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𝐻𝘪𝑛𝘥𝑖 𝑘𝘰 𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑚 𝑘𝘶𝑛𝘨 𝘱𝑎𝘢𝑛𝘰 𝘬𝑜 𝑝𝘢 𝘯𝑎𝘨𝑎𝘸𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑔𝘶𝑚𝘪𝑠𝘪𝑛𝘨 𝘱𝑎 𝑢𝘭𝑖𝘵 𝘯𝑔𝘢𝑦𝘰𝑛𝘨 𝘶𝑚𝘢𝑔𝘢. 𝑆𝘪𝑔𝘶𝑟𝘰 𝘴𝑎𝘯𝑎𝘺 𝘯𝑎 𝑙𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘵𝑎𝘭𝑎𝘨𝑎 𝑎𝘬𝑜𝘯𝑔 𝑚𝘢𝑏𝘶ℎ𝘢𝑦 𝑠𝘢 𝘩𝑖𝘳𝑎𝘱.

𝐾𝘢ℎ𝘪𝑡 𝑠𝘰𝑏𝘳𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑙𝘢𝑚𝘪𝑔 𝑛𝘨 𝘩𝑎𝘯𝑔𝘪𝑛 𝑔𝘢𝑙𝘪𝑛𝘨 𝘣𝑢𝘯𝑑𝘰𝑘, 𝘬𝑎𝘩𝑖𝘵 𝘮𝑎𝘬𝑎𝘱𝑎𝘭 𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘶𝑙𝘢𝑝 𝑛𝘨 𝘢𝑙𝘪𝑘𝘢𝑏𝘰𝑘 𝑠𝘢 𝘱𝑎𝘭𝑖𝘨𝑖𝘥 𝘯𝑔 𝑚𝘢𝑙𝘪𝑖𝘵 𝘯𝑎𝘮𝑖𝘯𝑔 𝑏𝘢𝑟𝘺𝑜, 𝘬𝑎𝘩𝑖𝘵 𝘸𝑎𝘭𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑙𝘢𝑚𝘢𝑛 𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑡𝘪𝑦𝘢𝑛 𝑘𝘰 𝘬𝑢𝘯𝑑𝘪 𝘵𝑢𝘣𝑖𝘨 𝘯𝑎 𝑚𝘢𝑦 𝑘𝘢𝑢𝘯𝑡𝘪𝑛𝘨 𝘢𝑠𝘪𝑛 — 𝑎𝘺𝑢𝘯, 𝑏𝘶ℎ𝘢𝑦 𝑝𝘢 𝘳𝑖𝘯 𝘢𝑘𝘰. 𝐴𝘨𝑎𝘪𝑛.

“𝑅𝘦𝑠𝘪𝑙𝘪𝑒𝘯𝑡,” 𝑠𝘢𝑏𝘪 𝘯𝑖𝘭𝑎 𝑠𝘢’𝘬𝑖𝘯. “𝘓𝑢𝘤𝑘𝘺,” 𝘥𝑎𝘨𝑑𝘢𝑔 𝑛𝘨 𝘪𝑏𝘢.

𝑃𝘦𝑟𝘰 𝘱𝑎𝘳𝑎 𝑠𝘢’𝘬𝑖𝘯, ℎ𝘪𝑛𝘥𝑖 𝑠𝘸𝑒𝘳𝑡𝘦 𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘵𝑎𝘸𝑎𝘨 𝘥𝑜𝘰𝑛. 𝘒𝑎𝘪𝑙𝘢𝑛𝘨𝑎𝘯 𝘭𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑡𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑔𝘢 — 𝘬𝑢𝘯𝑔 𝑔𝘶𝑠𝘵𝑜 𝑚𝘰𝑛𝘨 𝘮𝑎𝘣𝑢𝘩𝑎𝘺 𝘴𝑎 𝑏𝘰𝑟𝘥𝑒𝘳𝑙𝘢𝑛𝘥𝑠 — 𝑚𝘢𝑡𝘶𝑡𝘰 𝘬𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑢𝘮𝑎𝘴𝑎 𝑠𝘢 𝘴𝑎𝘳𝑖𝘭𝑖 𝑚𝘰.

𝑊𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘮𝑎𝘨𝑏𝘢𝑏𝘢𝑛𝘵𝑎𝘺. 𝑊𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘮𝑎𝘨𝑡𝘢𝑡𝘢𝑛𝘨𝑔𝘰𝑙. 𝘞𝑎𝘭𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑚𝘢𝑔𝘵𝑢𝘵𝑢𝘳𝑜 𝑘𝘶𝑛𝘨 𝘱𝑎𝘢𝑛𝘰 𝘶𝑚𝘪𝑤𝘢𝑠 𝑠𝘢 𝘨𝑢𝘭𝑜.

𝘈𝑡 𝑠𝘢 𝘤𝑎𝘴𝑒 𝑘𝘰… 𝑤𝘢𝑙𝘢 𝘳𝑖𝘯 𝘵𝑎𝘭𝑎𝘨𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑝𝘢𝑚𝘪𝑙𝘺𝑎 𝑛𝘢 𝘢𝑎𝘴𝑎𝘩𝑎𝘯.

“𝘏𝑜𝘺, 𝑔𝘪𝑠𝘪𝑛𝘨 𝘯𝑎! 𝘔𝑎𝘺 𝘭𝑎𝘬𝑎𝘥 𝘱𝑎 𝑡𝘢𝑦𝘰 𝘴𝑎 𝑏𝘶𝑛𝘥𝑜𝘬!” 𝘴𝑖𝘨𝑎𝘸 𝘯𝑖 𝑇𝘢𝑙𝘪𝑎 𝑚𝘶𝑙𝘢 𝘴𝑎 𝑙𝘢𝑏𝘢𝑠 𝑛𝘨 𝘬𝑢𝘣𝑜 𝑛𝘢𝑚𝘪𝑛. 𝘚𝑖𝘺𝑎 𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑝𝘪𝑛𝘢𝑘𝘢𝑚𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑝𝘪𝑡 𝑘𝘰 𝘯𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑘𝘢𝑖𝘣𝑖𝘨𝑎𝘯, 𝑘𝘢𝑔𝘢𝑦𝘢 𝘬𝑜 𝑑𝘪𝑛 ℎ𝘪𝑘𝘢𝑜𝘴 𝘴𝑎 𝑏𝘶ℎ𝘢𝑦. 𝘱𝑖𝘯𝑎𝘨𝑘𝘢𝑖𝘣𝑎 𝑙𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘯𝑎𝘮𝑖𝘯 𝘥𝑎𝘭𝑎𝘸𝑎, 𝘴𝑦𝘢 𝘮𝑎𝘺 𝘯𝑎𝘯𝑎𝘺 𝘢𝑡 𝑡𝘢𝑡𝘢𝑦 — 𝑎𝘬𝑜? 𝘭𝑢𝘮𝑎𝘬𝑖𝘯𝑔 𝑚𝘢𝑔𝘪𝑠𝘢 𝘴𝑎 𝑏𝘶ℎ𝘢𝑦.

“𝑊𝘢𝑖𝘵 𝘭𝑎𝘯𝑔,” 𝑖𝘴𝑖𝘯𝑢𝘴𝑢𝘬𝑠𝘰𝑘 𝑛𝘢 𝘴𝑎 𝑏𝘢𝑔 𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑘𝘶𝑡𝘴𝑖𝘭𝑦𝘰 𝘬𝑜𝘯𝑔 𝑚𝘢𝑝𝘶𝑟𝘰𝑙 𝑛𝘢 𝘴𝑎 𝑑𝘢𝑚𝘪 𝘯𝑔 𝑝𝘪𝑛𝘶𝑡𝘰𝑙 𝑛𝘢 𝘬𝑎𝘩𝑜𝘺 𝘢𝑡 𝑘𝘪𝑛𝘢𝑡𝘢𝑦 𝑛𝘢 𝘩𝑎𝘺𝑜𝘱 𝘴𝑎 𝑔𝘶𝑏𝘢𝑡.

𝘈𝑛𝘨 𝘵𝑟𝘢𝑏𝘢ℎ𝘰 𝘯𝑎𝘮𝑖𝘯? 𝐾𝘶𝑛𝘨 𝘢𝑛𝘰𝑛𝘨 𝘮𝑎𝘬𝑖𝘵𝑎 𝑠𝘢 𝘨𝑢𝘣𝑎𝘵 𝘯𝑎 𝑝𝘸𝑒𝘥𝑒𝘯𝑔 𝑖𝘣𝑒𝘯𝑡𝘢; 𝑘𝘢ℎ𝘰𝑦, 𝘣𝑒𝘳𝑟𝘪𝑒𝘴, ℎ𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑚𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘨𝑎𝘮𝑜𝘵, 𝑘𝘢ℎ𝘪𝑡 𝑎𝘯𝑜𝘯𝑔 ℎ𝘪𝑛𝘥𝑖 𝑝𝘢 𝘯𝑎𝘶𝑢𝘯𝑎𝘩𝑎𝘯 𝘯𝑔 𝑖𝘣𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑛𝘢𝑔𝘩𝑎𝘩𝑎𝘯𝑎𝘱-𝘣𝑢𝘩𝑎𝘺.

𝐺𝘢𝑛𝘪𝑡𝘰 𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘢𝑟𝘢𝑤-𝑎𝘳𝑎𝘸 𝘬𝑜. 𝘎𝑎𝘯𝑖𝘵𝑜 𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑚𝘶𝑛𝘥𝑜 𝑘𝘰 — 𝘴𝑖𝘮𝑝𝘭𝑒, 𝘮𝑎𝘨𝑢𝘭𝑜, 𝘯𝑎𝘬𝑎𝘬𝑎𝘱𝑎𝘨𝑜𝘥, 𝑝𝘦𝑟𝘰 𝘮𝑖𝘯𝑠𝘢𝑛… 𝘴𝑎𝘬𝑡𝘰 𝘭𝑎𝘯𝑔.

𝘗𝑎𝘨𝑙𝘢𝑏𝘢𝑠 𝑘𝘰 𝘯𝑔 𝑏𝘢ℎ𝘢𝑦, 𝘴𝑖𝘯𝑎𝘭𝑢𝘣𝑜𝘯𝑔 𝑎𝘬𝑜 𝑛𝘨 𝘢𝑚𝘰𝑦 𝑛𝘨 𝘭𝑢𝘱𝑎, 𝘩𝑎𝘮𝑜𝘨, 𝑎𝘵 𝘶𝑠𝘰𝑘 𝑚𝘶𝑙𝘢 𝘴𝑎 𝑚𝘨𝑎 𝑛𝘢𝑔𝘭𝑢𝘭𝑢𝘵𝑜 𝑛𝘨 𝘮𝑢𝘳𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑠𝘰𝑝𝘢𝑠 𝑠𝘢 𝘬𝑎𝘯𝑡𝘰.

𝑆𝘢𝑚𝘦 𝘷𝑖𝘦𝑤, 𝘴𝑎𝘮𝑒 𝑝𝘳𝑜𝘣𝑙𝘦𝑚𝘴, 𝑠𝘢𝑚𝘦 𝘴𝑢𝘳𝑣𝘪𝑣𝘢𝑙 𝑚𝘰𝑑𝘦.

“𝘙𝑒𝘢𝑑𝘺 𝘬𝑎?” 𝑡𝘢𝑛𝘰𝑛𝘨 𝘯𝑖 𝑇𝘢𝑙𝘪𝑎.

“𝐻𝘪𝑛𝘥𝑖.” 𝑁𝘨𝑢𝘮𝑖𝘵𝑖 𝑎𝘬𝑜 𝑛𝘨 𝘱𝑖𝘭𝑖𝘵. “𝘗𝑒𝘳𝑜 𝑤𝘢𝑙𝘢 𝘯𝑎𝘮𝑎𝘯 𝘵𝑎𝘺𝑜𝘯𝑔 𝑐𝘩𝑜𝘪𝑐𝘦, 𝑑𝘪𝑏𝘢?”

𝘕𝑎𝘱𝑎𝘪𝑙𝘪𝑛𝘨 𝘴𝑖𝘺𝑎. “𝐴𝘭𝑎𝘮 𝘮𝑜, 𝘮𝑖𝘯𝑠𝘢𝑛 𝑡𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑔𝘢, 𝑝𝘢𝑟𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘩𝑖𝘯𝑑𝘪 𝘬𝑎 𝑏𝘢𝑔𝘢𝑦 𝑑𝘪𝑡𝘰. 𝑃𝘢𝑟𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘮𝑎𝘺 𝘴𝑜𝘮𝑒𝘵ℎ𝘪𝑛𝘨 𝘴𝑎’𝑦𝘰 𝘯𝑎… 𝘥𝑖 𝑘𝘰 𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑚… 𝘱𝑎𝘳𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑚𝘢𝑠 𝑚𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑘𝘪.”

𝘛𝑢𝘮𝑎𝘸𝑎 𝑎𝘬𝑜 𝑛𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘮𝑎𝘩𝑖𝘯𝑎. “𝑀𝘢𝑠 𝑚𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑘𝘪 𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘶𝑡𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘬𝑜.”

𝑃𝘶𝑚𝘢𝑠𝘰𝑘 𝑘𝘢𝑚𝘪 𝘴𝑎 𝑚𝘢𝑘𝘪𝑡𝘪𝑑 𝑛𝘢 𝘥𝑎𝘢𝑛 𝑝𝘢𝑝𝘶𝑛𝘵𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑏𝘶𝑛𝘥𝑜𝘬, 𝑏𝘪𝑡𝘣𝑖𝘵 𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘱𝑎𝘯𝑔-𝑎𝘳𝑎𝘸 𝘯𝑎𝘮𝑖𝘯𝑔 𝑎𝘳𝑚𝘢𝑠.

“𝐾𝘶𝑛𝘨 𝘮𝑎𝘺 ‘𝑠𝘰𝑚𝘦𝑡𝘩𝑖𝘯𝑔’ 𝘮𝑎𝘯 𝘴𝑎’𝑘𝘪𝑛, 𝘴𝑎𝘯𝑎 𝑝𝘦𝑟𝘢.” 𝘴𝑎𝘬𝑡𝘰 𝘯𝑎 𝑝𝘢𝑟𝘢 𝘮𝑎𝘳𝑖𝘯𝑖𝘨 𝘬𝑜, 𝘗𝑒𝘳𝑜 ℎ𝘢𝑏𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘶𝑚𝘢𝑎𝘬𝑦𝘢𝑡 𝑘𝘢𝑚𝘪, 𝑚𝘢𝑦 𝑘𝘶𝑛𝘨 𝘢𝑛𝘰𝑛𝘨 𝘮𝑎𝘭𝑎𝘬𝑎𝘴 𝘯𝑎 𝑘𝘢𝑏𝘰𝑔 𝑠𝘢 𝘭𝑜𝘰𝑏 𝑛𝘨 𝘥𝑖𝘣𝑑𝘪𝑏 𝑘𝘰 — 𝘩𝑖𝘯𝑑𝘪 𝘨𝑢𝘵𝑜𝘮, ℎ𝘪𝑛𝘥𝑖 𝑝𝘢𝑔𝘰𝑑, 𝘩𝑖𝘯𝑑𝘪 𝘬𝑎𝘣𝑎.

𝘐𝑏𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘣𝑎𝘨𝑎𝘺…

𝑘𝘢𝑘𝘢𝑖𝘣𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑝𝘢𝑘𝘪𝑟𝘢𝑚𝘥𝑎𝘮. 𝑘𝘢𝑔𝘢𝑦𝘢 𝘯𝑔𝘢𝑦𝘰𝑛, 𝘮𝑎𝘭𝑎𝘬𝑎𝘴 𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘬𝑢𝘵𝑜𝘣 𝘬𝑜𝘯𝑔 𝑚𝘦𝑟𝘰𝑛 𝑘𝘢𝑘𝘢𝑖𝘣𝑎 𝑠𝘢 𝘱𝑎𝘭𝑖𝘨𝑖𝘥.

𝐻𝘪𝑛𝘥𝑖 𝑘𝘰 𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑚 𝑘𝘶𝑛𝘨 𝘣𝑎𝘬𝑖𝘵. 𝐻𝘪𝑛𝘥𝑖 𝑘𝘰 𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑚 𝑘𝘶𝑛𝘨 𝘢𝑛𝘰.

𝑃𝘦𝑟𝘰 𝘱𝑎𝘳𝑎𝘯𝑔… 𝘮𝑎𝘺 𝘱𝑎𝘱𝑎𝘳𝑎𝘵𝑖𝘯𝑔.

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𝘈𝑡 𝑘𝘶𝑛𝘨 𝘢𝑛𝘰 𝘮𝑎𝘯 ‘𝑦𝘰𝑛, 𝘴𝑎𝘯𝑎 ℎ𝘪𝑛𝘥𝑖 𝑚𝘢𝑠 𝑚𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑙𝘢 𝘴𝑎 𝑘𝘢ℎ𝘪𝑟𝘢𝑝𝘢𝑛 𝑛𝘢 𝘯𝑎𝘬𝑎𝘴𝑎𝘯𝑎𝘺𝑎𝘯 𝘬𝑜.

𝘗𝑖𝘯𝑎𝘬𝑖𝘳𝑎𝘮𝑑𝘢𝑚𝘢𝑛 𝑘𝘰 𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘣𝑢𝘰𝑛𝘨 𝘱𝑎𝘭𝑖𝘨𝑖𝘥, ℎ𝘢𝑏𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘴𝑖 𝑇𝘢𝑙𝘪𝑎 𝑡𝘶𝑙𝘰𝑦 𝑝𝘢𝑟𝘪𝑛 𝑠𝘢 𝘱𝑎𝘨𝑙𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑘𝘢𝑑 𝑛𝘪𝑡𝘰. 𝑁𝘢𝑝𝘢ℎ𝘪𝑔𝘱𝑖𝘵 𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘬𝑎𝘱𝑖𝘵 𝘬𝑜 𝑠𝘢 𝘴𝑡𝘳𝑎𝘱 𝘯𝑔 𝑏𝘢𝑔 𝑘𝘰, 𝑛𝘢𝑔𝘪𝑛𝘨 𝘮𝑎𝘭𝑖𝘬𝑜𝘵 𝘥𝑖𝘯 𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘱𝑎𝘯𝑖𝘯𝑔𝘪𝑛 𝑘𝘰 𝘩𝑎𝘯𝑔𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘪𝑠𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘭𝑎𝘬𝑎𝘴 𝘯𝑎 𝑝𝘢𝑔 𝑠𝘢𝑏𝘰𝑔 𝑛𝘢 𝘨𝑎𝘭𝑖𝘯𝑔 𝑠𝘦𝑛𝘵𝑟𝘰 𝘯𝑔 𝑏𝘰𝑎𝘳𝑑𝘦𝑟𝘭𝑎𝘯𝑑𝘴.

𝘕𝑎𝘱𝑎𝘩𝑖𝘯𝑡𝘰 𝘴𝑎 𝑝𝘢𝑔𝘭𝑎𝘭𝑎𝘬𝑎𝘥 𝘴𝑖 𝑇𝘢𝑙𝘪𝑎, 𝘴𝑎𝘬𝑎 𝑙𝘶𝑚𝘪𝑛𝘨𝑜𝘯 𝘴𝑎 𝑔𝘢𝑤𝘪 𝘬𝑜. 𝘓𝑢𝘮𝑖𝘯𝑔𝘰𝑛 𝑑𝘪𝑛 𝑎𝘬𝑜 𝑠𝘢 𝘱𝑖𝘯𝑎𝘯𝑔𝘨𝑎𝘭𝑖𝘯𝑔𝘢𝑛 𝑛𝘨 𝘱𝑎𝘨𝑠𝘢𝑏𝘰𝑔.

𝘋𝑎𝘩𝑖𝘭 𝘴𝑎 𝑚𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑘𝘢𝑠 𝑛𝘢 𝘱𝑎𝘨 𝘴𝑎𝘣𝑜𝘨 𝘯𝑎 𝑖𝘺𝑜𝘯, 𝑦𝘶𝑚𝘢𝑛𝘪𝑔 𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑙𝘶𝑝𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘪𝑛𝘢𝑎𝘱𝑎𝘬𝑎𝘯 𝘯𝑎𝘮𝑖𝘯. 𝑁𝘢𝑔𝘪𝑛𝘨 𝘮𝑎𝘭𝑖𝘬𝑜𝘵 𝘥𝑖𝘯 𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘨𝑎𝘭𝑎𝘸 𝘯𝑔 𝑚𝘨𝑎 𝑝𝘶𝑛𝘰, 𝑘𝘢𝑦𝘢 𝘯𝑎𝘨𝑡𝘢𝑛𝘨𝑔𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑛 𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑚𝘨𝑎 𝑑𝘢ℎ𝘰𝑛 𝑠𝘢 𝘴𝑎𝘯𝑔𝘢.

𝘛𝑎𝘵𝑎𝘬𝑏𝘰 𝘴𝑎𝘯𝑎 𝑠𝘪 𝘛𝑎𝘭𝑖𝘢 𝘱𝑎𝘣𝑎𝘭𝑖𝘬 𝘴𝑎 𝑙𝘶𝑔𝘢𝑟 𝑛𝘢𝑚𝘪𝑛, 𝘬𝑖𝘵𝑎 𝑘𝘰 𝘴𝑎 𝑖𝘵𝑠𝘶𝑟𝘢 𝘯𝑦𝘢 𝘯𝑔𝘢𝑦𝘰𝑛 𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑠𝘢𝑏𝘢𝑦 𝑛𝘢 𝘵𝑎𝘬𝑜𝘵 𝘢𝑡 𝑝𝘢𝑛𝘨𝑎𝘮𝑏𝘢 𝘥𝑎𝘩𝑖𝘭 𝘴𝑎 𝑛𝘢𝑛𝘨𝑦𝘢𝑟𝘪 𝘯𝑎 𝑦𝘰𝑛.

𝑀𝘢𝑏𝘪𝑙𝘪𝑠 𝑘𝘰𝑛𝘨 𝘩𝑖𝘯𝑎𝘣𝑙𝘰𝑡 𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑏𝘳𝑎𝘴𝑜 𝑛𝘪𝑡𝘰, 𝑘𝘢𝑦𝘢 𝘪𝑛𝘪𝑠 𝑠𝘺𝑎𝘯𝑔 ℎ𝘶𝑚𝘢𝑟𝘢𝑝 𝑠𝘢𝑘𝘪𝑛.

“𝐵𝘪𝑡𝘢–”

“𝐻𝘶𝑚𝘪𝑛𝘢ℎ𝘰𝑛 𝑘𝘢. 𝐴𝘭𝑎𝘮 𝘬𝑜𝘯𝑔 𝑖𝘯𝑎𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑙𝘢 𝘮𝑜 𝑝𝘢𝑚𝘪𝑙𝘺𝑎 𝑚𝘰 𝘱𝑒𝘳𝑜 𝑘𝘶𝑛𝘨 𝘶𝑢𝘯𝑎𝘩𝑖𝘯 𝘮𝑜 𝑦𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘱𝑎𝘨𝑝𝘢-𝘱𝑎𝘯𝑖𝘤 𝘮𝑜 𝑚𝘢𝑢𝘶𝑛𝘢 𝘬𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑚𝘢𝑤𝘢𝑤𝘢𝑙𝘢 𝘴𝑎 𝑘𝘢𝑛𝘪𝑙𝘢.” 𝘱𝑖𝘯𝑎𝘬𝑎𝘵𝑖𝘵𝑖𝘨𝑎𝘯 𝘬𝑜 𝑚𝘢𝑖𝘪𝑔𝘪 𝘪𝑡𝘰 𝘶𝑛𝘵𝑖 𝑢𝘯𝑡𝘪 𝘥𝑖𝘯 𝘯𝑎𝘮𝑎𝘯 𝘬𝑢𝘮𝑎𝘭𝑚𝘢, 𝑘𝘢𝑦𝘢 𝘣𝑖𝘯𝑖𝘵𝑎𝘸𝑎𝘯 𝘬𝑜 𝑛𝘢 𝘴𝑦𝘢.

𝘓𝑎𝘬𝑎𝘥 𝘵𝑎𝘬𝑏𝘰 𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘨𝑖𝘯𝑎𝘸𝑎 𝑛𝘢𝑚𝘪𝑛. 𝘔𝑎𝘭𝑎𝘺𝑜 𝑙𝘢𝑦𝘰 𝘱𝑎 𝑘𝘢𝑚𝘪 𝘱𝑒𝘳𝑜 𝑟𝘪𝑛𝘪𝑔 𝑛𝘢 𝘳𝑖𝘯𝑖𝘨 𝘯𝑎𝘮𝑖𝘯 𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘴𝑖𝘨𝑎𝘸𝑎𝘯 𝘢𝑡 𝑚𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑘𝘢𝑠 𝑛𝘢 𝘱𝑎𝘨 𝘴𝑎𝘣𝑜𝘨.

𝘔𝑎𝘺 𝘪𝑙𝘢𝑛 𝑡𝘶𝑚𝘢𝑡𝘢𝑘𝘣𝑜 𝑝𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑦𝘰 𝘯𝑎 𝑚𝘢𝑦 𝑚𝘨𝑎 𝑏𝘪𝑡𝘣𝑖𝘵 𝘯𝑎 𝑘𝘢𝑢𝘯𝑡𝘪𝑛𝘨 𝘨𝑎𝘮𝑖𝘵 𝘯𝑎 𝑛𝘢𝑖𝘴𝑎𝘭𝑏𝘢. 𝑀𝘦𝑟𝘰𝑛 𝑛𝘢𝑚𝘢𝑛 𝑠𝘢 𝘪𝑠𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘣𝑎𝘯𝑑𝘢 𝘯𝑎𝘨𝑖𝘪𝑦𝘢𝑘𝘢𝑛 𝑔𝘢𝑤𝘢 𝘯𝑔 𝑡𝘢𝑘𝘰𝑡.

𝘏𝑎𝘣𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑡𝘶𝑚𝘢𝑡𝘢𝑘𝘣𝑜 𝑘𝘢𝑚𝘪 𝘱𝑎𝘵𝑢𝘯𝑔𝘰 𝘴𝑎 𝑏𝘢ℎ𝘢𝑦 𝑛𝘢𝑚𝘪𝑛, 𝘮𝑎𝘺 𝘯𝑎𝘴𝑎𝘭𝑢𝘣𝑜𝘯𝑔 𝑘𝘢𝑚𝘪𝑛𝘨 𝘪𝑙𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘬𝑎𝘵𝑎𝘸𝑎𝘯 𝘯𝑎 𝑛𝘢𝑏𝘢𝑔𝘴𝑎𝘬𝑎𝘯 𝘯𝑔 𝑚𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑘𝘪𝑛𝘨 𝘣𝑎𝘵𝑜. 𝘔𝑒𝘳𝑜𝘯 𝘥𝑖𝘯 𝘥𝑎𝘭𝑎𝘸𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑏𝘢𝑡𝘢 𝘥𝑜𝘰𝑛 𝑛𝘢 𝘱𝑖𝘭𝑖𝘵 𝘪𝑛𝘢𝑎𝘭𝑖𝘴 𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘬𝑎𝘵𝑎𝘸𝑎𝘯 𝘥𝑜𝘰𝑛 𝑘𝘢ℎ𝘪𝑡 𝑛𝘢 𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑚 𝑛𝘢 𝘪𝑚𝘱𝑜𝘴𝑖𝘣𝑙𝘦.

𝘕𝑎𝘵𝑢𝘭𝑎𝘭𝑎 𝑎𝘬𝑜 𝑠𝘢 𝘮𝑔𝘢 𝘯𝑎𝘴𝑎𝘴𝑎𝘬𝑠𝘪ℎ𝘢𝑛 𝑘𝘰. 𝑀𝘢𝑎𝘺𝑜𝘴 𝘢𝑡 𝑚𝘢𝑠𝘢𝑠𝘢𝑦𝘢 𝘭𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑠𝘪𝑙𝘢 𝘬𝑎𝘯𝑖𝘯𝑎, 𝘺𝑢𝘯𝑔 𝑚𝘨𝑎 𝑏𝘢𝑡𝘢 𝘮𝑔𝘢 𝘯𝑎𝘨𝑙𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑟𝘰 𝘭𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑠𝘪𝑙𝘢 𝘬𝑎𝘯𝑖𝘯𝑎 𝑝𝘦𝑟𝘰 𝘯𝑔𝘢𝑦𝘰𝑛–𝑏𝘪𝑛𝘢𝑙𝘰𝑡 𝑛𝘨 𝘵𝑎𝘬𝑜𝘵, 𝑑𝘶𝑔𝘰 𝘢𝑡 𝑝𝘢𝑛𝘨𝑎𝘮𝑏𝘢 𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘣𝑢𝘰𝑛𝘨 𝘣𝑎𝘩𝑎𝘨𝑖 𝑛𝘨 𝘉𝑜𝘢𝑟𝘥𝑒𝘳𝑙𝘢𝑛𝘥.

𝘔𝑎𝘭𝑎𝘬𝑎𝘴 𝘢𝑘𝘰𝑛𝘨 𝘣𝑢𝘮𝑎𝘨𝑠𝘢𝑘 𝑠𝘢 𝘴𝑎𝘩𝑖𝘨 𝘯𝑔 𝑡𝘶𝑚𝘢𝑚𝘢 𝘴𝑎 ℎ𝘪𝑛𝘥𝑖 𝑘𝘰 𝘯𝑎𝘮𝑎𝘭𝑎𝘺𝑎𝘯 𝘯𝑎 𝑡𝘢𝑜 𝑠𝘢 𝘩𝑎𝘳𝑎𝘱. 𝐼𝘮𝑝𝘪𝑡 𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑑𝘢𝑖𝘯𝑔 𝑘𝘰, 𝑝𝘦𝑟𝘰 𝘱𝑖𝘯𝑖𝘭𝑖𝘵 𝘬𝑜𝘯𝑔 𝑚𝘢𝑘𝘢𝑡𝘢𝑦𝘰.

𝘛𝑢𝘵𝑢𝘭𝑢𝘯𝑔𝘢𝑛 𝑘𝘰 𝘴𝑎𝘯𝑎 𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑡𝘢𝑜𝘯𝑔 𝑛𝘢𝑘𝘢𝑏𝘢𝑛𝘨𝑔𝘢 𝘬𝑜 𝑝𝘦𝑟𝘰 𝘩𝑎𝘭𝑜𝘴 𝘮𝑎𝘸𝑎𝘭𝑎𝘯 𝘥𝑢𝘨𝑜 𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑏𝘶𝑜𝘯𝑔 𝑚𝘶𝑘𝘩𝑎 𝑘𝘰 𝘴𝑎 𝑡𝘢𝑘𝘰𝑡. 𝘈𝑛𝘨 𝘵𝑎𝘰𝑛𝘨 𝘯𝑎𝘬𝑎𝘴𝑎𝘭𝑢𝘣𝑜𝘯𝑔 𝑘𝘰, 𝑚𝘢𝑦 𝑚𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑘𝘪𝑛𝘨 𝘶𝑘𝘢 𝘪𝑡𝘰 𝘴𝑎 𝑢𝘭𝑜–𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑘𝘢𝑛𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘣𝑟𝘢𝑠𝘰 𝘯𝑎𝘮𝑎𝘯 𝘯𝑖𝘵𝑜, 𝘱𝑢𝘵𝑜𝘭 𝘯𝑎.

𝐻𝘪𝑛𝘥𝑖 𝑎𝘬𝑜 𝑝𝘸𝑒𝘥𝑒 𝑚𝘢𝑔𝘬𝑎𝘮𝑎𝘭𝑖, 𝘐𝑠𝘢 𝘴𝑦𝘢 𝘴𝑎 𝑚𝘨𝑎 𝑛𝘢𝑡𝘢𝑚𝘢𝑎𝘯 𝘯𝑔 𝑚𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑘𝘪𝑛𝘨 𝘱𝑎𝘨𝑠𝘢𝑏𝘰𝑔.

“𝘋𝑖𝘢𝑛𝘢!!” 𝑏𝘶𝑚𝘢𝑙𝘪𝑘 𝑎𝘬𝑜 𝑠𝘢 𝘳𝑒𝘺𝑎𝘭𝑖𝘥𝑎𝘥 𝘯𝑔 𝑚𝘢𝑟𝘪𝑛𝘪𝑔 𝑘𝘰 𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘱𝑎𝘨 𝘴𝑖𝘨𝑎𝘸 𝘯𝑖 𝑇𝘢𝑙𝘪𝑎. 𝘔𝑎𝘺 𝘵𝑢𝘮𝑢𝘭𝑜𝘯𝑔 𝑠𝘢 𝘢𝑘𝘪𝑛 𝑚𝘢𝑘𝘢𝑡𝘢𝑦𝘰 𝘢𝑡 𝑛𝘪𝑙𝘢𝑦𝘰 𝘴𝑎 𝑡𝘢𝑜𝘯𝑔 𝑛𝘢𝑘𝘢𝑏𝘢𝑛𝘨𝑔𝘢 𝘬𝑜.

𝘋𝑜𝘰𝑛 𝑘𝘰 𝘯𝑎 𝑛𝘢𝑝𝘢𝑛𝘴𝑖𝘯 𝘯𝑎 𝑠𝘪 𝘛𝑎𝘭𝑖𝘢 𝘣𝑖𝘯𝑎𝘭𝑖𝘬𝑎𝘯 𝘢𝑘𝘰, 𝑛𝘢𝑖𝘪𝑦𝘢𝑘 𝑛𝘢 𝘴𝑦𝘢 𝘱𝑒𝘳𝑜 ℎ𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑡𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘱𝑖𝘯𝑖𝘱𝑖𝘨𝑖𝘭𝑎𝘯 𝘯𝑦𝘢. 𝑀𝘢𝑏𝘪𝑙𝘪𝑠 𝑎𝘬𝑜𝘯𝑔 𝑏𝘶𝑚𝘢𝑤𝘪 𝘢𝑡 𝑠𝘪𝑛𝘢𝑏𝘢𝑦𝘢𝑛 𝑛𝘢 𝘴𝑦𝘢 𝘯𝑔 𝑡𝘢𝑘𝘣𝑜.

𝑁𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘮𝑎𝘱𝑎𝘥𝑝𝘢𝑑 𝑛𝘢 𝘬𝑎𝘮𝑖 𝑘𝘶𝑛𝘨 𝘴𝑎𝘢𝑛 𝑛𝘢𝑘𝘢𝑡𝘢𝑦𝘰 𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘮𝑔𝘢 𝘣𝑎𝘩𝑎𝘺 𝘯𝑎𝘮𝑖𝘯, 𝑑𝘰𝑜𝘯 𝘬𝑎𝘮𝑖 𝑝𝘪𝑛𝘢𝑔𝘴𝑎𝘬𝑙𝘶𝑏𝘢𝑛 𝑛𝘨 𝘭𝑎𝘯𝑔𝘪𝑡 𝑎𝘵 𝘭𝑢𝘱𝑎. 𝘏𝑖𝘯𝑑𝘪 𝘬𝑎𝘮𝑖 𝑎𝘨𝑎𝘥 𝘯𝑎𝘬𝑎𝘨𝑎𝘭𝑎𝘸 𝘴𝑎 𝑚𝘨𝑎 𝑛𝘢𝑘𝘪𝑡𝘢.

𝐴𝘯𝑔 𝑏𝘢ℎ𝘢𝑦 𝑛𝘪𝑙𝘢 𝘛𝑎𝘭𝑖𝘢 𝘮𝑎𝘺 𝘪𝑖𝘭𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑝𝘢𝑟𝘵𝑒 𝑛𝘨 𝘵𝑒𝘯𝑡 𝑎𝘵 𝘣𝑎𝘩𝑎𝘺 𝘯𝑖𝘭𝑎 𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑚𝘢𝑦 𝑎𝘱𝑜𝘺. 𝐺𝘪𝑏𝘢 𝘥𝑖𝘯 𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘱𝑎𝘳𝑡𝘦𝑛𝘨 𝘯𝑖𝘭𝑎𝘨𝑦𝘢𝑛 𝑛𝘨 𝘮𝑢𝘯𝑡𝘪𝑛𝘨 𝘴𝑎𝘭𝑎.

“𝑇𝘢𝑦! 𝘕𝑎𝘺!! 𝘑𝑎𝘤𝑜𝘣!” 𝘴𝑢𝘯𝑜𝘥 𝘴𝑢𝘯𝑜𝘥 𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘱𝑎𝘨 𝘴𝑖𝘨𝑎𝘸 𝘯𝑖 𝑇𝘢𝑙𝘪𝑎 𝑠𝘢 𝘮𝑔𝘢 𝘬𝑎𝘮𝑎𝘨𝑎𝘯𝑎𝘬 𝘯𝑖𝘵𝑜, 𝘴𝑎 𝑏𝘢𝑤𝘢𝑡 𝑠𝘪𝑔𝘢𝑤 𝑛𝘺𝑎 𝑛𝘢 𝘪𝑦𝘰𝑛 𝑤𝘢𝑙𝘢 𝘬𝑎𝘮𝑖𝘯𝑔 𝑛𝘢𝑟𝘪𝑛𝘪𝑔 𝑛𝘢 𝘵𝑢𝘨𝑜𝘯.

𝘔𝑎𝘺 𝘮𝑔𝘢 𝘥𝑢𝘨𝑜 𝑑𝘪𝑛 𝑛𝘢𝑔𝘬𝑎𝘭𝑎𝘵 𝘴𝑎 𝑙𝘢𝑏𝘢𝑠 𝑎𝘵 𝘴𝑎 𝑝𝘢𝑙𝘪𝑔𝘪𝑑. 𝘗𝑒𝘳𝑜 𝑚𝘢𝑠 𝑙𝘢𝑙𝘰 𝘢𝑘𝘰𝑛𝘨 𝘯𝑎𝘯𝑙𝘶𝑚𝘰 𝘯𝑔 𝑚𝘢𝑘𝘪𝑡𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘣𝑎𝘩𝑎𝘺 𝘬𝑜 𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑚𝘢𝑠 𝑛𝘢𝑝𝘶𝑟𝘶ℎ𝘢𝑛.

𝐵𝘢𝑔𝘴𝑎𝘬 𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘮𝑔𝘢 𝘣𝑎𝘭𝑖𝘬𝑎𝘵 𝘬𝑜 𝑤𝘢𝑙𝘢 𝘯𝑎 𝑎𝘬𝑜𝘯𝑔 𝑛𝘢𝑔𝘢𝑤𝘢 𝘬𝑢𝘯𝑑𝘪 𝘱𝑎𝘨𝑚𝘢𝑠𝘥𝑎𝘯 𝘯𝑎𝘭𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑛𝘢 𝘯𝑖𝘭𝑎𝘭𝑎𝘮𝑜𝘯 𝘯𝑔 𝑚𝘢𝑙𝘢𝑘𝘪𝑛𝘨 𝘢𝑝𝘰𝑦 𝑏𝘶𝑜𝘯𝑔 𝑡𝘦𝑛𝘵 𝘬𝑜.

𝘔𝑎𝘨𝑘𝘢𝑠𝘶𝑛𝘰𝑑 𝑛𝘢 𝘭𝑢𝘩𝑎 𝑎𝘯𝑔 𝑢𝘮𝑎𝘨𝑜𝘴 𝘴𝑎 𝑚𝘢𝑑𝘶𝑚𝘪 𝘬𝑜𝘯𝑔 𝑝𝘪𝑠𝘯𝑔𝘦. 𝑃𝘢𝑡𝘶𝑙𝘰𝑦 𝑠𝘢 𝘱𝑎𝘨𝑡𝘢𝑎𝘴 𝘢𝑡 𝑏𝘢𝑏𝘢 𝘢𝑛𝘨 𝘥𝑖𝘣𝑑𝘪𝑏 𝑘𝘰 𝘴𝑎 𝑝𝘢𝑔 𝑝𝘪𝑝𝘪𝑔𝘪𝑙 𝑛𝘨 𝘩𝑖𝘬𝑏𝘪. 𝑁𝘨𝑎𝘺𝑜𝘯, 𝑚𝘢𝑔 𝑠𝘪𝑠𝘪𝑚𝘶𝑙𝘢 𝘯𝑎𝘯𝑎𝘮𝑎𝘯 𝘢𝑘𝘰 𝘴𝑎 𝑢𝘮𝑝𝘪𝑠𝘢–𝘴𝑎 𝑤𝘢𝑙𝘢.

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