𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜 ☆ 𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚎 ☆ 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑

𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚎

𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚎'𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚟

𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐: 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚊𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚎, 𝚊𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚖, 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚋𝚒𝚌 𝚜𝚕𝚞𝚛𝚜

𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚒 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚍𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚒𝚝 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚌𝚛𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚢? 𝚖𝚢 𝚍𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚏𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚌 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗𝚝 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎, 𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎

𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎. 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚖? 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎. 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎

𝚒 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎

𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚜, 𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚍𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚖, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚛𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐

𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎

𝚖𝚢 𝚍𝚊𝚍 𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚜 𝚒 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚖𝚎

"𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚊𝚢?" 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚍𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚔 𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚎 (𝚝𝙷𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚕)

"𝚒 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚊𝚢" 𝚒 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚔𝚢 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎

𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚔𝚜 "𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚒 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘" 𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚞𝚝𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚎 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛

"𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑! 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙! 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖!!" 𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 "𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝!! 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙! 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎!!" 𝚒 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚋 𝚘𝚞𝚝

"𝚜𝚑𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚌𝚔 𝚞𝚙 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚐𝚒𝚎!" (𝚑𝙴𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎) "𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚏𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍-𝚏𝚘𝚛-𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏*𝚐!"

𝚏*𝚐

𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝? 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠?! 𝚘𝚑 𝚐𝚘𝚍, 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚠

𝚖𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚒 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍. 𝚒 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚍𝚊𝚍

"𝙵𝚄𝙲𝙺 𝚈𝙾𝚄!!! 𝙸 𝙷𝙰𝚃𝙴 𝚈𝙾𝚄 𝚂𝙾 𝙵𝚄𝙲𝙺𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙼𝚄𝙲𝙷! 𝚆𝙷𝙰𝚃 𝙸𝚂 𝚆𝚁𝙾𝙽𝙶 𝚆𝙸𝚃𝙷 𝚈𝙾𝚄?!" 𝚒 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖. 𝚠𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜

𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚞𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛

𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎, 𝚜𝚘𝚋𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚕𝚢

"𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢..." 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍, 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚞𝚙 "𝚒𝚖 𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚢" 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚊 𝚑𝚞𝚐𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚐

"𝚖-𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚢-" 𝚒 𝚜𝚘𝚋𝚋𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛 "𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏-𝚊𝚞𝚕𝚝, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚒𝚣𝚎" "𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚖, 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢, 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊 𝚏*𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚒 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚢" 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎

𝚒 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚗 "𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚖..." 𝚒 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛

𝚊𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚜

"𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚎... 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚢..." 𝚒 𝚑𝚞𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚛𝚢 "𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚢, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝, 𝚒 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝"

𝚒 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚜 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛 "𝚛-𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢?" 𝚒 𝚊𝚜𝚔 𝚊𝚜 𝚒 𝚠𝚒𝚙𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 "𝚢𝚎𝚜! 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎! 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚋𝚒𝚌 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚗, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚢. 𝚒 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒'𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜. 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢" 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍

"𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚖𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚢" 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚢 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖

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𝚜𝙾 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚜 𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚌 𝚒 𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚕 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜