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𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝑹𝒖𝒌𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒐 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚, 𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏...

𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔. 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒖𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒂 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒐𝒓. "𝒀𝒆𝒔?" 𝑻𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒐𝒓, 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒙 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒏, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒃𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔.

"𝑼𝒉, 𝑫𝒚𝒍𝒂𝒏..." 𝑯𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒖𝒑 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓, "𝑫𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕?"

"𝒀𝒆𝒔, 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔," 𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒌, "𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍..."

𝑹𝒖𝒌𝒐 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔, "𝑨𝒍𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖."

𝑫𝒚𝒍𝒂𝒏 𝒏𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅, "𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕, 𝑰 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒋𝒐𝒃 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕."

𝑹𝒖𝒌𝒐 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎, "𝑰'𝒎 𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏."

"𝑶𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒆." 𝑯𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒃𝒐𝒘, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒅, "𝑰 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔' 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚."

"𝑶𝒉 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈..." 𝑹𝒖𝒌𝒐 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒘, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔' 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚, 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅𝒔. "𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒋𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔..."