Arimbi dua kali gagal ke pelaminan karena calon suaminya menolak melanjutkan rencana pernikahan, dengan alasan yang tak dikemukakan di hadapan orang tuanya.
Di usia menginjak dua puluh tujuh tahun, Arimbi berpikir tak ada pria yang akan menerima keadaannya, berhubung sudah berkali-kali mendapat penolakan. Dia memilih menyendiri, hingga tanpa sengaja bertemu kembali dengan teman SMP yang bernama Bumi. Dari sana, kedekatan mulai terjalin.
Namun, Arimbi tak mengetahui dengan baik, seperti apa kehidupan Bumi yang sebenarnya. Termasuk, saat pria itu tiba-tiba menjauh.
Lalu, bagaimana nasib Arimbi? Dapatkah dia membangun hatinya yang kembali dihancurkan rasa kecewa?
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𝙳𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚗, 𝚜𝚎𝚓𝚘𝚕𝚒 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚑 𝚍𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚋𝚞𝚔 𝚊𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚗. 𝚃𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚔𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚞, 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖.
𝚂𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚞𝚖 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚑 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚗𝚊, 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚊𝚓𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚒𝚑 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚒𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚛𝚊. 𝙺𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚊, 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚞𝚋𝚞𝚑 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚙𝚊 𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚒.
𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚙𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚙𝚒 𝚝𝚞𝚋𝚞𝚑. 𝚁𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚒 𝚊𝚍𝚊, 𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚎𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚍𝚒𝚔𝚞𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚒 𝚗𝚊𝚏𝚜𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚑𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚊. 𝚂𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚕 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚓𝚘𝚕𝚒 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚊𝚗, 𝚢𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚙, 𝚍𝚒𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚞𝚓𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚒𝚊𝚜 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚛.
𝚃𝚊𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚝𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚒. 𝚈𝚊. 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒 𝚒𝚗𝚒 𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚊 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚙𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝. 𝙼𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚒 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚕 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐.
"𝙱 ...," 𝚍𝚎•𝚜𝚊𝚑 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗. 𝚃𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚔𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚙 𝚕𝚎𝚔𝚞𝚔 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚝𝚞𝚋𝚞𝚑𝚗𝚢𝚊.
𝙱𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚖 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚞 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚒𝚛. 𝚁𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚛𝚗𝚊, 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚓𝚊𝚞𝚑 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚒. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚑𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚞, 𝚝𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚒 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚖.
𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚓𝚊𝚖𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚝-𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚝. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚋𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊 𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚒. 𝙱𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚝𝚒𝚙𝚒𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚖𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚒 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚊𝚗. 𝚂𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚋𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒 𝚔𝚑𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚛-𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒.
"𝙱𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚔𝚞, 𝚁," 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚔 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒.
𝚂𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚔𝚊, 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚔𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚊. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚘𝚔𝚘𝚑 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞. "𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 ...." 𝙲𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊, 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚐𝚎𝚓𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚔 𝚔𝚞𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚍𝚊𝚍𝚊. "𝙰𝚙𝚊 𝚒𝚗𝚒?" 𝚍𝚎•𝚜𝚊𝚑 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚒.
"𝙸𝚗𝚒 𝚊𝚔𝚞 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚊 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚔𝚖𝚞," 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚔 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒.
𝙱𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚑𝚞𝚓𝚊𝚗, 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚔𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚌𝚞 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒. 𝚃𝚊𝚔 𝚙𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚒 𝚌𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚒 𝚛𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚒 𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚙, 𝚜𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚋 𝚕𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚒𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚜.
𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒. 𝙴𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚑 𝚔𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚒 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒 𝚒𝚗𝚒. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚞, 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚞𝚙𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚙𝚊 𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚑.
𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚒 𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚔 𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚊 '𝚍𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚊'. 𝚈𝚊. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚍𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚒. 𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚞𝚗, 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚖𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚜𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚑 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚋𝚞𝚊𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚔𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚗, 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚖 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊.
"𝙾𝚑 ...." 𝙻𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚛 𝚌𝚞𝚔𝚞𝚙 𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚞𝚐𝚊𝚜. 𝙼𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚒 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚔𝚜𝚒 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚞, 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚞𝚊 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚙𝚊 𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚓𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚜.
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𝙷𝚞𝚓𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚞𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚔. 𝙿𝚊𝚐𝚒 𝚒𝚗𝚒, 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚞𝚔𝚞𝚙 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚔 𝚍𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚋𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚓𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗. 𝙻𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚝 𝚙𝚞𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚔 𝚖𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚖, 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚞𝚋𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚢𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚑 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚔𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚢𝚊.
𝙺𝚊𝚌𝚊𝚞. 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚗. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚔 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒, 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚔𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚗 𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚞𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚑 𝚍𝚘𝚜𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚑.
"𝙰𝚔𝚞 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚛," 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚑 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒, 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐.
"𝚃𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚑. 𝙰𝚔𝚞 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚞 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐," 𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚙 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚗𝚓𝚞𝚔𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚙 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞.
"𝙺𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚢𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗, 𝙱?" 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚙 𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚞, 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚃-𝚂𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚒.
𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚑, 𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚝. "𝙰𝚔𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚕 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚞𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚊𝚗. 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚑𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚛. 𝙺𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚊." 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚖 𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝 𝚓𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚔 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒, 𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚞𝚖 𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚛𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞.
𝙺𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚒 𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚛. 𝚃𝚊𝚔 𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚞 𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚝𝚔𝚊𝚗, 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒 𝚍𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒. 𝚆𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚞𝚖 𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚛. 𝙼𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚔 𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚒 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚊, 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚕 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚒 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚔𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚞𝚙𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚑 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚊.
"𝙺𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚢𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚜𝚒𝚊𝚙 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚞 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚔𝚞?" 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒 𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚒.
"𝙱𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚊𝚑 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚔𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖? 𝚂𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚒 𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚔 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚝."
𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚞𝚖. 𝚃𝚊𝚔 𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚔𝚑𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚔𝚊𝚗. 𝚂𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚒 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚊𝚗 𝙷𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗, 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚒𝚗𝚒 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚕 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚠𝚊 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚗𝚢𝚊.
𝙼𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚖 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚒, 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒 𝚍𝚒 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙱𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚛. 𝚂𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚖 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚞𝚗, 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚢𝚊. 𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚞𝚗, 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚗 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒. 𝙹𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚝 𝚓𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚕, 𝚍𝚒𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚊 𝚓𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚎𝚔 𝚍𝚒 𝚋𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚝.
𝙴𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚑 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚒𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝙱𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝙷𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒. 𝚃𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚒𝚑, 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚙𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚑𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚗 𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚒, 𝚔𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚔𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕.
𝙰𝚑, 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚑𝚕𝚊𝚑. 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚔𝚒𝚛𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚕 𝚒𝚝𝚞. 𝚂𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚏 𝚍𝚒 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊, 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚒𝚑 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚌𝚞𝚔𝚞𝚙.
"𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚓𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚒 𝚐𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚙," 𝚞𝚓𝚊𝚛 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒, 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚘𝚍𝚊 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚓𝚞𝚐𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚓𝚊𝚔 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚍𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚛.
"𝚂𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛. 𝙰𝚔𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚒𝚊𝚙𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚊-𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚖𝚞. 𝙹𝚞𝚓𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚊𝚓𝚊, 𝚁. 𝙸𝚗𝚒 𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚋𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚔𝚞, 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚓𝚊𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚙 ___"
"𝙺𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚑𝚞𝚊𝚗 𝚓𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚑 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚞𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚐𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚜," 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚊 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒.
"𝚃𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔. 𝙱𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝚒𝚝𝚞," 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚑 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚊. "𝙰𝚔𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 ...." 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚠𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗, 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚕 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚔 𝚔𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚕.
"𝙷𝚖." 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚖 𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗. "𝙼𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚑 𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚔𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚔 𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚛, 𝙱. 𝙰𝚔𝚞 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚞. 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚕 𝚒𝚝𝚞."
𝚁𝚊𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚓𝚊𝚑 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚋𝚊𝚑 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚞𝚜, 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚛 𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒. "𝙺𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚊𝚔𝚞 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚛?" 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚑𝚗𝚢𝚊, 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚑 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒. "𝙰𝚢𝚘. 𝙺𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚑𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚑𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚔𝚞, 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚒 𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚖𝚞."
𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚑 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚙 𝚜𝚎𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚑-𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚗 𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚑 𝚍𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚊. 𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚞𝚗, 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚒 𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚞, 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚐𝚞𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚕 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖-𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖.
"𝙰𝚙𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚜𝚒𝚊𝚙, 𝙼𝚛. 𝙱?" 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒 𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚒,
𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜, 𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚑. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚞𝚖, 𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚙𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚊.
"𝙱𝚊𝚒𝚔𝚕𝚊𝚑." 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚞𝚖 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚜, 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚕 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚔𝚊 𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚞. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚓𝚊𝚔 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚔. 𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚞𝚗, 𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚊 𝚍𝚒 𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚑 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚒.
"𝙳𝚞𝚍𝚞𝚔 𝚜𝚊𝚓𝚊 𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚞. 𝙰𝚔𝚞 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚖, 𝚜𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚒𝚕 𝚒𝚋𝚞 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚔 𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚒."
𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚞𝚔. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚍𝚞𝚍𝚞𝚔 𝚍𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚔𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚒. 𝚂𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚕 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚞, 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚙 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚞𝚝 𝚛𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚒 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚗. 𝚂𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚝 𝚓𝚊𝚞𝚑 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚎𝚍𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚊 𝚍𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚎𝚕 𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚗𝚢𝚊.
𝚂𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚗, 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚔𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚒 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚏𝚘𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚊𝚓𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚒 𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚓𝚊𝚔 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚍𝚞𝚍𝚞𝚔, 𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚊𝚑 𝚔𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝𝚞. 𝙳𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚊, 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚓𝚊𝚑 𝙱𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚛, 𝙷𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒, 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒, 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚆𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚙𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚒 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒.
𝚄𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚔 𝚋𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝, 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚊𝚔𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚒 𝚏𝚘𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝𝚞.
𝚂𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚔𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚙 𝚛𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗. 𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚞𝚗, 𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚔𝚊 𝚍𝚒 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚞𝚗. "𝚈𝚊, 𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚞𝚗. 𝙺𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊 𝚒𝚋𝚞 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚔? 𝙰𝚙𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚔𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚒, 𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚓𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚒 𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚊 𝚊𝚔𝚞 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚗?"
𝙿𝚒𝚔𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚒 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚢𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚑 𝚔𝚎𝚙𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚠𝚊 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚒𝚝𝚞, 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚙𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚛 𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚞 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞 𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚛𝚞. 𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚞𝚗, 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚓𝚞𝚛 𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚍𝚒 𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚑𝚗𝚢𝚊.
𝚂𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚙 𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚞 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚛 𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊, 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚜𝚞𝚍 𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚒 𝚔𝚎 𝚛𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚞. 𝙰𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚒, 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚊𝚑 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒, 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚔𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚊 '𝙼𝚋𝚊𝚔 𝚆𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚗'.
"𝙸𝚢𝚊, 𝙼𝚋𝚊𝚔. 𝙰𝚍𝚊 𝚊𝚙𝚊?" 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒, 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚔𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚊 𝚑𝚒𝚓𝚊𝚞.
"𝙺𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚍𝚒 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊, 𝚁𝚒?" 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚆𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒. 𝚂𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚛 𝚌𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚜.
"𝙳𝚒 𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚑, 𝙼𝚋𝚊𝚔. 𝙰𝚛𝚒 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚞 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐. 𝚃𝚊𝚙𝚒, 𝚒𝚋𝚞 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚊𝚍𝚊. 𝙿𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚕, 𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚑 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚍𝚒𝚔𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚒," 𝚓𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚋 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚗.
"𝙸𝚝𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚑. 𝙸𝚋𝚞 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚞-𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚞 𝚝𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚓𝚊𝚖 𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚐𝚒. 𝙱𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚞 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚒 𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚞, 𝙸𝚋𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚑𝚞𝚋𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚗."
"𝚂𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒 𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚞. 𝙱𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚒 𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚔𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚜," 𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚙 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚗. "𝚃𝚊𝚙𝚒, 𝚒𝚋𝚞 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚔 𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊? 𝙺𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚜 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚐𝚒 𝚒𝚝𝚞, 𝚋𝚊𝚑𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚞-𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚊?"
"𝙺𝚎 𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚑 𝚜𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚝. 𝙱𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚓𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚐."
𝚃𝚊𝚗𝚙𝚊 𝚙𝚒𝚔𝚒𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚓𝚊𝚗𝚐, 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚜 𝚔𝚎 𝚛𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚞. "𝙱, 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚜 𝚙𝚎𝚛 ...." 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚊𝚔𝚞 𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚒𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚗 𝚍𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚊.
