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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𝚂𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚔, 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚔𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚑 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒.
"𝙺𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚊?" 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚢𝚒𝚝𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐.
"𝙺𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚢𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗, 𝚂𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐?"
𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚞𝚖 𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚝. "𝙱𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚊𝚑 𝙵𝚊𝚣𝚠𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝙺𝚊𝚒𝚏 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚓𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛? 𝚂𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛 𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚒, 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚔𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒 𝚕𝚒𝚋𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚓𝚊𝚗𝚐. 𝚂𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚒 𝚒𝚝𝚞, 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚒 𝚔𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚒 𝙰𝚛𝚜𝚑 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚛-𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚛 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚑," 𝚓𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗.
𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚑𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚑𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚖𝚒. "𝙸𝚗𝚒 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚕𝚒𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚠𝚊. 𝙺𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚔𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒 𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚝𝚞 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚒𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚊𝚗."
"𝙸𝚝𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚋𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚒 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚞," 𝚞𝚓𝚊𝚛 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊.
"𝙰𝚢𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚑, 𝙼𝚊𝚜." 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚑 𝚙𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚖𝚒, 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚞𝚖 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚜.
"𝚈𝚊, 𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚞𝚗. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚔 𝚓𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝚒𝚗𝚒," 𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚜 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚑𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊, 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚔𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚗. "𝙱𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊?" 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊.
"𝚃𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎 𝚢𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚓𝚊𝚔 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚊?" 𝙰𝚛𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚔𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚛 𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚞.
"𝙺𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔? 𝙼𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚒𝚗𝚒, 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚔 𝚑𝚊𝚕 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚔𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚊," 𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚙 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒. "𝚂𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐, 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚒𝚋𝚞 𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗. 𝚂𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚎 𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚑 𝚒𝚗𝚒 𝚋𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚔 𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒 𝙼𝚊𝚜 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊. 𝚂𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚐𝚊 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚒𝚑 𝚍𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚔𝚛𝚊𝚋."
𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚙 𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚝𝚛𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚖𝚒. "𝙼𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚒𝚗, 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚒𝚗𝚒 𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚒𝚕 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚊𝚗 '𝚖𝚊𝚖𝚊'. 𝙸𝚝𝚞 𝚓𝚞𝚐𝚊 𝚓𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚊," 𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚗𝚢𝚊, 𝚍𝚒𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚞𝚖 𝚔𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚕.
"𝚂𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚜𝚞𝚍 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚕 𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚑 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚒 𝚖𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗. 𝚂𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝙼𝚊𝚜 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚞, 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐-𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝚂𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚓𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚔 𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚊."
𝚂𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚑 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚍𝚞𝚐𝚊. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚊 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚔𝚒𝚊𝚗. 𝚂𝚎𝚓𝚊𝚔 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚕, 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞.
𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚙𝚒 𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚊-𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚍𝚒 𝚙𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒. 𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚗, 𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚗𝚢𝚊. 𝙼𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗, 𝚜𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚔𝚞𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚞𝚛𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊.
"𝙺𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚛 𝚒𝚝𝚞, 𝙰𝚗𝚊𝚔-𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚔?" 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚑𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊. "𝙿𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊, 𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚃𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎 𝙰𝚛𝚒 𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚛. 𝙼𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚓𝚊𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚒𝚕𝚗𝚢𝚊 '𝚖𝚊𝚖𝚊' 𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐. 𝙳𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚞, 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚔𝚎𝚋𝚒𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊 𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒."
𝙺𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚝𝚛𝚊 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚜𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚖 𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚑𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚔𝚊.
"𝙸𝚗𝚒 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒 𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚑 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚒, 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚞𝚋𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚒 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚙𝚊 𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚜𝚘𝚜𝚘𝚔 𝚒𝚋𝚞. 𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚞𝚗, 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚓𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚃𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎 𝙰𝚛𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚛-𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚙 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚒 𝚋𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚒. 𝙺𝚊𝚖𝚒 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚑𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚒𝚔 𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚒𝚗," 𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚙 𝙰𝚛𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚔𝚊, 𝚖𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚒 𝚔𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚊 𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚔𝚗𝚢𝚊.
"𝙸𝚝𝚞 𝚓𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚋𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚊𝚐𝚞𝚜, 𝙰𝚛𝚜𝚑. 𝙿𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊," 𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚙 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚕 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒. "𝙿𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚙, 𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚞𝚛 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚝. 𝚃𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞, 𝙰𝚛𝚜𝚑. 𝙲𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚑, 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚛 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚋𝚞𝚛. 𝙺𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚒, 𝚓𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒."
𝚂𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚔, 𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚗 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚙𝚒 𝚝𝚊𝚠𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚑 𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚑 𝙵𝚊𝚣𝚠𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝙺𝚊𝚒𝚏.
"𝙸𝚝𝚞 𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚒𝚑 𝚋𝚊𝚒𝚔, 𝙿𝚊," 𝚞𝚓𝚊𝚛 𝙺𝚊𝚒𝚏, 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚕 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚘𝚕 𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝙵𝚊𝚣𝚠𝚊𝚗.
"𝙰𝚔𝚞 𝚓𝚞𝚐𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚓𝚞," 𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚜 𝙵𝚊𝚣𝚠𝚊𝚗, 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝙰𝚛𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚔𝚊.
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𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚒 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞. 𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎 𝙴𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚊 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚑𝚗𝚢𝚊. 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚋𝚊𝚑𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚒 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐-𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊.
"𝙸𝚢𝚊, 𝙱𝚞. 𝙺𝚊𝚖𝚒 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚞. 𝚁𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚗𝚓𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚒 𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚊 𝚗𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚊. 𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚜, 𝙸𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚂𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚜. 𝚂𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚢𝚊, 𝙰𝚛𝚒 𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚓𝚊𝚔 𝙸𝚋𝚞. 𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚞𝚗, 𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚔 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗. 𝙼𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚝𝚞," 𝚓𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚜 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒, 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚍𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝙷𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒.
"𝙸𝚋𝚞 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚝𝚞𝚊. 𝙸𝚝𝚞 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚑𝚔𝚊𝚗."
"𝙽𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒 𝙰𝚛𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚑-𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚑 𝚔𝚑𝚞𝚜𝚞𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚔 𝙸𝚋𝚞 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚋𝚊𝚔 𝚆𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚗. 𝙳𝚘𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚓𝚊, 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚐𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚒 𝚍𝚒𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚒 𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗."
"𝚃𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞. 𝚃𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚔 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚒. 𝙸𝚋𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚘𝚊, 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚔 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚙 𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚝𝚞 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚗 𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚑 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚞, 𝙽𝚊𝚔. 𝚂𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚐𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝙽𝚊𝚔 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚒 𝚋𝚒𝚍𝚞𝚔 𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚑 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊 𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚑𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗. 𝚃𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚒𝚔. 𝙲𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚒 𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚖𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚑𝚗𝚢𝚊. 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚔𝚒𝚛𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗."
"𝙸𝚢𝚊, 𝙱𝚞. 𝙰𝚛𝚒 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚒𝚔. 𝙽𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒 𝙰𝚛𝚒 𝚔𝚊𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚒."
𝚂𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝙷𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒, 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚙 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚙𝚘𝚗. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒 𝚍𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚝 𝚓𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚛 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚕 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚙 𝚔𝚎 𝚕𝚞𝚊𝚛.
𝙼𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚖 𝚑𝚞𝚓𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞. 𝚂𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚊 𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚞𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚊𝚠𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚒 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚙𝚊 𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚊. 𝙰𝚙𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚛 𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊. 𝙼𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚕 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚒𝚛𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚒 𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚒𝚛, 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚗.
𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚙 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚢𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚓𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊, 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚞𝚊𝚛 𝚋𝚒𝚊𝚜𝚊. 𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚞𝚗, 𝚍𝚒 𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚔 𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚗 𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊 𝚔𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗, 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚝 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚔 𝚍𝚒𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚊𝚙𝚔𝚊𝚗.
𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚗, 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚑 𝚔𝚊𝚌𝚊 𝚓𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚙 𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚝. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚔𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚊𝚗. 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚍𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚊, 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊.
𝙰𝚙𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚋𝚊𝚛, 𝙱? 𝙴𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚑 𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚍𝚒 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚒. 𝙰𝚔𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚙 𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒, 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚞𝚙𝚖𝚞 𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚒𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚔.
𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚙 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚊𝚌𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗, 𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚍𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚊.
𝙰𝚔𝚞 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊, 𝙱. 𝙰𝚔𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚓𝚊𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚊𝚍𝚊, 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗. 𝚂𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝚍𝚘𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚔𝚔𝚞 𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚞. 𝙰𝚔𝚞 𝚙𝚞𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚙 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚊. 𝚂𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚐𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚋𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚊, 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚓𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚞𝚙 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚍𝚒𝚙𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚑.
𝙴𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚗 𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚋𝚒𝚋𝚒𝚛 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒, 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚙 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚊𝚌𝚊. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚊𝚔𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝.
𝚃𝚊𝚔 𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚒, 𝚙𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒 𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖. 𝙺𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚢𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚔𝚑𝚒𝚛, 𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚙𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗.
𝚂𝚎𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚋𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚊 𝚍𝚒 𝚌𝚊𝚔𝚛𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚊, 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚛 𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚗. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚔 𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚒, 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚒 𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚙 𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚊𝚛.
"𝚂𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐," 𝚜𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚞 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚔 𝚔𝚎 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚛, 𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚞. "𝙰𝚙𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚋𝚊𝚒𝚔-𝚋𝚊𝚒𝚔 𝚜𝚊𝚓𝚊?" 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚝, 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚔 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗𝚐.
"𝙸𝚢𝚊, 𝙼𝚊𝚜. 𝚂𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚐𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚙," 𝚓𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚋 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗. "𝙸𝚗𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚙𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚗𝚊𝚒𝚔 𝚙𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚝."
"𝙰𝚙𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚖𝚞 𝚐𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚙? 𝙱𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚓𝚊 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚊 𝚍𝚒 𝙴𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚊. 𝙰𝚍𝚊 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚔 𝚑𝚊𝚕 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚊. 𝚂𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚎𝚍𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝙸𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚊." 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚌𝚞𝚙 𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚙𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒, 𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚞𝚋𝚞𝚑𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚗.
"𝙰𝚙𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚙𝚒𝚔𝚒𝚛𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚢𝚊? 𝙼𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚑𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚓𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚍𝚞𝚐𝚊. 𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚞𝚗, 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚑 𝚍𝚊𝚗 ...." 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚓𝚞𝚝𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚗𝚢𝚊, 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗.
"𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚑𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚛, 𝙼𝚊𝚜. 𝚂𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚋𝚊𝚒𝚔-𝚋𝚊𝚒𝚔 𝚜𝚊𝚓𝚊." 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚜𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚞𝚖.
"𝙺𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚢𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗?"
𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚞𝚔 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚑 𝚔𝚎𝚢𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚗. "𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚒 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚛𝚗𝚊, 𝚜𝚎𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚝𝚞. 𝚂𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚒𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚗 ...." 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚒 𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚙𝚒𝚙𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚖𝚒. 𝙳𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝, 𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚞𝚖 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚜. "𝙼𝚊𝚊𝚏𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚊𝚝 𝙼𝚊𝚜 𝚔𝚑𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚛."
"𝚂𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚓𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚖𝚞 𝚖𝚞𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚐. 𝚂𝚎𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚒𝚗, 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚑𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝚙𝚊𝚑𝚕𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚖."
"𝙼𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚙𝚊𝚑𝚕𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚒 𝚍𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚊 𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚝𝚊," 𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚜 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚝. "𝚂𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚢𝚞𝚔𝚞𝚛 𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚔𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝚒𝚗𝚒. 𝚂𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚐𝚊 𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚑 𝙼𝚊𝚜 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚑 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚋𝚊𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊 𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒, 𝚋𝚊𝚑𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚔 𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚒."
"𝚂𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚋𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚒𝚑 𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞," 𝚞𝚓𝚊𝚛 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊, 𝚍𝚒𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚞𝚖 𝚌𝚞𝚔𝚞𝚙 𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚛. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚔𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚞𝚛.
"𝙱𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚔 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚘𝚗𝚒 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚓𝚊𝚗𝚐. 𝙼𝚎𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚙𝚞𝚗 𝚍𝚒 𝚙𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚞𝚛 𝚗𝚢𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚔, 𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚒 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚑𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚒𝚑 𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚒𝚗𝚒."
𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚞𝚔, 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚞𝚖 𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚝. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚒 𝚙𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚓𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚔 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚒. 𝙼𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚑 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚖𝚗𝚢𝚊.
𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚔 𝚔𝚎𝚓𝚞𝚝𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚞𝚙𝚗𝚢𝚊. 𝚂𝚒𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚊, 𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚜 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚗𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚢𝚊. 𝙼𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚊 𝚓𝚊𝚞𝚑 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚎𝚍𝚊.
𝙺𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚊𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒 𝚖𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚒, 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚞 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚒 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚋𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒-𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒 𝚐𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚕. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚙 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚔.
𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚞𝚗, 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚒 𝚃𝚞𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚒𝚑. 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚋𝚊𝚑𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚒 𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚝𝚛𝚊, 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚙𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚑 𝚙𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚔𝚊 𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊-𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊.
𝙺𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚞𝚙𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚊, 𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚙𝚞𝚗 𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚒 𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚒 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚔𝚘𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚐. 𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚞𝚗, 𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚑𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚜𝚒 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗, 𝚢𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚑 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊. 𝙼𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚊𝚒 𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚜, 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚙𝚒 𝚕𝚞𝚔𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞.
𝙱𝚒𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚋𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚞𝚝𝚊𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚓𝚊𝚒 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚒. 𝙺𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚑 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚔𝚑𝚒𝚛 𝚍𝚒 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚒.
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𝙷𝚊𝚒, 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚊. 𝚃𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚑 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚔𝚞𝚝𝚒 𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚑 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒. 𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚞𝚙𝚊 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚗 𝚌𝚎𝚞𝚌𝚎𝚞 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛, 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚏 𝚓𝚞𝚍𝚞𝚕-𝚓𝚞𝚍𝚞𝚕 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚞. 𝚂𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚕 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚞, 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚎𝚔 𝚓𝚞𝚍𝚞𝚕-𝚓𝚞𝚍𝚞𝚕 𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚍𝚒 𝚕𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚔 𝙺𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚒, 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚝. 𝙳𝚒𝚓𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚞 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚍𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗.
𝙻𝚊𝚗𝚓𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚞𝚔 𝚔𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚍𝚞𝚕 '𝚁𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝙸𝚜𝚊𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎'.
𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚞𝚙𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚓𝚎𝚓𝚊𝚔 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚊, 𝚢𝚊 🤗😉
𝚂𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐,
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