"𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙺𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛."

𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝟾

𝙸𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚢, 𝙵𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙴𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚂𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛 𝟷𝟿𝟾𝟼
𝙲𝙰𝚃 𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝙲𝙰𝚁𝙼𝙴𝙽 𝚃𝚁𝙰𝚅𝙴𝙻𝙴𝙳 𝙾𝙽 𝚊 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚙 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙴𝚞𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝
𝚜𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚢. 𝙳𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚝, 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚎𝚜𝚊 𝚁𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛,
𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚓𝚘𝚐𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚋𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚜. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢.
𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕-𝚙𝚞𝚝-𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗
𝙷𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚝𝚢𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐,
𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚢.
𝙱𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝙸𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚒𝚝 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝 𝚜𝚘 𝚗𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝. 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚡𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙳𝙲.
𝙾𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚛, 𝙲𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙸𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚢. 𝙽𝚘𝚠, 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚏𝚎', 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚢. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚢. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚎𝚛---
𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚙 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜. 𝚃𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚢 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝙲𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗 𝚃𝚊𝚡𝚒 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝙳𝙸 𝚂𝙸𝙼𝙾---"𝙾𝚏 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙"----𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚏𝚎' 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝙱𝚊𝚗𝚔, 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚏𝚊𝚛 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘 𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝙼𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚞𝚖. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚢'𝚜 𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚏𝚎'. 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙲𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊 𝙱𝚒𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚒. 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚌 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚢 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜𝚞𝚒𝚝. 𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙 𝙲𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚌 𝙸𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚢 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚠 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕.
𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊'𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝, 𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚑, 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚔𝚋𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍
𝙲𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖-𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚍, 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙲𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊'𝚜 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚐𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚓𝚘𝚋𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙸𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚒𝚡𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚗. 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜
𝚆𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚞𝚎, 𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎,
𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙲𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚒𝚛 𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚜. 𝙲𝚊𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝚊𝚝 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊'𝚜 𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚠𝚘-𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎.
𝙰𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝙲𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜, 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝙵𝚘𝚞𝚛-𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚑 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛 𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚓𝚊𝚠 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗. 𝙲𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝙸𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍,"𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚘𝚗?"
𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝙲𝚊𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚢--𝚘𝚗𝚎. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚣𝚣𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍,"𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐'𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚗𝚊𝚙 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚋𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚘 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝙸𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚢."
"𝙱𝚘𝚝𝚑, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗,"𝙲𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍.
𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚑𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛: 𝚊 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚢 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚍𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚜. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚎'𝚍 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝙵𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚌 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍,"𝙰𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎?"
"𝙱𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚢?"
"𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝, 𝚢𝚎𝚜. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚘, 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙶𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚙. 𝙸'𝚖 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎. "
"𝚆𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠. 𝙱𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚅𝚘𝚐𝚞𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕."
"𝚂𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝙸 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝?"
"𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚞𝚢𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚌𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚍." 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍."𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚖𝚎, 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎, 𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗."
"𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜!"
𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚘𝚗𝚎-𝚎𝚞𝚛𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛. "𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚘𝚗. 𝙿𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗.
"𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚖𝚎. 𝙲𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎,
𝚆𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎, 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚌𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚙𝚞𝚜𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛 𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎. "
"𝙸 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛."
    .  .  . . .    (𝙲𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗  𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝙲𝚊𝚛). 𝟶.𝟶
"𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚑𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚍?""𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝."
"𝚜𝚒𝚝 𝚞𝚙".
"𝙷𝚒. 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚗𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎."
𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙲𝚊𝚝. "𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐." "𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎,
𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎."
"𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚖𝚎, 𝙸'𝚖 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝." "𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚢."
"𝙻𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞."
"𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚜?"