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𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒌𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝑹𝒖𝒌𝒐 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒆𝒓.

"𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆!" 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆, "𝑺𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚, 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒖𝒑. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒖𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍... 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒔."

"𝑵-𝒏𝒐, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍! 𝑰 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒄, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒆, 𝒉𝒆𝒉𝒆.." 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅.

"𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒓𝒊𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒌𝒂." 𝑯𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆. "𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒏, 𝒍𝒆𝒕'𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒕. 𝑰𝒕'𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒅." 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒌𝒂 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒂𝒕.

"𝑫𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕? 𝑯𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅.

"𝑶𝒉, 𝒚𝒆𝒔! 𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒎𝒆, 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆."

𝑹𝒖𝒌𝒐 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚. "𝑰'𝒎 𝒔𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒚..."

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈. "𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅!" 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏, 𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒅.

"𝑨𝒍𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒌𝒂, 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒌 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆. 𝑵𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚, 𝒏𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕! 𝑮𝒐𝒕 𝒊𝒕?" 𝑹𝒖𝒌𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅.

𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒌𝒂 𝒏𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅. "𝑮𝒐𝒕 𝒊𝒕! 𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚, 𝑰'𝒎 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍!"

"𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅." 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒅. "𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚."

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