 đŸđžđžđ„?" "𝐌𝐼𝐜𝐡 đ›đžđ­đ­đžđ«, đšđ„đ„ đ­đĄđšđ§đ€đŹ 𝐭𝐹 đČ𝐹𝐼."
đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đœđšđ«đžđŸđźđ„đ„đČ 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐱𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐭𝐹 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛đČ đ đžđ§đ­đ„đČ đ©đ„đšđœđąđ§đ  đČđšđźđ« đ„đžđ  𝐝𝐹𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đžđ±đ­đžđ§đđąđ§đ  𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 đŸđšđ« đŹđźđ©đ©đšđ«đ­.
𝐀𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ©đ«đžđ©đšđ«đžđ đŸđšđ« 𝐛𝐞𝐝, đČ𝐹𝐼 đ§đžđŹđ­đ„đžđ đœđšđ§đ­đžđ§đ­đžđđ„đČ 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐱𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ›đšđ«đž 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭. đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ«'𝐬 đšđ«đŠđŹ đ°đ«đšđ©đ©đžđ đ©đ«đšđ­đžđœđ­đąđŻđžđ„đČ đšđ«đšđźđ§đ đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 đ©đ„đšđœđžđ 𝐚 đ đžđ§đ­đ„đž đ€đąđŹđŹ 𝐹𝐧 đČđšđźđ« đŸđšđ«đžđĄđžđšđ.
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"(𝐘/𝐍), 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 đŻđžđ«đČ đŹđžđ«đąđšđźđŹ đȘ𝐼𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧 𝐭𝐹 đšđŹđ€ đČ𝐹𝐼." đ€đ§đ đžđ„ 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝, 𝐬𝐱𝐭𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐹𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐱𝐝𝐞 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐹𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐹𝐟𝐚.
"đŽđ€đšđČ...?" đČ𝐹𝐼 đȘ𝐼𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧𝐞𝐝, đœđ„đšđŹđąđ§đ  đČđšđźđ« đ›đšđšđ€.
"𝐃𝐹𝐞𝐬 đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đ­đšđ€đž đžđŻđžđ«đČ𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐹𝐟𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 đŹđžđ±?"
"đ€đ§đ đžđ„." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ đ«đšđšđ§đžđ. "𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐱𝐬 𝐧𝐹𝐭 𝐚 đŹđžđ«đąđšđźđŹ đȘ𝐼𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧!"
"𝐓𝐹𝐹𝐭𝐬, 𝐜𝐹𝐩𝐞 𝐹𝐧, 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐹 đ€đ§đšđ°. 𝐃𝐹𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 đ­đšđąđ„?"
"đ€đ§đ đžđ„!"
"𝐈'𝐩 đœđźđ«đąđšđźđŹ 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐭𝐰𝐹, đ„đąđ€đž 𝐝𝐹 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ€đ§đšđ° đžđŻđžđ«đČ𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 đšđ­đĄđžđ« -"
"𝐑𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭, đ€đ§đ đžđ„. 𝐈'𝐩 𝐠𝐱𝐯𝐱𝐧𝐠 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐹𝐩𝐞 đŹđŠđšđ„đ„ đąđ§đŸđšđ«đŠđšđ­đąđšđ§ 𝐭𝐹 𝐬𝐡𝐼𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼 đźđ©. 𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 đ€đ§đšđ°đ§ 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 đšđ­đĄđžđ« 𝐬𝐱𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐞 đ°đžđ«đž 𝐟𝐱𝐯𝐞 đČđžđšđ«đŹ đšđ„đ. 𝐖𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 đ°đžđ«đž đŸđšđźđ«đ­đžđžđ§, đŹđĄđšđ«đžđ 𝐚 đ€đąđŹđŹ 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 đ°đžđ«đž 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭đČ-𝐹𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐹𝐭 đŠđšđ«đ«đąđžđ 𝐚 đČđžđšđ« đ„đšđ­đžđ«, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 đ°đžđ«đž 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭đČ-𝐭𝐰𝐹. đ‡đšđ©đ©đČ?"
"𝐇𝐹𝐰 𝐩𝐚𝐧đČ 𝐠𝐼đČ𝐬 𝐝𝐱𝐝 đČ𝐹𝐼 đŹđ„đžđžđ© 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡?"
"đ‡đšđ§đžđŹđ­đ„đČ, đ€đ§đ đžđ„." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐱𝐧 đąđ«đ«đąđ­đšđ­đąđšđ§. "đ€đ„, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đšđ§đ„đČ 𝐠𝐼đČ 𝐈'𝐯𝐞... đČ𝐞𝐚𝐡. 𝐍𝐹 đŠđšđ«đž đȘ𝐼𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧𝐬!"
"𝐃𝐚𝐩𝐧! đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ«, 𝐹𝐧𝐞 đ„đźđœđ€đČ 𝐠𝐼đČ."
"𝐇𝐹𝐰 𝐬𝐹?" 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŸđ«đšđ°đ§đžđ. "đ–đžđ„đ„, đČ𝐹𝐼'đ«đž 𝐡𝐹𝐭 𝐭𝐹𝐹𝐭𝐬. 𝐈 đ­đžđ„đ„ đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬 đšđ„đ„ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐱𝐩𝐞." 𝐇𝐞 đŹđĄđ«đźđ đ đžđ.
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ«đšđ„đ„đžđ đČđšđźđ« 𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬 đ•đąđ€ 𝐣𝐹𝐱𝐧𝐞𝐝 đČ𝐹𝐼, 𝐬𝐱𝐭𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐱𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŹđšđ„đž đœđĄđšđąđ« đšđœđ«đšđŹđŹ đŸđ«đšđŠ đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 đđ«đąđ§đ€ 𝐱𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝.
"𝐒𝐹 𝐱𝐬 đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đšđ§đ„đČ 𝐠𝐼đČ đČ𝐹𝐼 đžđŻđžđ« 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝?"
"đ€đ§đ đžđ„." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ đ«đšđ°đ„đžđ, đ«đžđšđđČ 𝐭𝐹 đ©đźđ§đœđĄ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ©đšđ«đ§ 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐹𝐧 đ đšđ„đđžđ§ 𝐭𝐹𝐹𝐭𝐡 𝐹𝐼𝐭.
"𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 đȘ𝐼𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧, 𝐈 đ©đ«đšđŠđąđŹđž."
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ«đšđ„đ„đžđ đČđšđźđ« 𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐱𝐧. "𝐍𝐹, 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐹đČđŸđ«đąđžđ§đ đ›đžđŸđšđ«đž đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐩𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐱𝐭 đšđŸđŸđąđœđąđšđ„. 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐣𝐼𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐚đČ 𝐡𝐹𝐰 𝐱𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝... 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 đ©đšđ«đ­đąđœđźđ„đšđ«đ„đČ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐹𝐼𝐧𝐝 𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 đŠđšđ«đž 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ«..."
"đŒđšđ«đž?"
"𝐈 𝐝𝐱𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 đŹđžđ± 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐱𝐩. 𝐖𝐞 đ€đąđŹđŹđžđ 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐱𝐭." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŹđĄđ«đźđ đ đžđ.
"𝐃𝐚𝐩𝐧... 𝐹𝐹𝐟 đźđ§đ„đźđœđ€đČ 𝐠𝐼đČ, 𝐈'đ„đ„ 𝐬𝐚đČ."
"𝐌𝐞𝐡, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đĄđšđ©đ©đČ 𝐈 đ€đžđ©đ­ 𝐩đČđŹđžđ„đŸ đŸđšđ« đ€đ„, đŸđžđ„đ­ đŠđšđ«đž đŹđ©đžđœđąđšđ„ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞 đžđ±đ©đ„đšđ«đąđ§đ ... 𝐰𝐚𝐱𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐩 𝐈 𝐬𝐚đČ𝐱𝐧𝐠. 𝐖𝐞 đŹđ­đšđ© đ­đĄđžđ«đž!"
đ€đ§đ đžđ„ 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đŹđ­đšđ«đąđ§đ  đšđŠđźđŹđąđ§đ đ„đČ 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 đŹđźđ©đ©đšđ«đ­đžđ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝, đšđ„đ„đšđ°đąđ§đ  đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐭𝐹 𝐜𝐹𝐧𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐼𝐞 đŹđ©đžđšđ€đąđ§đ  𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡𝐹𝐼𝐭 đąđ§đ­đžđ«đ«đźđ©đ­đąđšđ§.
"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đšđ„đ„ đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐭𝐹𝐹𝐭𝐬." 𝐇𝐞 đ đ«đąđ§đ§đžđ 𝐚𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ«đšđ„đ„đžđ đČđšđźđ« 𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬 đŸđšđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ­đĄđąđ«đ 𝐭𝐱𝐩𝐞.
đ€đ§đ đžđ„ 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 đ©đźđ­ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧 𝐹𝐧 𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐞 ïżœïżœïżœïżœđžđ° 𝐠𝐼𝐞𝐬𝐭.
"𝐎𝐱, 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐠𝐼đČ. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 đČđšđźđ« đŹđ­đšđ«đČ?" đ€đ§đ đžđ„ 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 đšđŹđ€đžđ đ­đĄđšđ§đ€đŸđźđ„đ„đČ, 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ­đšđ©đąđœ.
"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐹 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐹 đ€đ§đšđ°?" 𝐇𝐞 đšđŹđ€đžđ, đ­đšđ€đąđ§đ  𝐚 đŹđąđ© 𝐹𝐟 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đđ«đąđ§đ€.
"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐝𝐱𝐝 𝐭𝐹 𝐞𝐧𝐝 đźđ© 𝐱𝐧 đĄđžđ„đ„, 𝐰𝐡đČ đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐹 𝐛𝐞 đ«đžđđžđžđŠđžđ. 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ€đ§đšđ°." đ€đ§đ đžđ„ 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝 𝐱𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐼𝐡 𝐭𝐹𝐧𝐞.
"đŒđźđ«đđžđ«đžđ đ©đžđšđ©đ„đž." 𝐇𝐞 đŹđĄđ«đźđ đ đžđ đ„đąđ€đž 𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐹𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠. "𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼?" 𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 đšđŹđ€đžđ đ€đ§đ đžđ„. "đƒđ«đźđ  đšđŻđžđ«đđšđžđŹ."
"𝐇𝐩𝐩." 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐼𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧, đ„đšđœđ€đąđ§đ  𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 đČ𝐹𝐼.
"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼?"
𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐝𝐱𝐝𝐧'𝐭 đ€đ§đšđ° 𝐱𝐟 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐹 đŹđĄđšđ«đž 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 đąđ§đŸđšđ«đŠđšđ­đąđšđ§, 𝐛𝐼𝐭 đ€đ§đ đžđ„ 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐭𝐹 𝐱𝐭.
"𝐎𝐡 đ„đąđ­đ­đ„đž 𝐩𝐱𝐬𝐬 𝐠𝐹𝐹𝐝đČ 𝐠𝐹𝐹𝐝đČ đĄđžđ«đž 𝐠𝐹𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 đŸđ«đšđŠ 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧." đ€đ§đ đžđ„ 𝐜𝐹𝐹𝐞𝐝 𝐬đȘ𝐼𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐱𝐧𝐠 đČđšđźđ« đœđĄđžđžđ€. 𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐱𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚đČ, đ đ«đšđ°đ„đąđ§đ .
"𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐡𝐼𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐝. "đ‘đšđ­đĄđžđ« 𝐜𝐹𝐩𝐩𝐱𝐭 đžđŻđžđ«đČ 𝐬𝐱𝐧 𝐱𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ›đšđšđ€ 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 đŠđšđ«đ«đČ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŸđąđ«đŹđ­ 𝐩𝐚𝐧." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝 𝐱𝐧 𝐝𝐱𝐬𝐠𝐼𝐬𝐭, đœđ«đšđŹđŹđąđ§đ  đČđšđźđ« đšđ«đŠđŹ.
"đˆđ§đ­đžđ«đžđŹđ­đąđ§đ , 𝐬𝐹 đČ𝐹𝐼'đ«đž 𝐚 đŸđšđ„đ„đžđ§ đšđ§đ đžđ„?" đ•đąđ€ đȘ𝐼𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧𝐞𝐝.
"𝐄𝐡, 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐩đČđŹđžđ„đŸ đŠđšđ«đž 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐹𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐈 𝐝𝐹𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐱𝐧𝐠𝐬 đšđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đšđ©đ©đžđšđ«đšđ§đœđž 𝐹𝐟 𝐚𝐧 đšđ§đ đžđ„ 𝐧𝐹𝐰. đ‡đžđ„đ„ 𝐱𝐬 đ đ«đšđ°đąđ§đ  𝐹𝐧 𝐩𝐞."
đ•đąđ€ đŹđŠđąđ„đžđ 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 đ„đšđŹđ­ 𝐱𝐧 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐹𝐼𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬.
"𝐑𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭!" đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐹𝐟 đ§đšđ°đĄđžđ«đž. "𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐹𝐼𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐞 đ°đšđźđ„đ 𝐝𝐹 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐱𝐯𝐱𝐭đČ 𝐭𝐹𝐝𝐚đČ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 đšđźđ« 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐠𝐼𝐞𝐬𝐭!" 𝐒𝐡𝐞 đžđ±đ©đ„đšđąđ§đžđ 𝐚𝐬 đ‡đźđŹđ€, 𝐍𝐱𝐟𝐭đČ, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐱𝐞 𝐣𝐹𝐱𝐧𝐞𝐝, đ­đšđ€đąđ§đ  𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭.
"đ”đ«đ đĄ, 𝐧𝐹𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬." đ€đ§đ đžđ„ 𝐰𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐞𝐝. "𝐃𝐹𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭?"
"đ‘đšđ„đžđ©đ„đšđČ, 𝐈 𝐩𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 đŹđœđ«đąđ©đ­." 𝐒𝐡𝐞 đ đąđ đ đ„đžđ.
"đđšđ©đž. 𝐈'𝐩 𝐧𝐹𝐭 𝐝𝐹𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐱𝐭 đšđŸđ­đžđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ„đšđŹđ­ 𝐹𝐧𝐞, đŸđźđœđ€ 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭."
"đ€đ§đ đžđ„!" đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž 𝐰𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐞𝐝.
"đ”đ«đ đĄ 𝐠𝐱𝐯𝐞 𝐱𝐭 đĄđžđ«đž. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐱𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭?" 𝐖𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐱𝐠𝐡, đČ𝐹𝐼 đ«đšđŹđž đŸđ«đšđŠ đČđšđźđ« 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ­đšđšđ€ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŹđœđ«đąđ©đ­, đ°đĄđąđ„đž 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đšđ­đĄđžđ« 𝐹𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐹 đ•đąđ€, 𝐰𝐡𝐹 𝐬𝐭𝐹𝐹𝐝 đźđ©, đ„đšđšđ€đąđ§đ  đ©đźđłđłđ„đžđ.
"𝐖𝐞'đ«đž 𝐠𝐹𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐹𝐜𝐼𝐬𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐹𝐧 đ„đšđŻđž! 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐼đČ 𝐰𝐡𝐹 𝐜𝐹𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ„đšđŻđž 𝐭𝐹 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 đŸđ«đąđžđ§đ." 𝐒𝐡𝐞 đ đąđ đ đ„đžđ.
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŹđ­đšđ«đžđ đ›đ„đšđ§đ€đ„đČ 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ©đšđ©đžđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐹 đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž. "𝐇𝐀!" đ€đ§đ đžđ„ đ„đšđźđ đĄđžđ 𝐚𝐬 đ‡đźđŹđ€ đ„đšđšđ€đžđ 𝐭𝐹 đ€đ§đ đžđ„ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 đ đ«đąđ§ 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ«đžđšđœđ­đąđšđ§.
"𝐎𝐡 𝐛𝐹đČ..." 𝐕𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐱𝐞 𝐬𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝.
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŹđ­đšđ«đžđ 𝐭𝐹 đ•đąđ€ 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đšđ„đŹđš 𝐚 𝐛𝐱𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐱𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭.
"𝐆𝐼đČ𝐬 𝐱𝐭'𝐬 𝐣𝐼𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐹𝐩𝐞 𝐹𝐧!" đ‚đĄđšđ«đ„đąđž 𝐞𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 đ­đšđ€đąđ§đ  𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭.
"𝐔𝐩𝐩..." đ•đąđ€ đœđ„đžđšđ«đžđ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ­đĄđ«đšđšđ­. "đŽđ€đšđČ 𝐼𝐩𝐩... (𝐘/𝐍) 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐹 đ­đžđ„đ„ đČ𝐹𝐼."
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ„đšđšđ€đžđ 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ„đąđ§đž 𝐧𝐹𝐰 đ«đžđ đ«đžđ­đ­đąđ§đ  đšđ„đ„ 𝐹𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬.
"𝐔𝐡, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐱𝐬 𝐱𝐭," đČ𝐹𝐼 đ«đžđšđ 𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐚𝐯𝐹𝐱𝐝𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐼𝐜𝐡 𝐞đČ𝐞 𝐜𝐹𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐬 đ©đšđŹđŹđąđ›đ„đž.
"𝐖𝐞'𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 đŸđ«đąđžđ§đđŹ đŸđšđ« 𝐚 đ°đĄđąđ„đž 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 đĄđžđ„đ© 𝐛𝐼𝐭 đ­đĄđąđ§đ€ đ­đĄđžđ«đž 𝐱𝐬 đŠđšđ«đž 𝐭𝐹 𝐱𝐭."
"đ–đĄđšđ­đžđŻđžđ« 𝐝𝐹 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧?" 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŹđ„đšđ°đ„đČ đ„đšđšđ€đžđ 𝐭𝐹 đ€đ§đ đžđ„ 𝐰𝐡𝐹 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đ đ«đąđ§đ§đąđ§đ , đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐹 đŹđŠđšđœđ€ 𝐱𝐭 𝐹𝐟𝐟 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐹 đ›đšđđ„đČ.
𝐍𝐱𝐟𝐭đČ 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đ đąđ đ đ„đąđ§đ  đžđ§đ đ«đšđŹđŹđžđ 𝐱𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŹđ­đšđ«đČ.
"(𝐘/𝐍) 𝐈..." 𝐇𝐞 đŹđ„đšđ°đ„đČ đ„đšđšđ€đžđ đźđ© 𝐚𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ„đšđœđ€đžđ 𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬. "𝐈... 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 đŸđžđžđ„đąđ§đ đŹ đŸđšđ« đČ𝐹𝐼. 𝐈 đ€đ§đšđ° đČ𝐹𝐼 đ©đ«đšđ›đšđ›đ„đČ 𝐝𝐹𝐧𝐭 đŸđžđžđ„ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐰𝐚đČ, 𝐛𝐼𝐭 𝐈 đŸđžđ„đ­ 𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đąđŠđ©đšđ«đ­đšđ§đ­ đŸđšđ« đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐭𝐹 𝐛𝐞 đšđ°đšđ«đž 𝐹𝐟 𝐡𝐹𝐰 𝐈 đŸđžđžđ„..."
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŹđźđđđžđ§đ„đČ đŸđ«đšđłđž, 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐱𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đŹđœđ«đąđ©đ­ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐹𝐬𝐞 đ°đšđ«đđŹ 𝐬𝐹𝐼𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 đšđđđ„đČ đŹđąđŠđąđ„đšđ« đ„đąđ€đž đČ𝐹𝐼'𝐯𝐞 đĄđžđšđ«đ 𝐱𝐭 đ›đžđŸđšđ«đž...
𝐍𝐹𝐭 đ«đžđšđ„đąđŹđąđ§đ  đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐳𝐹𝐧𝐞 𝐹𝐼𝐭 đźđ§đ­đąđ„ đČđšđźđ« 𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐱𝐧𝐠 đœđšđ„đ„đžđ 𝐹𝐼𝐭.
"(𝐘/𝐍)?"
"𝐔𝐡 đŹđšđ«đ«đČ, 𝐈'𝐩 đŸđžđžđ„đąđ§đ  𝐚 𝐛𝐱𝐭... đ­đąđ«đžđ. 𝐈'𝐩 𝐠𝐹𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐹 𝐛𝐞𝐝." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝 𝐧𝐹𝐭 đŹđ­đšđ«đąđ§đ  𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧đČ𝐹𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐩𝐚𝐝𝐞 đČđšđźđ« 𝐰𝐚đČ 𝐭𝐹 đČđšđźđ« đ›đžđđ«đšđšđŠ, đąđ đ§đšđ«đąđ§đ  𝐭𝐡𝐞 đȘđźđžđŹđ­đąđšđ§đšđ›đ„đž đŹđ­đšđ«đžđŹ.
𝐅𝐞𝐰 đĄđšđźđ«đŹ đ„đšđ­đžđ«
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ đ«đšđđźđšđ„đ„đČ đ«đžđ đšđąđ§đžđ 𝐜𝐹𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐱𝐹𝐼𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐹𝐭𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐝 đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐬𝐱𝐭𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 đ§đžđ±đ­ 𝐭𝐹 đČ𝐹𝐼, đžđ§đ đ«đšđŹđŹđžđ 𝐱𝐧 𝐚 đ›đšđšđ€. 𝐀𝐬 𝐱𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐱𝐧𝐠 đČđšđźđ« đšđ°đšđ€đžđ§đąđ§đ , 𝐡𝐞 đ„đąđŸđ­đžđ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đČđšđźđ« 𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐭.
"𝐀𝐡, đ„đšđšđ€ 𝐰𝐡𝐹'𝐬 đŸđąđ§đšđ„đ„đČ đ«đąđŹđžđ§ đŸđ«đšđŠ đ­đĄđžđąđ« đ§đšđ©." 𝐇𝐞 đ đ«đąđ§đ§đžđ đ©đ„đšđœđąđ§đ  𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ›đšđšđ€ 𝐝𝐹𝐰𝐧.
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŹđŠđąđ„đžđ đ„đšđłđąđ„đČ 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐱𝐩. "𝐘𝐹𝐼 đšđ€đšđČ 𝐩đČ đ„đšđŻđž?" "𝐌𝐩𝐩, đČ𝐞𝐚𝐡 𝐣𝐼𝐬𝐭 đŸđžđ„đ­ đžđ±đĄđšđźđŹđ­đžđ." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đČ𝐚𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝.
"𝐀𝐩 𝐈 𝐠𝐹𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐹 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 đ°đšđ«đđŹ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 đšđźđ« đ„đąđ­đ­đ„đž 𝐹𝐧𝐞?" 𝐇𝐞 đ„đąđ đĄđ­đ„đČ đŁđšđ€đžđ 𝐚𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ đ«đąđ§đ§đžđ 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. "𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 đžđ±đĄđšđźđŹđ­đąđšđ§ 𝐱𝐬 đČđšđźđ« đ§đźđŠđ›đžđ« 𝐹𝐧𝐞 đ©đ«đžđ đ§đšđ§đœđČ 𝐬đČđŠđ©đ­đšđŠ." đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đ«đžđœđšđ„đ„đžđ đČđšđźđ« đ©đ«đžđ đ§đšđ§đœđČ 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ°đžđ«đž 𝐛𝐹𝐭𝐡 đšđ„đąđŻđž.
"𝐈 đŹđźđ©đ©đšđŹđž." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ„đšđČ đ­đĄđžđ«đž 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐹 đžđ§đžđ«đ đČ 𝐭𝐹 𝐬𝐱𝐭 đźđ©.
đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đŹđ„đšđ°đ„đČ đ­đ«đšđœđžđ đœđąđ«đœđ„đž đšđ«đšđźđ§đ đČđšđźđ« 𝐚𝐛𝐝𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đŸđąđ§đ đžđ«đ­đąđ©. "𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 đŠđšđ€đžđŹ 𝐩𝐞 đŸđžđžđ„ 𝐛𝐹𝐭𝐡 đ«đžđ„đšđ±đžđ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đšđđđ„đČ đȘ𝐼𝐞𝐚𝐬đČ." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŠđźđŠđ›đ„đžđ.
"𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐹 đŹđ­đšđ©?"
"𝐌𝐩𝐩, 𝐧𝐹 đŠđšđ€đžđŹ 𝐩𝐞 đŠđšđ«đž đ«đžđ„đšđ±đžđ 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧đČ𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŹđŠđąđ„đžđ đœđ„đšđŹđąđ§đ  đČđšđźđ« 𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬.
𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐹đČ𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐩𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 đČ𝐹𝐼 đšđ©đžđ§đžđ đČđšđźđ« 𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐹 𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐭 đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐼𝐧𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐹𝐼𝐠𝐡𝐭 đšđ©đ©đžđšđ«đžđ.
"đ€đ„..."
"𝐘𝐞𝐬 đđšđ«đ„đąđ§đ ?"
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ©đšđźđŹđžđ đŸđšđ« 𝐚 đŹđžđœđšđ§ïżœïżœ. "đ–đąđ„đ„ đČ𝐹𝐼 đŹđ­đąđ„đ„ đ„đšđŻđž 𝐩𝐞 đšđŸđ­đžđ« đšđźđ« đœđĄđąđ„đ đ›đšđ«đ§?"
đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đŸđ«đšđ°đ§đžđ 𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. "𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 đŠđšđ€đžđŹ đČ𝐹𝐼 đ­đĄđąđ§đ€ 𝐈 𝐰𝐹𝐧'𝐭?"
"𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐹𝐰 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐱𝐧𝐠 đœđĄđąđ„đđ«đžđ§ 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 đ«đžđ„đšđ­đąđšđ§đŹđĄđąđ©đŹ. đ€đ„đ­đĄđšđźđ đĄ 𝐱𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 đ›đžđšđźđ­đąđŸđźđ„ 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐹 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐩, 𝐬𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞đČ'đ«đž 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐼𝐬𝐞 𝐹𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ«đžđ„đšđ­đąđšđ§đŹđĄđąđ© 𝐧𝐹𝐭 đ°đšđ«đ€đąđ§đ  𝐹𝐼𝐭."
"đƒđšđ«đ„đąđ§đ , 𝐈 đ°đąđ„đ„ đ„đšđŻđž đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐧𝐹 đŠđšđ­đ­đžđ« 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭. đđšđ­đžđ§đ­đąđšđ„đ„đČ đČ𝐞𝐬 đ­đĄđžđ«đž'𝐬 đ đšđ§đ§ïżœïżœïżœ 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞'đ«đž 𝐩𝐹𝐬𝐭 đ„đąđ€đžđ„đČ 𝐠𝐹𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐞 đŹđ„đžđžđ© đđžđ©đ«đąđŻđžđ. đŽđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞đČ'đ«đž 𝐠𝐹𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 đšđźđ« 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧 đŠđšđ«đž, 𝐬𝐹 đ„đšđ§đ  𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 đŠđšđ€đž 𝐭𝐱𝐩𝐞 đ­đšđ đžđ­đĄđžđ« đŸđšđ« 𝐣𝐼𝐬𝐭 𝐼𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 đšđ«đž 𝐡𝐹𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐹𝐰 𝐰𝐞 đšđ«đž đŸđžđžđ„đąđ§đ . 𝐖𝐞 đ°đąđ„đ„ 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐱𝐧𝐞." đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đ«đžđšđŹđŹđźđ«đžđ.
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŹđŠđąđ„đžđ đ„đąđ đĄđ­đ„đČ 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭.
"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐩𝐞?"
"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ„đšđŻđž?"
"𝐌đČ 𝐛𝐹𝐝đČ 𝐩𝐚đČ 𝐧𝐹𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐞 đšđŸđ­đžđ«. đ€đ«đž đČ𝐹𝐼... 𝐠𝐹𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐞 đšđ€đšđČ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭?"
"(𝐘/𝐍) đČ𝐹𝐼'đ«đž đœđšđ«đ«đČ𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐚 đœđĄđąđ„đ. 𝐈'𝐩 𝐧𝐹𝐭 đžđ±đ©đžđœđ­đąđ§đ  đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐭𝐹 đąđŠđŠđžđđąđšđ­đžđ„đČ 𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐧𝐜𝐞 đ›đšđœđ€ 𝐭𝐹 đČđšđźđ« đ©đ«đž đ©đ«đžđ đ§đšđ§đœđČ 𝐛𝐹𝐝đČ. 𝐈 𝐝𝐹𝐧'𝐭 đœđšđ«đž. 𝐈 𝐝𝐱𝐝𝐧'𝐭 đŸđšđ„đ„ 𝐱𝐧 đ„đšđŻđž 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐼𝐬𝐞 𝐹𝐟 đČđšđźđ« đŸđąđ đźđ«đž đđšđ«đ„đąđ§đ , 𝐈 đŸđžđ„đ„ 𝐱𝐧 đ„đšđŻđž 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 đČ𝐹𝐼, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ€đąđŹđŹ đšđ§đ„đČ đœđšđ§đŸđąđ«đŠđžđ 𝐩đČ đŸđžđžđ„đąđ§đ đŹ đ°đžđ«đž 𝐱𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝 đ­đĄđžđ«đž. 𝐈 đ€đ§đšđ° đČ𝐹𝐼 đŹđ­đ«đźđ đ đ„đžđ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 đČđšđźđ« đąđ§đŹđžđœđźđ«đąđ­đąđžđŹ 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐼𝐬𝐞 𝐹𝐟 đČđšđźđ« đ›đ«đžđšđŹđ­đŹ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đČđšđźđ« đĄđąđ©đŹ đ°đžđ„đ„-" "đ€đœđœđšđ«đđąđ§đ  𝐭𝐹 đ€đ§đ đžđ„ 𝐱𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐧 đĄđšđźđ«đ đ„đšđŹđŹ đŸđąđ đźđ«đž. 𝐈 đœđšđ«đ«đČ đŠđšđ«đž 𝐱𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐼𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐹𝐹𝐛𝐬." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ đąđ đ đ„đžđ 𝐚𝐬 đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đœđĄđźđœđ€đ„đžđ 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. "𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐝𝐹𝐧'𝐭 đœđšđŠđ©đ„đšđąđ§ 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭, đČ𝐹𝐼 đšđ«đž đ›đžđšđźđ­đąđŸđźđ„ 𝐛𝐼𝐭 𝐱𝐟 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ«đžđšđ„đ„đČ 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐩đČ đšđ©đąđ§đąđšđ§ 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐹𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐚 đ đžđ§đ­đ„đžđŠđšđ§ đČ𝐹𝐼 đšđ«đž đ­đ«đźđ„đČ đŸđźđœđ€đąđ§đ  đŹđžđ±đČ. đ„đŹđ©đžđœđąđšđ„đ„đČ 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ°đšđ«đž 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 đđ«đžđŹđŹ 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ›đšđ„đ„ 𝐬𝐡𝐹𝐰𝐱𝐧𝐠 đžđŻđžđ«đČ𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐹𝐟𝐟, đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐝𝐹𝐧'𝐭 đ€đ§đšđ° 𝐡𝐹𝐰 đ­đžđŠđ©đ­đąđ§đ  𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐣𝐼𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐹 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐝 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐝𝐹𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đŸđźđœđ€ đČ𝐹𝐼 đ°đĄđąđ„đŹđ­ đ đ«đšđ›đ›đąđ§đ  đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐱𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐹𝐬𝐭 đŹđąđ§đŸđźđ„ 𝐰𝐚đČ."
đ˜đšđźđ« đœđĄđžđžđ€đŹ đ đ«đžđ° đ°đšđ«đŠ.
"đ€đ„, đČ𝐹𝐼'đ«đž đŠđšđ€đąđ§đ  𝐩𝐞 đĄđšđ«đ§đČ."
"đ’đšđ«đ«đČ đđšđ«đ„đąđ§đ ." đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đœđĄđźđœđ€đ„đžđ, 𝐡𝐞 đ„đžđšđ§đžđ đšđŻđžđ« 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ©đžđœđ€đžđ đČđšđźđ« đ„đąđ©đŹ. 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ đ«đšđ›đ›đžđ 𝐡𝐱𝐩 𝐛đČ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đŹđĄđąđ«đ­ đ©đźđ„đ„đąđ§đ  𝐡𝐱𝐩 𝐝𝐹𝐰𝐧 đ«đžđœđšđ§đ§đžđœđ­đąđ§đ  đČđšđźđ« đ„đąđ©đŹ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐱𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 đ€đąđŹđŹ 𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐱𝐟𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 đŠđšđ«đž.
đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đ©đźđ„đ„đžđ 𝐚𝐰𝐚đČ. "đƒđšđ«đ„đąđ§đ  𝐈'𝐩 đŹđ­đąđ„đ„ đŹđ­đąđœđ€đąđ§đ  𝐛đČ 𝐩đČ đ°đšđ«đ."
"đ”đ«đ đĄ, đ€đ„." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐰𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐞𝐝. "𝐓𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐱𝐬 đ­đšđ«đ­đźđ«đž 𝐭𝐹 𝐩𝐞." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ©đšđźđ­đžđ. "đ’đšđ«đ«đČ đ„đšđŻđž." 𝐇𝐞 đ©đ«đžđŹđŹđžđ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ„đąđ©đŹ 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐱𝐧𝐬𝐭 đČđšđźđ« đŸđšđ«đžđĄđžđšđ.
𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐱𝐧𝐠
"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đĄđžđ„đ„ 𝐱𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 đ€đ§đ đžđ„?!" 𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐬đȘđźđžđšđ€đžđ 𝐚𝐬 đ€đ§đ đžđ„ 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐹 𝐬𝐞𝐞 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐱𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ›đžđđ«đšđšđŠ 𝐛𝐞𝐱𝐧𝐠 đ›đšđ«đžđ.
"𝐀 đđąđ„đđš 𝐝𝐼𝐡."
"𝐖𝐡đČ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đĄđžđ„đ„ đšđ«đž đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐡𝐹𝐰𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬?"
"𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐼𝐬𝐞 𝐈 đ€đ§đšđ° đ€đ„ 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐱𝐯𝐱𝐧𝐠 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃 đ„đšđ­đžđ„đČ 𝐬𝐹 𝐰𝐡đČ 𝐧𝐹𝐭 𝐚 đŸđšđ€đž 𝐹𝐧𝐞." 𝐇𝐞 đ đ«đąđ§đ§đžđ.
"đ•đžđ«đČ đšđ›đŹđžđ«đŻđšđ§đ­ 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞."
"𝐍𝐚𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 đȘ𝐼𝐱𝐞𝐭 đ«đžđœđžđ§đ­đ„đČ." 𝐇𝐞 đŹđĄđ«đźđ đ đžđ.
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đĄđžđ„đ 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ«đźđ›đ›đžđ« 𝐭𝐹đČ 𝐱𝐧 đČđšđźđ« 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐱𝐭 đŸđ„đšđ©đ©đžđ.
"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭? 𝐭𝐹𝐹 𝐛𝐱𝐠?" đ€đ§đ đžđ„ đ„đšđźđ đĄđžđ.
"𝐍𝐹, 𝐭𝐹𝐹 đŹđŠđšđ„đ„."
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐼𝐭 đ€đ§đ đžđ„ đźđ©, đČ𝐹𝐼 đ°đžđ«đž 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐹𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐹 đ›đźđ«đŹđ­ 𝐹𝐼𝐭 đ„đšđźđ đĄđąđ§đ  𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐱𝐩 đ›đšđœđ€. "𝐏𝐚đČđ›đšđœđ€." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ đąđ đ đ„đžđ 𝐚𝐬 đ€đ§đ đžđ„ đœđĄđźđœđ€đ„đžđ 𝐭𝐹 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. "đ“đšđźđœđĄđžÌ"
"đŽđ©đ­đąđšđ§ 𝐱𝐬 đ­đĄđžđ«đž." 𝐇𝐞 đ°đąđ§đ€đžđ đ„đžđšđŻđąđ§đ  đČ𝐹𝐼 đšđ„đšđ§đž 𝐭𝐹 𝐱𝐭.
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŹđ­đšđ«đžđ 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐹đČ 𝐱𝐧 đČđšđźđ« 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ„đšđČ𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐱𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐝, 𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đ„đšđ­đž 𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭, đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đŹđ­đąđ„đ„ 𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 đ«đžđ­đźđ«đ§đžđ 𝐚𝐧𝐝 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ°đžđ«đž đŹđ­đąđ„đ„ đĄđšđ«đ§đČ đŸđ«đšđŠ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧 đžđšđ«đ„đąđžđ«.
𝐉𝐼𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ°đžđ«đž 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐭𝐹 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐱𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đđšđšđ« đšđ©đžđ§đžđ đŠđšđ€đąđ§đ  đČ𝐹𝐼 đŁđźđŠđ© 𝐡𝐱𝐝𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐹đČ đźđ§đđžđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭.
"𝐇𝐱 đŹđ°đžđžđ­đĄđžđšđ«đ­." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ§đžđ«đŻđšđźđŹđ„đČ đŹđŠđąđ„đžđ.
đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đ­đąđ­đ„đžđ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 đŹđ„đąđ đĄđ­đ„đČ 𝐚𝐭 đČđšđźđ« đ§đžđ«đŻđšđźđŹ đ«đžđšđœđ­đąđšđ§.
"đ„đŻđžđ«đČ𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 đšđ€ đđšđ«đ„đąđ§đ ?" 𝐇𝐞 đšđŹđ€đžđ đȘđźđžđŹđ­đąđšđ§đšđ›đ„đČ.
"𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡... đ đ«đžđšđ­... đ©đŸđŸđ­."
"𝐇𝐩𝐩, đšđ€." đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝 𝐧𝐹𝐭 đ›đžđ„đąđžđŻđąđ§đ  đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐛𝐼𝐭 𝐧𝐹𝐭 đ©đźđŹđĄđąđ§đ  𝐱𝐭.
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ„đšđČ𝐞𝐝 đ­đĄđžđ«đž đŹđ­đšđ«đąđ§đ  𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đœđžđąđ„đąđ§đ  đ­đ«đČ𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐹 đŸđąđ đźđ«đž 𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐡𝐹𝐰 đČ𝐹𝐼'đ«đž 𝐠𝐹𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐱𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐹 𝐛𝐞𝐝, đ„đšđŹđ­ 𝐱𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐹𝐼𝐠𝐡𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐝𝐱𝐝𝐧'𝐭 đ«đžđšđ„đąđŹđž đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đ­đšđšđ€ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đ©đ„đšđœđž 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐱𝐝𝐞 đČ𝐹𝐼.
"đƒđšđ«đ„đąđ§đ ." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đĄđžđšđ«đ 𝐡𝐱𝐩 đŹđźđđđžđ§đ„đČ 𝐬𝐚đČ 𝐚𝐬 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ„đžđ­ 𝐹𝐼𝐭 𝐚 đŹđĄđšđœđ€đžđ đ đšđŹđ©đžđ. "𝐆𝐹𝐬𝐡" 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đžđ±đĄđšđ„đžđ 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 đČđšđźđ« đ›đ«đžđšđ­đĄ.
"𝐘𝐹𝐼'đ«đž đŻđžđ«đČ đŁđźđŠđ©đČ 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐱𝐧𝐠, 𝐱𝐬 đ­đĄđžđ«đž 𝐬𝐹𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠 đČ𝐹𝐼'đ«đž 𝐡𝐱𝐝𝐱𝐧𝐠?" 𝐇𝐞 đšđŹđ€đžđ đœđźđ«đąđšđźđŹđ„đČ.
"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭? 𝐍𝐹." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ«đžđŹđ©đšđ§đđžđ đ«đšđ­đĄđžđ« đȘđźđąđœđ€đ„đČ.
"(𝐘/𝐍)... "
"đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ«." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŹđŠđąđ„đžđ đąđ§đ§đšđœđžđ§đ­đ„đČ.
đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐰𝐚𝐬 đšđ›đŹđžđ«đŻđąđ§đ  đČ𝐹𝐼. 𝐇𝐞 𝐧𝐹𝐭𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐝 đČđšđźđ« 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 đ§đžđ«đŻđšđźđŹđ„đČ đ©đ«đžđŹđŹđąđ§đ  𝐝𝐹𝐰𝐧 𝐹𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ›đ„đšđ§đ€đžđ­, đ«đžđŸđźđŹđąđ§đ  𝐭𝐹 𝐛𝐼𝐝𝐠𝐞.
𝐀𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐭 đČđšđźđ« 𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐞, 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐹 𝐩𝐹𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đ›đ„đšđ§đ€đžđ­. "𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 đšđ«đž đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐡𝐱𝐝𝐱𝐧𝐠?"
"𝐍𝐹𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐬đȘđźđžđšđ€đžđ.
"(𝐘/𝐍)" 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐭𝐹𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 đŠđšđ«đž đŹđžđ«đąđšđźđŹ.
"đđšđ©đž."
𝐇𝐞 đ«đšđ„đ„đžđ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 đ­đąđœđ€đ„đąđ§đ  đČ𝐹𝐼. "đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ«!" 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ„đšđźđ đĄđžđ, đ­đ«đČ𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐹 đ°đąđ đ đ„đž 𝐚𝐰𝐚đČ, 𝐠𝐱𝐯𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐱𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 đšđ©đ©đšđ«đ­đźđ§đąđ­đČ 𝐭𝐹 đ đ«đšđ› 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼 đ°đžđ«đž 𝐡𝐱𝐝𝐱𝐧𝐠.
"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬?" 𝐇𝐞 đŸđ«đšđ°đ§đžđ đźđ§đ­đąđ„ 𝐡𝐞 đœđ„đšđœđ€đžđ 𝐹𝐧.
đ˜đšđźđ« đœđĄđžđžđ€đŹ đŸđ„đźđŹđĄđžđ đ«đžđ.
"𝐀 𝐠𝐱𝐟𝐭 đŸđ«đšđŠ đ€đ§đ đžđ„." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ§đžđ«đŻđšđźđŹđ„đČ 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝.
"𝐖𝐡đČ 𝐝𝐱𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐱𝐯𝐞 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐬?" 𝐇𝐞 đšđŹđ€đžđ 𝐰𝐱𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐭 𝐹𝐟 đąđ«đ«đąđ­đšđ­đąđšđ§.
"𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐼𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝 𝐈 𝐩𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐱𝐭 đŸđšđ« 𝐧𝐹𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧đČ '𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧,' 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐝."
"đƒđšđ«đ„đąđ§đ , đČ𝐹𝐼 đ€đ§đšđ° 𝐰𝐡đČ 𝐰𝐞 đšđ«đž đ­đšđ€đąđ§đ  𝐚 đ›đ«đžđšđ€ đŸđ«đšđŠ đšđźđ« 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐱𝐯𝐱𝐭đČ. 𝐓𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐰𝐹𝐧'𝐭 đĄđžđ„đ© đžđąđ­đĄđžđ«!" 𝐓𝐡𝐞 đ đ«đžđžđ§ đŸđ„đšđŠđž 𝐚𝐝𝐩𝐱𝐭𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 đŸđ«đšđŠ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 đ›đźđ«đ§đ­ 𝐱𝐭.
"𝐍𝐹! 𝐖𝐡đČ!!!" 𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐰𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐞𝐝.
"𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐼𝐬𝐞 đšđ§đ„đČ 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐱𝐬𝐟đČ đČ𝐹𝐼, đđšđ«đ„đąđ§đ . 𝐍𝐹𝐭 𝐬𝐹𝐩𝐞 𝐝𝐼𝐩𝐛 đŹđžđ± 𝐭𝐹đČ. 𝐘𝐹𝐼... 𝐝𝐱𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐼𝐬𝐞 𝐱𝐭, đ«đąđ đĄđ­?" 𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 đȘ𝐼𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐱𝐹𝐧𝐞𝐝.
"𝐖𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐱𝐧𝐠 𝐱𝐭." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đŠđźđŠđ›đ„đžđ. "đ€đ„, 𝐈'𝐩 đĄđšđ«đ§đČ." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ đ«đšđšđ§đžđ, ïżœïżœïżœïżœđ„đšđ©đ©đąđ§đ  đ›đšđœđ€.
đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đ­đšđšđ€ đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐛đČ đŹđźđ«đ©đ«đąđŹđž đĄđšđŻđžđ«đąđ§đ  đšđŻđžđ« đČ𝐹𝐼. "𝐋𝐹𝐯𝐞, 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 đšđ­đĄđžđ« 𝐰𝐚đČ𝐬 𝐭𝐹 đ©đ„đžđšđŹđźđ«đž đČ𝐹𝐼. đ€đ„đ„ đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐹 𝐝𝐹 𝐱𝐬 đšđŹđ€." 𝐇𝐞 đœđĄđźđœđ€đ„đžđ.
"𝐇𝐩𝐩, 𝐛𝐼𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐱𝐧𝐬𝐱𝐝𝐞 𝐩𝐞." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ©đšđźđ­đžđ. đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đ©đ„đšđČđŸđźđ„đ„đČ đ«đšđ„đ„đžđ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 𝐞đČ𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. "đŽđźđ« đ©đšđšđ« đœđĄđąđ„đ 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 đŹđĄđšđ€đžđ§ đšđ«đšđźđ§đ 𝐭𝐹𝐹 𝐩𝐼𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐱𝐭 𝐱𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐹 đŠđšđ€đž đŹđźđ«đž đČđšđźđ« 𝐛𝐹𝐝đČ 𝐱𝐬 đ©đ«đžđ©đšđ«đžđ đŸđšđ« 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐠𝐹 𝐱𝐧𝐭𝐹 đ„đšđ›đšđźđ«, 𝐩đČ đ„đšđŻđž."
"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝟕 𝐩𝐹𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚đČ. 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐱𝐩𝐞." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ đ«đšđšđ§đžđ. "đ’đšđ«đ«đČ đđšđ«đ„đąđ§đ . 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐹 𝐭𝐹đČ𝐬 đžđąđ­đĄđžđ«, 𝐈'đ„đ„ đ đ„đšđđ„đČ đ©đ„đžđšđŹđźđ«đž đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐛đČ đšđ«đšđ„, 𝐛𝐼𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐬 đŸđšđ« 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞'đ«đž 𝐠𝐹𝐱𝐧𝐠." 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.
"𝐈 𝐠𝐼𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐱𝐭'𝐬 đ›đžđ­đ­đžđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐹𝐭𝐡𝐱𝐧𝐠." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐱𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝.
𝐀𝐬 đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐹 đœđ„đąđŠđ› 𝐹𝐟𝐟 đČ𝐹𝐼, đČ𝐹𝐼 đ đ«đšđ›đ›đžđ 𝐡𝐱𝐩 𝐛đČ 𝐡𝐱𝐬 đŹđĄđąđ«đ­, đŠđšđ€đąđ§đ  𝐡𝐱𝐩 đŹđ­đšđ©. "𝐎𝐡, đČ𝐹𝐼 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐱𝐭 𝐧𝐹𝐰?" đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đŹđŠđąđ«đ€đžđ, đ«đšđąđŹđąđ§đ  𝐚𝐧 𝐞đČđžđ›đ«đšđ°.
"𝐘𝐞𝐬, 𝐈'𝐩 đ­đšđ€đąđ§đ  đČđšđźđ« đ°đšđ«đ đŸđšđ« 𝐱𝐭." 𝐘𝐹𝐼 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 đŹđžđ«đąđšđźđŹđ„đČ. đ€đ„đšđŹđ­đšđ« đœđĄđźđœđ€đ„đžđ đŹđšđŸđ­đ„đČ.
"đ•đžđ«đČ đ°đžđ„đ„, 𝐩đČ đ„đšđŻđž, 𝐱𝐟 𝐱𝐭 đĄđžđ„đ©đŹ đČ𝐹𝐼 đŹđ„đžđžđ©."
𝐘𝐹𝐼 đ đąđ đ đ„đžđ 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 đ„đšđ°đžđ«đžđ đĄđąđŠđŹđžđ„đŸ đźđ§đđžđ« 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬, đ«đžđšđđČ 𝐭𝐹 đŸđźđ„đŸđąđ„ đČđšđźđ« đ©đ„đžđšđŹđźđ«đšđ›đ„đž 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬.
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nightdncer · 3 months ago
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“ OOPS , TYPO !! ”
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✩ characters : Satoru Gojo , Suguru Geto , Higuruma Hiromi , Choso Kamo , Toji Fushiguro , Sukuna Ryomen , Ino Takuma {new character!} , Nanami Kento
✩ warnings : smut , typos {purpose} , fem!reader , fem!reader x character , pet names , cusses , mature content {18+} ~ I will not be blocking anymore, just don’t blame me if you get in trouble !
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ohnohah · 6 months ago
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“uhm the ship is cannon đŸ€“â˜ïžâ€
uhm actually, the only cannon ship is me x whatever character i’m into. stop being delusional.
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Heyyyyy!!!
If you are up for it, I'd love to see you write a Silco x Reader StoryđŸ™đŸ»
Reader was like an older Sibling to Powder, Vi, Mylo and Clagger, making sure the kids were always okay. So that day, when almost everyone died and Silco took in Powder/Jinx, Reader went with them to keep an eye on Jinx. They turn more into a Parental Figure over time for her. Reader and Silco hated each other at first but tried to remain civil for Jinx. Over time feelings developed and both are in denial. So basically Enemies to Lovers.
Also Reader takes care of like the Bar, since they have already worked there when Vander was still alive. [Either behind the counter as a Bartender or as like Security]
Idc if its Fluffy or Angsty or smutty or smth!
I just need more Silco x ReaderđŸ™đŸ»đŸ˜­
at home (silco x reader)
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words: 1517
genre(s): fluff, angst (i think..)
warnings: none
n/a: im sooo happy!!! thank u so much for requesting me!! this is my first request and i'm kinda nervous about it! i hope you like it and enjoy it a little!! i did my best!! want to remember that english isn't my first language, so im sorry if there are spelling or grammar mistakes, but this also helps me to improve :]
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You were twenty years old when it all happened. When Mylo and Claggor died and Vi ran away after all the tragedy trying to rescue Vander from Silco's hands. You were the oldest of the three sisters, always under your care, even though you allowed them some freedom for their “missions” you always kept an eye on your sisters, in case it was necessary to get them out of some trouble. 
That day, you went to help your brothers get Vander back, making Powder promise not to move from the basement. When the whole mess happened, you were barely aware of whatever was going on. One of your arms had been trapped under the rubble and you heard Powder's distant cries for Vi to come back for her. As best you could, you pulled yourself together, pushed away the debris over your arm and made your way to find the youngest of your sisters, the one that sounded closest. The crying seemed to be weaker, and when you looked up Silco had his arms around her as she hugged him, right next to Vander's lifeless body. You approached cautiously, brow furrowed at the whole unfamiliar situation. 
“Stay away from her” you addressed Silco with a firm voice and furrowed brows. He did so without complaint, looking at you, keeping his composure and probably waiting for a move on your part that never came.  Powder turned to look at you, her blue eyes brimming with tears. She hugged your legs, and before you knew it, you were both leaving with Silco and his people. 
Seven years later you decided to take Vander's place in “The Last Drop”. Silco “signed it over” to you while he took one of the rooms to be his office. You were a little grateful that he would let you carry on the legacy of the one he once considered his brother. 
You poured one last drink before Jinx sat down on one of the stools and rolled your eyes as you watched her turn in on herself. “Get your feet off the stool if you're going to be sitting here” you scolded her as you cleaned one of the glasses and poured her the juice she always asked for. “Thank you~” she thanked taking a sip from the straw. “I've been working on one of those grenades I showed you, and even though it explodes poorly, it's getting more and more powerful!” she explained somewhat excitedly as she looked at you with a slight smile. During all these years your sister had grown more than you would have liked. Sometimes nostalgia hit you, and all you could think about was how much older she had gotten and how rebellious and uncontrollable she had become.
 Mylo and Claggor's death and Vi's abandonment left some aftereffects on your sister. Jinx was the name she had decided to adopt after Vi called her that name before abandoning her to her fate without even knowing if you were alive. Together with Silco you had raised her, and although you always tried to take her on a healthy and untroubled path, she ended up paying more attention to Silco than to you. 
During all these years your vision of Silco was changing, and all the resentment and anger you had towards him, had been loosening when you saw the love and effort he put in wanting to take care of your sister. Your attitude towards him became more passive, and his attitude towards you became sweeter and more protective. You both had your sister, Jinx, as your priority. 
“Be careful with those gadgets or someday your finger will explode.” you joked with your sister as you leaned your elbows on the bar to look at her. “I do know how to build inventions, sis, not like you” she joked with you before getting a tap on her shoulder from you. You rolled your eyes letting out a light chuckle. “By the way, Silco wants to see you” he spoke as he rubbed his shoulder with a pout. You frowned and sighed. “You take care of the drinks for a while then” you stepped out from behind the bar, you watched out of the corner of your eye as Jinx hopped over the bar to tend to the customers and scolded her for it before walking up to Silco's office.
You felt your heart beating stronger and stronger as you got closer to Silco's office. Since a few days ago your vision of the man who had given (somehow) shelter to you and your sister, apart from starting to respect him, perhaps your feelings towards him had taken a different direction, a more romantic one. Every night you told yourself that it was wrong, if you thought about it, it was against your morals and principles to like Silco, so you tried to hold back that feeling as much as you could. 
You knocked on the door, and after hearing a low “Come in”, you entered the room, allowing you to see Silco in his chair as usual and Sevika next to him. They both looked at you, and with a slight gesture, Silco had Sevika leave the room, closing the door behind her. You sat down in the chair in front of the table, sighing and making yourself comfortable as you noticed how her gaze was fixed on you. 
“What is it this time, what has Jinx done to what-” you couldn't finish formulating the sentence Silco cut you off. “Your sister is out of jail” your back and your whole body started to bristle. “With the help of a Piltover enforcer.” You discovered that Vi had been arrested and sent to Stillwater. Seven years later she seemed to have gotten out. A confused feeling invaded your body. You were happy, your sister had been released. And at the same time you were filled with rage, she had abandoned you and your sister. Then came the feeling of guilt, you were the oldest, much older than them, and you had let your sister be arrested, you had not fought for her. You swallowed and immediately got up from the couch. “Don't let Jinx know. Not yet, at least.” you left the room without even looking or listening to what Silco would have to tell you.
. . . . . . 
Later that night, having just closed the bar and with only the music to keep you company, you finished putting the last chairs back on the tables and mopping the floor. Before you even went to sleep you decided to pour yourself a shot of whiskey. You sat on the freshly cleaned bar and, with your mother's favorite song playing in the background, you thought about everything. Your parents, your sisters, brothers, Vander, Silco, everything. The alcohol scratched your throat as you thought about how you were going to confront Vi at some point, what you would say to her, how she would be, how she would react to seeing who you were with. Maybe she would understand you if she realized you were doing it all for Jinx. Maybe she would martyr you if she knew about your feelings for Silco. 
“May I have some?” a voice from behind you shuddered. Turning slightly to grab a glass, you saw Silco planted behind you. You nodded wordlessly, pouring for him as well and watching as he took a long sip. He looked back at you. “Why the long face?” he asked. You laughed wryly. “As if you didn't know” you replied clicking your tongue. You didn't want to talk down to him, but your feelings at that moment were what they were. He seemed to understand, he didn't add a word.
 He set the glass down on the bar and one of your hands rested on your shoulder, lightly trailing down your arm. “She's going to understand.” he simply said. You shook your head, also dropping the glass and looking sideways at him. “She's not going to understand. She can't. I don't blame her. I'm a horrible sister.” you sighed. You felt like your eyes were going to release tears at any moment. You noticed Silco's rough hand touch yours, embrace yours with his fingers and with his thumb caress the back of your hand. You let yourself be touched. “We should have left, Silco. We don't belong here. It's not our place. I should have taken Pow-” you couldn't finish your sentence Silco had crashed his lips to yours. You couldn't even react when he broke away. You looked at him still dumbfounded. 
“If she doesn't understand, we're going to make her understand. But don't you ever, ever, ever say again that you don't belong here. You do. You belong by my side,” and when he finished speaking you couldn't help but kiss his lips back. Your heart had just exploded like a bomb, and Silco had detonated it. There were probably going to be repercussions, surely none of this was going to go well, but for the first time, when you were dancing in his arms, you felt at home again.
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