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𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛: 𝚕

[ 𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍-𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗]
ᴛʜᴇ sᴜɴ ʜᴀs ʀɪsᴇ sʟᴏᴡʟʏ,
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ᴛʜᴇ sᴄʜᴏᴏʟ ɪs ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛᴏ
sᴛᴀʀᴛ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ғɪʀsᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇ.

𝙿𝚘𝚘𝚋 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚑i𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚏𝚏 𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚘 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎, 𝚜𝚘 𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎, 𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝, 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝟽:𝟸𝟶𝚊𝚖 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚝 𝟻:𝟶𝟶𝚊𝚖 𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚌𝚞𝚣 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚏𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚎'𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚒𝚝, 𝚊𝚜 𝙸ᴛ 𝚜𝚊𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚒t 𝚊 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚠,
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚊𝚜 "Dr retro" 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚘, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎/𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢/𝚑𝚒𝚖, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝, 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎, 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝 , 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚜𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎/𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢/𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚓𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎, 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚝𝚢𝚙𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚞𝚖 𝚝𝚟 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢/𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖
𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚘.., 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚗, 𝚐𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢/𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖/𝚑𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚛𝚞𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚍𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 , 𝚆𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎/𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚝, 𝚙𝚒𝚕𝚋𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚎/𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊 𝚌𝚛𝚢𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢,𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢/𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎'𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜, 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚋 𝚑𝚎/𝚑𝚒𝚜/𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢/𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚋 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚞𝚙𝚝. 𝙽𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚎𝚢𝚎'𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖'𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎, 𝚙𝚎𝚜𝚝, 𝚑𝚎/𝚑𝚒𝚖/𝚑𝚒𝚜/𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚌𝚞𝚝 𝙳𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝙷𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚒𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚋 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚎, 𝚝𝚛𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚢, 𝚋𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚒𝚕𝚋𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 "ɪᴛ sᴇᴇᴍ's ʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴇsɴ'ᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ʜɪᴍ" 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚙𝚒𝚕𝚋𝚢"ᴡᴇʟʟ...ᴛʜᴀᴛ's ᴀ ʙᴀᴅ ʟᴜᴄᴋ ғᴏʀ ʜɪᴍ, ɪ ʜᴏᴘᴇ ʜᴇ ʙᴇ ᴏᴋᴀʏ ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ"𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚋𝚒𝚟𝚎. 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚋 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚋 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚗𝚊𝚌𝚔'𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚎𝚝 𝚋𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚒𝚕𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚘, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖, "ᴇʏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴘᴏᴏʙ ʀɪɢʜᴛ? ɴɪᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜ, ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ғɪʀsᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ sᴇᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏᴅᴀʏ ʜᴏᴡ's ʏᴀ sᴜʙᴊᴇᴄᴛ? " 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚋𝚒𝚟𝚎 "ᴏʜ! ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴛᴏ sᴇᴇ ʏᴏᴜ, ɪ'ᴍ ғɪɴᴇ sɪɴᴄᴇ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴇᴀsʏ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ɪᴛ ᴋɪɴᴅᴀ ʙᴏʀɪɴɢ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ʟɪsᴛᴇɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴇᴀᴄʜᴇʀ's ᴛᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ" 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚋 "ɪ sᴛɪʟʟ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ɢᴇᴛ ɪᴛ.." 𝙿𝚒𝚕𝚋𝚢 𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚙 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚖 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚎 "ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴡᴏʀʀʏ ɪᴛ's ғɪɴᴇ ᴛʜɪs ɪs ᴊᴜsᴛ ғɪʀsᴛ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ɪɴ ʜɪɢʜ sᴄʜᴏᴏʟ ʀɪɢʜᴛ? " 𝚋𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚜𝚔 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚋 "ʏᴇᴘ!-" 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚋 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜, 𝚐𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚝𝚢𝚙𝚎, 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎, 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚋 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚖, "ʜᴇʏ! ʟᴏᴏᴋ, ᴛʜɪs ɢᴜʏ ɪs ᴀʟʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ᴀsʟᴇᴇᴘ ɪ ᴡᴏɴᴅᴇʀ ɪғ ᴡᴇ ᴅɪᴅ ʙᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴏ ᴅʀᴀᴡ ʜɪᴍ ғᴀᴄᴇ ᴀᴛ?" 𝙼𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚋 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍, 𝚠𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚢𝚎𝚝-, "ᴘᴏᴏʙ? " 𝚋𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎, 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 "ʜᴇʏ! ᴛʜᴀᴛ's ᴛᴏ ᴅɪsʀᴇsᴘᴇᴄᴛғᴜʟ ᴇsᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟʟʏ ʜᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴏᴜʀ ɴᴇᴡ sᴛᴜᴅᴇɴᴛs ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴡʜʏ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʟᴇᴛ ʜɪᴍ ʀᴇsᴛ." 𝙿𝚘𝚘𝚋 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝'𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚍 "ᴡᴇʟʟ.. ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴘʟᴀʏ ᴡʜɪᴛ--"
"ᴏʜ!, of course we know everytime ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴡᴇ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴋɪᴅ's ɪ sᴀᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠɪɴɢ sᴋɪʟʟ ɪssᴜᴇs" 𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚋𝚢 𝚋𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚝𝚢𝚙𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚐 𝚐𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚕𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍 "ᴍɪᴄʜᴇ ʟᴇᴛ ᴊᴜsᴛ ɢᴏ ɴᴏᴡ, ᴛʜᴇʏ ɢᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ɪᴛ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɴᴇʀᴠᴇs" 𝚐𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝, 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚋 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚏, "ᴏʜ ʜᴇʏ ᴡᴇ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ɢᴇᴛ sᴏᴍᴇ ғʀᴇsʜ ᴀɪʀ ᴏᴜᴛsɪᴅᴇ ʏ'ᴀʟʟ ᴡᴀɴɴᴀ ɢᴏ ᴡʜɪᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴡᴀʟᴋ ғᴏʀ ᴀ sᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ɪs ɢᴏɪɴɢ? " 𝚋𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚋 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚒𝚕𝚋𝚢, "ᴏʜ ʏ-ʏᴇᴀ sᴜʀᴇ- ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ.. ɪ'ᴍ ᴀʟʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ᴊᴏɪɴ" 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚙𝚒𝚕𝚋𝚢 "ᴏʜ sᴜʀᴇ! ɪ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴅᴏɪɴɢ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴡʜᴀɪᴛ ғᴏʀ ᴍᴇ" 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚋 𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚏𝚏 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚋𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚒𝚕𝚋𝚢 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚌𝚘 𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚔 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝, 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚞𝚙 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚌𝚘 𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚔 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚞𝚙𝚝.

"ᴛʜᴇ ʙɪʀᴅ ᴡᴀs ᴄʜɪʀᴘɪɴɢ
,ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪɴᴅ ɪs sᴛʀᴏɴɢ
ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ , ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏᴏᴍ ɪs
ᴀʟʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ᴅᴀʀᴋ ᴀɴᴅ
ᴇᴍᴘᴛʏ, ᴋɴᴇᴡ ɪ ᴡᴀs ᴀʟᴏɴᴇ

'ɪs sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ʜᴀs ᴄᴀʀᴇ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ
ᴍᴇ?,'
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'ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴊᴜsᴛ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ, ᴘʟᴜs ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴅʀɪɴᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴏᴄᴏ ᴍɪʟᴋ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴜᴄʜ'
𝙿𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜...

𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚋 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚏 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚏 𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛
. 𝙸𝚏 𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚝... 𝙸𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚎?

𝙼𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝.