"𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗜 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴?" 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱. "𝗢𝗵, 𝘂𝗵𝗺, 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗴 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘇𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲?" 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗶 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱. "𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗵, 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲. 𝗔𝗻𝘆 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻?" 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱. "𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗥𝗼𝗿𝘆." 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗶 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱. "𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁?!" 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱. "𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁." 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗶 𝘀𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱. "𝗗𝗮𝗺𝗻, 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗴𝘂𝘆." 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱. "𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀, 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲?"
"𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸, 𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗱𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗿𝘆?" 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱. "𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗼𝘀, 𝗯𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗱𝗼𝘀, 𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗳𝗮 𝗹𝗮 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮." 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱. "𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹-𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲?" 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗶 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱. "𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲?" 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱. "𝗦𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝘆𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱." 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱. "𝗕𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝗻𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲, 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵." 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱. "𝗙𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿." 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺. "𝗢𝗵, 𝗺𝗮𝗻, 𝗜 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼-" 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻. "𝗢𝗸𝗮𝘆, 𝗜'𝗺 𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗼𝗼."
"𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲." 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱. "𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗵." 𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗱. "𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂." 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗶 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺. "𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗱." 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗔𝘀 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗶 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗼𝗿𝘆. "𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁! 𝗚𝗼𝗱, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗷𝗲𝗿𝗸!" 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀. "𝗢𝗵, 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄!" 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗥𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻.
"𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻?" 𝗥𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱. "𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝘂𝗽." 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺. "𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁?" 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱, 𝘁𝗶𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱. "𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗸! 𝗛𝗲𝘆, 𝗥𝗼𝗿, 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗜'𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂!" 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱. "𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄." 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱, 𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗻𝘂𝘁𝘀. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘄. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿. "𝗢𝗵 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝘁." 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗱, 𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵.
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