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(disclaimer I wrote this very,very,very early in the morning and edited it at like 6am. This all might not make sense or be slightly cringe, 3am me is a strange person, and you can 100% see when it hit 3am because i go off on random ass tangents. sorry!!)

𝗝𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗘 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗗 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸, 𝗥𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘄, 𝗮𝘀 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁; 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹, 𝗥𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗞𝘆𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱.  𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗥𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘆, 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘁. 𝗜𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘆'𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗞𝘆𝗹𝗲, 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗴𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗼 𝗯𝗮𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘆, 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗹𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺.

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱, 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱. "𝗔𝘄𝘄, 𝗶'𝗺 𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗼𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵, 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆." 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 '𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆' 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. "𝗜'𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲, 𝗣𝗼𝗼𝗵 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗿."  𝗘𝗹𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻. "𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝗶 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸  𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴." 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘄𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸.

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𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗝𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗘 𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲'𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘀. "𝗛𝗲𝘆, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗴𝗴𝘀 𝗴𝗼?" 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱. "𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘁." 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱. "𝗜'𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸, 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸." 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱,  "𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁-"