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𝙰 𝚋𝚘𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚑 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚜𝚘𝚍𝚊... 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚢 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏... "𝙸𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍... 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜... 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚍?" 𝙰 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕 𝚜𝚊𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚖 "𝚢𝚎𝚙... 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚎" 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖 "𝙼𝚢 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝙻𝚎𝚎 𝙴𝚞𝚗 𝚢𝚞 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜?" 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 "𝙷𝚢𝚞𝚗 𝚜𝚞... 𝙲𝚑𝚊 𝚑𝚢𝚞𝚗 𝚜𝚞" 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛 "𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚢 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜?" 𝙴𝚞𝚗 𝚢𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 "𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚑 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝?" 𝙷𝚢𝚞𝚗 𝚜𝚞 𝚐𝚘𝚝  𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 "𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛... 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞?" 𝙴𝚞𝚗 𝚢𝚞 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚖

"𝙼𝚢 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜?... 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕... 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎.." 𝚑𝚢𝚞𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎𝚍 "𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚙𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎... 𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚎.. 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚖 .. 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎? 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚎..." 𝙴𝚞𝚗 𝚢𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜... "𝚠𝚘𝚠... 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚏𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙, 𝙳𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎?" 𝙴𝚞𝚗 𝚢𝚞 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚝 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗

"𝚖𝚑𝚖, 𝙸 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚢 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚝 1410" 𝙷𝚢𝚞𝚗 𝚜𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 "𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝙸 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗 1607 𝚕𝚎𝚝'𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚢𝚞𝚗 𝚜𝚞" 𝙴𝚞𝚗 𝚢𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚢𝚞𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 "𝙲𝚊𝚗... 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚗𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛?" 𝙴𝚞𝚗 𝚢𝚞 𝚌𝚑𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 "𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎" 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝙴𝚞𝚗 𝚢𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎

𝙷𝚢𝚞𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜... "𝙸𝚖... 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎"
𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚗𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍... 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢...