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𝑫𝒚𝒍𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒌, "𝑶𝒉, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏? 𝑺𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚, 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒂𝒅." 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉.

𝑹𝒖𝒌𝒐 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒅, "𝑺𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒌𝒂, 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓." 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒅𝒍𝒚.

𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒌𝒂 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒅, "𝑯𝒊, 𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖!"

"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆." 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒅.

"𝑹𝒊𝒌𝒂, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝑫𝒚𝒍𝒂𝒏. 𝑯𝒆'𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈'𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓." 𝑯𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅.
"𝑰 𝒔𝒆𝒆, 𝒔𝒐 𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖?"

𝑫𝒚𝒍𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒖𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒎 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝒖𝒌𝒐'𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓, 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉. "𝑰 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒎!" 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒌𝒂 𝒈𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕.

"𝑨𝒏𝒚𝒘𝒂𝒚, 𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒌𝒂."

𝑹𝒖𝒌𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓, "𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆..."

"𝑼𝒉, 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒅𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕." 𝑹𝒖𝒌𝒐 𝒆𝒍𝒃𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝑫𝒚𝒍𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕.

"𝑶𝒘! 𝑾𝒉𝒚?" 𝑯𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝑹𝒖𝒌𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒌𝒂 𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆, "𝑶𝒖𝒄𝒉... 𝑺𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚, 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒔𝒉 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔."

"𝑯𝒆𝒉, 𝒏𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔. 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕, 𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆."

𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒌𝒂 𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝑹𝒖𝒌𝒐, "𝑶𝒉?"
"𝑺𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚..." 𝑯𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒅.

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