"𝙰𝚞𝚗𝚝! 𝚆𝚎'𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐!"

"𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚢𝚎𝚝!"

𝚃𝚠𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎.

"𝙷𝚎𝚢 𝚕𝚎𝚝'𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚋𝚢 𝚂𝚒𝚜 𝙻𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗'𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕. 𝙸 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚊 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝚄𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜 𝚒𝚝."

𝚂𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚠𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚠𝚒𝚗 𝚗𝚘𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎𝚍 𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐.

𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚝 𝚌𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚘 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚝.

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚢.

"𝙷𝚎𝚢! 𝙰𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝙻𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗!"

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚠𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚋𝚢.

"𝙾𝚑 𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝙻𝚒𝚕𝚢. 𝙷𝚎𝚢 𝙰𝚗𝚗𝚊. 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕?"

"𝚈𝚎𝚜!"

"𝙱𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚞𝚢𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚒𝚡𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝? 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎."

"𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚜!"

"𝙷𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚑𝚊! 𝙽𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚖. 𝙽𝚘𝚠 𝚐𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗!"

𝙻𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜.

"𝙷𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚢!"

𝚄𝚐𝚑 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚍𝚘 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚘 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕! 𝙻𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐!

*𝙱𝚎𝚎𝚙!*

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚊 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚝𝚛𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚘 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍.

"𝙷𝚎𝚢 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚊𝚍𝚢! 𝙷𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚞𝚙! 𝙸'𝚖 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚢 𝚓𝚘𝚋!"

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚞𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚛 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚒𝚜𝚎.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍.

"𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕𝚜."

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖.

"𝙾𝚑 𝚗𝚘 𝚠𝚎'𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎! 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚖𝚊! 𝚂𝚎𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛!"

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍.

"𝙰𝚑𝚑𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑. 𝙷𝚘𝚠 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢."

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*𝚁𝚒𝚗𝚐*

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛.

"𝚄𝚐𝚑! 𝙷𝚘𝚠 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝."

"𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚑. 𝙷𝚎𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚙𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔? 𝙸 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚢 𝚙𝚎𝚗."

"𝙷𝚎𝚢 𝚒 𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚣 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚛!"

"𝚆𝚑𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚜! 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎!"

"𝙵𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕'𝚜 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛!"

"𝙷𝚎𝚢 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝? 𝙻𝚎𝚝'𝚜 𝚐𝚘 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎!"

"𝙷𝚎𝚢."

"𝙷𝚎𝚢."

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛.

𝙱𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚖𝚢 𝚝𝚠𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚝!

𝙻𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚜.

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚘𝚘𝚗. 𝙼𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎.

"𝚃𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠'𝚜 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚞𝚢𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝?"

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝙰𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎.

"𝙳𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚋 𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠."

"𝚆𝚎'𝚕𝚕 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚞𝚙 𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖."

"𝚃-𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕? 𝙽𝚘 𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗? 𝙽𝚘 𝙵𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝? 𝙽𝚘 𝙶𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚜?"

"𝚈𝚞𝚙."

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝙰𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚍𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝.

𝙲𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚕𝚎. 𝚆𝚑𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚠𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚏 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚑. 𝙸'𝚖 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚕𝚊𝚣𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝.

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚢.