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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"𝙼𝚊𝚜."
𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚔. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚒 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒 𝚍𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚗𝚢𝚊. 𝚆𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚙 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚗.
"𝙺𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚊?" 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗, 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚔𝚜𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚖𝚒 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚎𝚍𝚊.
"𝙰𝚙𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚑 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚊𝚜 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚜?" 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊, 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚛𝚊𝚞𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗.
𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚊𝚝 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚌𝚞𝚔𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚓𝚞𝚝. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚕𝚞𝚙𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚊𝚓𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚒 𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚖 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚒𝚊𝚙𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚓𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚋𝚊𝚗, 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚖𝚒.
𝚂𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞, 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗. 𝚁𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚑𝚞 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚊𝚛 𝚓𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊.
𝚃𝚊𝚔 𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚐𝚒 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚔. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚞𝚔 𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗. "𝙸-𝚒𝚢𝚊. 𝙺𝚊𝚖𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚜," 𝚓𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚋𝚗𝚢𝚊, 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚑𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚢𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚊𝚗.
"𝙹𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚙𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚊, 𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚞 𝚍𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚎𝚕 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚙𝚊?" 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚗.
"𝚄𝚖 ... 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚊 ___"
"𝙺𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚕 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚞 𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗. 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚓𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝙼𝚊𝚜 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚞 𝚓𝚞𝚐𝚊."
"𝚈𝚊, 𝚃𝚞𝚑𝚊𝚗. 𝙼𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚒𝚔𝚒𝚛 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚔, 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚒-𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚊 𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚒-𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚒 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚓𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚑 𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚊?" 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚋𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚑𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚊𝚗 𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗, 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚞𝚜. 𝙿𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚕, 𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚐𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚙 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚖 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚒𝚔𝚒𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚔𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊.
"𝙱𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚞. 𝚂𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚙𝚊. 𝙺𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚋𝚊𝚑𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚓𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚑 𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚝𝚞 𝚒𝚝𝚞 ...." 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚙 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒, 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚑 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚔.
𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚞𝚗, 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚙 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚑𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚒𝚊𝚜𝚊. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚝, 𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚒 𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊. 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚊 𝚍𝚒 𝚋𝚊𝚑𝚞 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚋𝚞𝚝, 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚑𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚢𝚊.
"𝚂𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚊𝚔𝚛𝚊𝚋, 𝚋𝚊𝚑𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚙𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚒. 𝙳𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚔𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚞, 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚙 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚑 𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚑 𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗-𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚒𝚑 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚊 𝚍𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚔𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚑, 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚔𝚞𝚖𝚙𝚞𝚕 𝚍𝚊𝚗 ...."
𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚓𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚓𝚞𝚝𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚗𝚢𝚊, 𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚋𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚗 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚒 𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚛 𝚍𝚒 𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚙𝚞𝚔 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚊. 𝚁𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚊𝚔 𝚑𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚝, 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚜. 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚔𝚞𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚐𝚎𝚓𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚔 𝚍𝚒 𝚍𝚊𝚍𝚊.
𝚃𝚊𝚗𝚙𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊, 𝚊𝚒𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚑𝚒 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚞𝚝 𝚋𝚒𝚋𝚒𝚛. 𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚞𝚗, 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚊 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚎𝚔𝚊, 𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚜𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚞𝚖.
"𝙺𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚊?" 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚗. "𝙺𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚜?"
𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗. "𝚂𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚛, 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚔 𝚢𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚖 𝚙𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚞. 𝙼𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚎𝚍𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗-𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗. 𝚂𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚑, 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚍𝚒 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊," 𝚓𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚋 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚋𝚘𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒 𝚒𝚗𝚒 𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚢𝚊.
"𝚂𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚊 𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚒 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚍𝚒𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐-𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙸𝚝𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚃𝚞𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊 𝚔𝚎𝚔𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚎𝚍𝚊, 𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗. 𝙹𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗, 𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚍𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚊 𝚒𝚗𝚒 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚒 𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚑 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚔 𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚗 𝚓𝚒𝚠𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒," 𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚙 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚝. 𝙺𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚛𝚗𝚊, 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚙 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚝𝚊𝚍𝚒.
"𝚂𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚊 𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚔 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚊. 𝙼𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚔𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚜 𝚔𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚜𝚘𝚔 𝚒𝚋𝚞, 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚊 𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚑𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚔 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚓𝚊-𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚓𝚊. 𝚆𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚙𝚞𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚑𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚕 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚑 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚒 𝚒𝚝𝚞, 𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚙 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚊. 𝙰𝚔𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚗𝚢𝚊, 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚜𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚔𝚊. 𝚂𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚑 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗, 𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚒𝚋𝚞 𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚍𝚊," 𝚝𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊, 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚙 𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒.
"𝙼𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚛 𝚓𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚝. 𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚞𝚗, 𝚔𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚜 𝚔𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚞𝚙𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚒, 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚢𝚞𝚔𝚞𝚛𝚒. 𝚃𝚊𝚔 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚊 𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚃𝚞𝚑𝚊𝚗. 𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚊, 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗, 𝚜𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚋𝚊𝚝. 𝚂𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚕 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚙 𝚜𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒 𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚊𝚙 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚞𝚙."
𝙼𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚛 𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚗 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊, 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚊𝚝 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚛. 𝚈𝚊. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚢𝚞𝚔𝚞𝚛, 𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚕 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚒. 𝚃𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚒 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊.
𝚃𝚊𝚔 𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚗, 𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚗, 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚓𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚋 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚊𝚒𝚔. 𝙼𝚎𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚙𝚞𝚗 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚋𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒, 𝚝𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚑𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚑𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚛𝚞𝚑 𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚑𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚝𝚞𝚕𝚞𝚜.
"𝚃𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚑, 𝙼𝚊𝚜," 𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚙 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗.
"𝚃𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚑 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚔 𝚊𝚙𝚊?"
"𝚂𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚢𝚞𝚔𝚞𝚛 𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚊 𝙼𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚞𝚙 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚑. 𝚂𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚑𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗, 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚞𝚖𝚙𝚞𝚗𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝙼𝚊𝚜 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊."
𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚔 𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚖𝚒. 𝙳𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚒, 𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚑𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚃𝚞𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚙𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚑𝚗𝚢𝚊.
𝙳𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒, 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚙𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚊𝚗𝚞𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚑 𝚕𝚞𝚊𝚛 𝚋𝚒𝚊𝚜𝚊. 𝙺𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚒 𝚔𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚞𝚙𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚞𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚒𝚑 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊.
𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚞𝚗, 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚓𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚍𝚒𝚛 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚑𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗. 𝚂𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚑𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚑 𝚊𝚍𝚊, 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚗, 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚝𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚊𝚙𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐.
𝙰𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚒, 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚓𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚞𝚙 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚃𝚞𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛. 𝚃𝚊𝚔 𝚓𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚞, 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚝, 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚙𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚞 𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚍𝚒𝚛 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚠𝚊 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚊. 𝚂𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚓𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚋𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒, 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚋𝚊𝚑𝚠𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚊𝚒𝚔.
𝚂𝚎𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚒 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖, 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚊. 𝚂𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚗, 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚑𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚑𝚒𝚋𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚓𝚊𝚔 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗.
𝚃𝚊𝚗𝚙𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊, 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚔𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚊 𝚍𝚒 𝚔𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊. 𝚂𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝𝚞, 𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚖 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚝.
𝚂𝚊𝚢𝚞𝚙-𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚞𝚙, 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚛 𝚔𝚎𝚑𝚎𝚋𝚘𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚛𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒. 𝙼𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚊𝚝 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚔 𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗.
"𝙺𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚔𝚊?" 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗.
"𝙼𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚔𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗," 𝚓𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚋 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊. "𝚂𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚋𝚒𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝚒𝚝𝚞."
"𝚈𝚊, 𝚃𝚞𝚑𝚊𝚗. 𝙲𝚘𝚋𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚘𝚔 𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚞, 𝙼𝚊𝚜."
"𝙰𝚢𝚘," 𝚊𝚓𝚊𝚔 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊.
𝙺𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚓𝚞 𝚔𝚎 𝚛𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚒 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊 𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚝𝚛𝚊 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚊.
𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚔𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚊𝚗 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚛𝚞. 𝚃𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚔 𝙵𝚊𝚣𝚠𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝙺𝚊𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚑 𝚊𝚜𝚢𝚒𝚔 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚎, 𝚜𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚔𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚓𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚊 𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊 𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚛𝚞𝚑.
"𝙸𝚗𝚒 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖. 𝙼𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚔 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚜𝚎𝚔𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚑?"
"𝚄𝚓𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚒, 𝙿𝚊," 𝚜𝚊𝚑𝚞𝚝 𝙵𝚊𝚣𝚠𝚊𝚗.
"𝚂𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛 𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚒, 𝙿𝚊. 𝚂𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚒," 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚕 𝙺𝚊𝚒𝚏. "𝙺𝚊𝚔 𝙵𝚊𝚣 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐," 𝚞𝚓𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚢𝚊.
"𝙻𝚊𝚑, 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚓𝚊𝚐𝚘," 𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚜 𝙵𝚊𝚣𝚠𝚊𝚗, 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚓𝚞𝚝𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚗.
𝚂𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞, 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚍𝚞𝚍𝚞𝚔 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚓𝚊𝚞𝚑 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝙰𝚛𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚔𝚊.
"𝙰𝚙𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚖 𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚝?" 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊.
"𝙽𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚓𝚊, 𝙿𝚊. 𝙰𝚔𝚞 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚔 𝚓𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚖 𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚝," 𝚓𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚋 𝙰𝚛𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚔𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚜.
"𝚃𝚊𝚗𝚙𝚊 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚖 𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚞𝚗, 𝙺𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚔 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚝𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚞𝚛," 𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚔 𝙺𝚊𝚒𝚏, 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚕 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗.
"𝙱𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚔𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚖 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚑, 𝙸𝚏. 𝙰𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒," 𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚊𝚖 𝙰𝚛𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚔𝚊.
𝙺𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚔𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚒 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚑 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚔-𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚔, 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒 𝚋𝚊𝚐𝚒 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚞𝚖 𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚊 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊, 𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚙𝚞𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚙𝚊 𝚔𝚎𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚋𝚞.
𝙸𝚗𝚒 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚏𝚘𝚔𝚞𝚜 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐. 𝙼𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚒𝚔, 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊 𝚒𝚋𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚐𝚒 𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚝𝚛𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚖𝚒. 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚓𝚊𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚞𝚙𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚒𝚑 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛.
"𝚂𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚋𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚖𝚗𝚢𝚊. 𝙿𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚃𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎 𝙰𝚛𝚒 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚒 𝚔𝚎 𝙴𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚞," 𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚙 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊, 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚒 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗.
"𝙺𝚊𝚖𝚒 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚓𝚞, 𝙿𝚊. 𝙻𝚊𝚐𝚒 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚊, 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝙿𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚋𝚞𝚛," 𝚜𝚊𝚑𝚞𝚝 𝙰𝚛𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚔𝚊.
"𝚈𝚊, 𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚒 𝚋𝚒𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚊-𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚊," 𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚜 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊. "𝚂𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝙿𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚒, 𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗 ___"
"𝙺𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚒𝚔𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚓𝚊?" 𝚌𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚜 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒.
