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𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒙 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆. 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒌𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒐 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚.
𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚, 𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑶𝒓𝒂 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂.

𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒌𝒂 𝒔𝒘𝒂𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒌𝒆, 𝒈𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒊𝒓. "𝑶𝒉 𝒏𝒐, 𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚! 𝑰 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒈𝒐 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒚!" 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒚 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒔, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒓.

𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔, 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉. 𝑯𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒋𝒖𝒅𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔.
𝑯𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓. "𝑹𝒊𝒌𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒎 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏, 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈? 𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒌𝒂𝒚?!"

"𝑮𝒊𝒓𝒍 𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉, 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅? 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂 𝒈𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕!" 𝑯𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅.

"𝑰-𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆, 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝑰 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒔. 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒎𝒆! 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒎𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒉𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆. 𝑩𝒂𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒔, 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒏!"

"𝑶𝒌𝒂𝒚, 𝒐𝒌𝒂𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒎 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆. 𝑰𝒇 𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚." 𝑯𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒎 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒎 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏.

𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒐𝒓, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒘.
"𝑰-𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒎! 𝑾𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒅𝒆!" 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒌𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆.