𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒔𝒆. 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒍. 𝑴𝒚 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒔, 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒅. 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒔 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒊 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒚𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔, 𝒊 𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐. 𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒊 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒔𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒔𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔.
"𝑺𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆?" 𝒊 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅. "𝑴𝒎.." "𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒉.." 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒖𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏... 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒖𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅.
𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒊 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒔𝒆 𝒊 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅, "𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒖 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒈𝒖𝒚?" "𝑪𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒎𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒐𝒐." 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒓. "𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕. 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆." "𝑶𝒌𝒂𝒚" 𝒊 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘... 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇...
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓-- 𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔, "𝒊 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆. 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖."
𝑯𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔. "𝑶𝒌, 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒔𝒐... 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒎𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒊𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖... 𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆? 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒅 "𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒊'𝒎 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆?" 𝒊 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒊 𝒉𝒖𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒔, 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒊 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝑰 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓 "𝑵𝒐, 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒚. 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆." "𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒊 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔." 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒎𝒍𝒚, 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒇 𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊'𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒎, 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒏𝒊𝒑 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒌, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅. 𝑴𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒕, 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒊 𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉, 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅, 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒌, 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉, 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔, 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆, 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆, 𝒊 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆 "𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚''... 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆, 𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒇, 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒌, 𝒘𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒈𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒛𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝑯𝒆 𝒛𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒛𝒊𝒑 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅, 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅
𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔,
𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒛𝒊𝒑 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊'𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅. 𝑰 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅, 𝑾𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒃𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅, 𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒐𝒙𝒆𝒓, 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒓, 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒆, 𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒕.
𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎, 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎, 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊'𝒎 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕.. 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒂𝒑 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏... 𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅... 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅. 𝒊 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔... "𝑶𝒌" 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, 𝒘𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒉 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔, 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒈𝒖𝒏. 𝑯𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒅, "𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝑭𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔." 𝑯𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓, 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒊𝒕, 𝑵𝒐𝒘. 𝑭𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔. 𝑶𝒏. 𝑴𝒆.
𝒊 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒋𝒖𝒎𝒑 𝒐𝒖𝒕. 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒆. 𝑴𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒚. 𝑰 𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔, 𝒊 𝒈𝒂𝒔𝒑, 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅, 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚. 𝑭𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒕, 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒄𝒉, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒑*𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒎𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒄 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒍𝒂𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒎𝒆. 𝑰 𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒐𝒇𝒇... 𝑾𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕... 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒍𝒚.. 𝑻𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉, 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒅. "𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒊 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕." 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒖𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒕. 𝑯𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒙𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏. 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒉 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒔, 𝒂𝒔 𝒊 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏... 𝒊 𝒈𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒔, 𝑼𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆... 𝒈-𝒈-𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒆... 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒊 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓, 𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆, 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒓𝒆𝒅, 𝒉𝒐𝒕, 𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑. "𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆" 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆. 𝑨𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅
𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒊 𝒎𝒐𝒂𝒏, 𝒈𝒂𝒔𝒑, 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐𝒐, 𝒊 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅, 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒊 𝒎𝒐𝒂𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒓...
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