"𝗨𝗵-𝗵𝘂𝗵." 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗱. "𝗢𝗸𝗮𝘆." 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱, 𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲. "𝗠𝗿 𝗗𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝘁...𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲. 𝗛𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲." 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲, 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗽 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲.
"𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝗽 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲." 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱. "𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀. 𝗦𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗼𝗿'𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘆𝗲𝗿?" 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸. "𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆, 𝗶'𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗿 𝗗𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲'𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘆𝗲𝗿. 𝗢𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗲𝗿." 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳. "𝗛𝗲'𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝘀𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆'𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘀. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵."
"𝗠𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀."
"𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄, 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗺𝗲. '𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿'." 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗱. "𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴." 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗶-𝗷𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱. "𝗛𝗲'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗱." 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳. "𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆, 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝘂𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸, 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝘁 𝘂𝗽. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗮𝗸𝗲." 𝗛𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱, 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗷𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗱.
"𝗢𝗸𝗮𝘆, 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘆𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀. " 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱, 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀. "𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗿 𝗗𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿." 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗺, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲-𝗲𝘆𝗲 𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘀.
"𝗜'𝗺 𝘀𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆. 𝗜 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴." 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗺. "𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗼𝗸𝗮𝘆."
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