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𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬:

𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐱 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 (𝐓𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞)

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 (𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧)

𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 = 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒔 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔

𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 = 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒉 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 (𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐬)

𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 = 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 (𝑴𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅)

𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚 = 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 (𝑴𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅)

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𝑨 𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒚𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒖𝒓-𝒅𝒆-𝒍𝒚𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒍𝒚, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒔. 𝑨 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒓𝒆.

𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒎𝒊𝒙𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆, 𝒎𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎, 𝑰𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒈, 𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅.

𝑩𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒅, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒈. 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒉 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄, 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 (𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆) 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔 (𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒅).

𝑨 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒚𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒃𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒅𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒚𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒚𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒋𝒐𝒃𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒆.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒈𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒏, 𝒖𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒓 𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒅.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒓 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓�� (𝑾𝑾𝟏) 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒙 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 (𝑾𝑾𝟐) 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒓 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉, 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎, 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒕𝒄.

𝑯𝒆'𝒔 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒂 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒅𝒔, 𝒌𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔, 𝒏𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝑩𝒖𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒓𝒚? 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒍𝒅.

𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚

𝑯𝒆 𝒅𝒖𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒊𝒏, 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒂𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒌 𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒕 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒎𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍.

𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒚-𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅. 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒇 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒂 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒅𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒂𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒏.

𝑯𝒆'𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒚-𝒔𝒊𝒙 𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒐. 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒃𝒂𝒈𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔, 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝐶𝑅𝑂𝑊𝑁

"𝑯𝒆𝒉, 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒓." 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎. "𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒍?"

"𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕, 𝑰'𝒎 𝒏𝒐 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒆, 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕." 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒓 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒂 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒓 𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏. "𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒎𝒆." 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅.

"𝑶𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒊𝒕, 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒆? 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒉?" 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒉 𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒂𝒏, 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒔 ��𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍. 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒃 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍.

𝒖𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒉, 𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈'𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒐 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒍𝒚, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒌, 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒍𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒉 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒕.

"𝑻𝒄𝒉, 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔? 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒂𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒕����𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔?" 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈'𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒚𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆. "𝑯𝒎, 𝑰'𝒎 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝑰 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒖𝒑."

"𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏?"

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒛𝒆, 𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒆 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒈𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓, 𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒅 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔, 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒉 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒌𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒂𝒏'𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆. "𝑺𝒐? 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉?"

"𝑯𝒆𝒉, 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝒊𝒇 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒕, 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒊𝒕?" 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒉 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒂𝒑𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒊𝒎. "𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒆, 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆. 𝑰 𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒓 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔."

𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒉 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒚𝒂𝒓𝒅, 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒔𝒎𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐𝒐.

"𝑾𝒂𝒊𝒕."

𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉, 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒉 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒚, 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕.

"𝑰𝒇 𝑰 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒕?"

"𝑫𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔."

"𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒂 𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒐, 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒉."

"𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆, 𝒚𝒆𝒔."

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔. 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒖𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍.

"𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆, 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒅𝒊𝒆."

𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒉 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒚, 𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔.

"𝑩𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒑𝒊𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉."

𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒉 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒉��𝒘 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒏.

"𝑯𝒆𝒉, 𝒎𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆."

"𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒑𝒊𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉, 𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒐𝒕."

"𝑵𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆." 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒉 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒐𝒃𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓.

𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒉 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎.

𝑪𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉.

𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏, 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓.

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈, 𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒉 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇𝒇, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒂 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒉 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒗𝒆, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈'𝒔 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆.

𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒏𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒉 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒔.

"𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕?" 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅, 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒕.

"𝑯𝒎, 𝒔𝒉𝒖𝒕 𝒖𝒑." 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒉 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇𝒇, 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔. 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒚𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒖𝒓-𝒅𝒆-𝒍𝒚𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈.

"𝑨𝒉, 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒔𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆.." 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉, 𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒘𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒂𝒅.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔, 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉.

𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒔. 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒉 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒓 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒉 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒂 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄 𝒎𝒂𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒉, 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉, 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈.

"𝑴𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒓, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆."

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