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The second I get back to my dorm, I fire up my laptop and go back to that email I got a few days ago:
𝙹𝚘𝚜𝚑𝚞𝚊,
𝚆𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚍𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎. 𝚆𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚖 𝚎𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎. 𝚂𝚘, 𝚠𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐.
𝚆𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎 "𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐'' 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚘 "𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚗,'' 𝚜𝚘 𝚠𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚊 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢. 𝙾𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚕 𝚜𝚘 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗-𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜, 𝚖𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎? 𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚏𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗.
𝚂𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚢,
𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚜 𝙳𝚛𝚢𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚎
𝙰𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝙿𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚑𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐
I take a deep breath, checking the time; 6:30am, and carefully type out my response:
𝙼𝚛. 𝙳𝚛𝚢𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚎,
𝙰𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛, 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖. 𝙰𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍, 𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚎. 𝙰𝚕𝚜𝚘, 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖, 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 "𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝'' 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚜. 𝙱𝚞𝚝, 𝙸'𝚖 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚗𝚘 𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚑𝚢 & 𝙸𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖 𝚒𝚝𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚋𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎, 𝚒𝚏 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎. 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖 𝚒𝚝𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏, 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚡𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝. 𝚂𝚘, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝.
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