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𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚

𝑹𝒖𝒌𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒍 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎. 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒆'𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒕. 𝑯𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆.

"𝑹𝒖𝒌𝒐! 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈!"

"𝒀𝒆𝒔. 𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒖𝒑..."

"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖." 𝑺𝒂𝒊𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒅.

"𝑺𝒉*𝒕. 𝑰'𝒎 𝒅𝒐𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒅!" 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈.

*𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒄𝒌, 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒄𝒌!*

"𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏."

𝑹𝒖𝒌𝒐 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆. "𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔..."

"𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒘𝒉𝒐'𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆... 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔! 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚! 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒋𝒐𝒃 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒆!?" 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎.

𝑹𝒖𝒌𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔. "𝒀-𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑰-..." 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕, "𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒔! 𝑰 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅! 𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒚 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏'𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒚𝒆𝒕, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒋𝒐𝒃 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒑𝒊𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓! 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒏, 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑰 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔! 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒚?!" 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒍𝒚.

𝑹𝒖𝒌𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒏𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔. "𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝑰- 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑶𝒓𝒂 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆. 𝑴𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒋𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅, 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌..."