𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒚 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔. "𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒕?" 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒅, 𝒅𝒊𝒎 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒐𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒊𝒕. 𝑫𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒐 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔, "𝒂 𝒈𝒊𝒇𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒑𝒊𝒅 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍. 𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔?" 𝑯𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆. 𝑻𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈. " "𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒄𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒈𝒊𝒇𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑫𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒐 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒇𝒐𝒚 𝒉𝒊𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇?" 𝑰 𝒏𝒖𝒅𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒎 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚. "𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒈𝒊𝒕, 𝒐𝒓 𝑰 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌" 𝑨 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔.