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𝑨 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑹𝒖𝒌𝒐 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒌𝒂, 𝒔𝒐 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔' 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆, "𝑹𝒊𝒌𝒂!" 𝑯𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓.

𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒌𝒂 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓. "𝑹𝒖𝒌𝒐! 𝑯𝒊!" 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒍𝒚, 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌.

"𝑰'𝒎 𝒔𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏!" 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔.

"𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉, 𝒔𝒐 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖." 𝑯𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒔, 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆.

𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆, "𝑵𝒐, 𝒏𝒐! 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕, 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝒔𝒐 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖." 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒕.

𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒈𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒅, "𝑰'𝒎 𝒌𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰'𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒇 𝑰'𝒎 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒚." 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒅.

"𝑶𝒉! 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒘..." 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒅, "𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒖𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔?"
"𝑶𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔?" 𝑯𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌.

"𝑶𝒉! 𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒉, 𝑰 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒚, 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒚'𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆. 𝑺𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆."

"𝑹𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅. 𝑺𝒐, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒚." 𝑯𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌.

"𝑹𝒖𝒌𝒐! 𝑾𝒂𝒊𝒕, 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒋𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒔?" 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚.
"𝑾𝒉𝒐, 𝒎𝒆? 𝑵𝒂𝒉..." 𝑯𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅.

𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒌𝒂 𝒈𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒅, "𝑰 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅! 𝑴𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆. 𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆? 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏 𝒖𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓?"

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