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𝙳𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚑 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚝𝚞𝚋𝚞𝚑 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚒𝚑 𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚝, 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒. 𝚃𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚔 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚔 𝙽𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗, 𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚝 𝚔𝚞𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚊 𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚞𝚊𝚛 𝚋𝚒𝚊𝚜𝚊.

𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚖 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚙 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚒𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚖 𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞. 𝙴𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚙𝚊, 𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚊𝚗.

"𝙺𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚒 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚔𝚞?" 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒, 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚙 𝚕𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚝 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒. 𝙰𝚗𝚎𝚑𝚗𝚢𝚊, 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚙𝚞𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚓𝚞𝚐𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚔 𝚒𝚝𝚞.

𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚑𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒. 𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚞𝚗, 𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚜𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚋. 𝚆𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚍𝚞𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚞𝚑 𝚝𝚞𝚓𝚞𝚑 𝚝𝚊𝚑𝚞𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚒-𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚒 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚖, 𝚜𝚎𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚔𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚊-𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚔 𝚍𝚒𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚔𝚊𝚗.

𝚂𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚗, 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚙 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚑 𝚍𝚒𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚖 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒. "𝙰𝚔𝚞 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚊𝚑𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚊𝚙𝚊," 𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗. "𝙰𝚔𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚙 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚊𝚐𝚊 𝚛𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚊."

"𝙰𝚙𝚊 𝚊𝚔𝚞 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚑𝚖𝚞?" 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚒.

"𝙴𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚑𝚕𝚊𝚑. 𝚂𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚐𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚓𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚞."

"𝙺𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚑𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚛 𝚊𝚔𝚞 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚊𝚢𝚊?"

𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚞𝚖 𝚔𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚕, 𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗. "𝙰𝚙𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚑 𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚔𝚞𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚊𝚢𝚊?"

𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚖 𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗. 𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚗, 𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒. "𝙼𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚞," 𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚗𝚢𝚊, 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚙𝚒 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞.

𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚙𝚊-𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚒. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚏𝚘𝚔𝚞𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚑𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚞𝚔 𝚋𝚊𝚔𝚜𝚘, 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚓𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚔𝚜𝚒 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚞 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒.

𝚂𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞, 𝚍𝚒 𝚕𝚞𝚊𝚛 𝚑𝚞𝚓𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜. 𝙻𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚓𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚑𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚔-𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚔𝚗𝚢𝚊, 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚔𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚍𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚊.

"𝙱𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊 𝚓𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚑𝚞𝚓𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚔𝚞𝚗𝚓𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚊?" 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚖 𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚑 𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐.

"𝚂𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚒 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚕, 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚔𝚑𝚒𝚛. 𝚂𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚑𝚞𝚓𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚒, 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚒 𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚊," 𝚞𝚓𝚊𝚛 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚙𝚒.

"𝙹𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚊, 𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚔 𝚑𝚊𝚕 𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗."

"𝙰𝚍𝚊 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚔 𝚑𝚊𝚕 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚞. 𝙼𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚔𝚞, 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚊𝚍𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚝𝚞 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚏𝚊𝚊𝚝𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚒𝚔. 𝚃𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚛 𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚖𝚞 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚢𝚊."

𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖, 𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚙 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚑 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚗𝚊. "𝙻𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚖𝚞 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚒𝚋𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚊. 𝚂𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔𝚗𝚢𝚊, 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚒 𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚗."

"𝙰𝚙𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚝𝚊𝚑𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚗?" 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗.

𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚋. 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚒𝚔𝚒𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝, 𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚖 𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗.

𝙿𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐, 𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚙𝚞𝚗 𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚙 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚖 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚑𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐. 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚞𝚖 𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚛, 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚞𝚓𝚊𝚗.

𝚃𝚊𝚗𝚙𝚊 𝚓𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚙𝚊 𝚓𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚗. 𝚂𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚛𝚞𝚑 𝚝𝚞𝚋𝚞𝚑 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚑 𝚔𝚞𝚢𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚊. 𝙳𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚜𝚞𝚔, 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚊𝚝 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚔𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚕. 𝙰𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚒, 𝚍𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚔𝚎𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚞𝚊𝚛 𝚋𝚒𝚊𝚜𝚊.

𝙱𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗. 𝚂𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚒𝚛𝚗𝚊, 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚖 𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚞𝚓𝚊𝚗. 𝚆𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚖𝚞𝚍𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚑 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚒. 𝙼𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚊𝚊𝚗, 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚞 𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚜𝚎𝚔𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚝𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞.

𝙳𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚞𝚓𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚓𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚑 𝚔𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚖𝚒. 𝙰𝚍𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚒𝚕𝚞 𝚗𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚞. 𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚞𝚗, 𝚍𝚒 𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚔 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚊𝚗, 𝚋𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒 𝚋𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚑 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚖 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚑.

"𝚃𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚑, 𝙱," 𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚙 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒. 𝚃𝚊𝚗𝚙𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚛, 𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚞𝚔 𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗𝚐.

𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚞𝚖. 𝙺𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚛𝚗𝚊. 𝙼𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚒𝚗𝚒 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚑 𝚜𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚘𝚑𝚘𝚗 𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐, 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚒 𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚞𝚓𝚊𝚗.

𝚈𝚊. 𝙷𝚊𝚝𝚒 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚒. 𝙸𝚗𝚒 𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚑𝚞𝚓𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚑, 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚑 𝚍𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊, 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝙰𝚛𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚊.

"𝙰𝚙𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚋𝚞𝚖𝚞, 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚞𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚑 𝚔𝚞𝚢𝚞𝚙 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝚒𝚗𝚒?"

"𝙱𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚞 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚊 𝚊𝚔𝚞 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚋𝚞𝚛 𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚗," 𝚞𝚓𝚊𝚛 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒, 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚙𝚒 𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚗 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒.

"𝙺𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚛. 𝚃𝚊𝚔 𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚊 𝚊𝚙𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒 𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚗," 𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚜 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒, 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚙 𝚕𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚝 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚞𝚖 𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚝. "𝙼𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚔𝚕𝚊𝚑. 𝙺𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚝 𝚔𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚗."

"𝙺𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚓𝚞𝚐𝚊." 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚞𝚖 𝚕𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚛.

"𝙱𝚒𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚞 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚞," 𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚙 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚒. "𝙰𝚔𝚞 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚑, 𝚓𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚝 𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚊 𝚒𝚗𝚒."

𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚞𝚖. 𝚃𝚞𝚋𝚞𝚑𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚗. 𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚞𝚗, 𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚒 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚔 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚛-𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚝. 𝙿𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚗𝚢𝚊, 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒, 𝚋𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚍𝚒 𝚙𝚊𝚐𝚒 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚒.

"𝙰𝚔𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚊," 𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚙 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚙𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚛.

"𝙰𝚙𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚜𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚒?" 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒. 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚑𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚔𝚒𝚝 𝚙𝚞𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒.

"𝚁𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚒," 𝚓𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚋 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗.

𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊𝚙𝚒. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚙 𝚕𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚔 𝚒𝚝𝚞. 𝚂𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚗, 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚓𝚞𝚐𝚊 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚑 𝚔𝚞𝚢𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚞. "𝙹𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚜𝚊, 𝚊𝚔𝚞 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚔𝚊𝚗𝚖𝚞 ...." 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚖 𝚜𝚎𝚓𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚔. "𝙻𝚞𝚙𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗," 𝚞𝚓𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚢𝚊.

𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚜𝚞𝚍 𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞. 𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚞𝚗, 𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚞 𝚍𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚑𝚔𝚊𝚗.

"𝚃𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚔𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚑, 𝙱," 𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚙 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒, 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚖 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚓𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚍𝚒𝚙𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚐. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝, 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚔𝚜𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝙱𝚞𝚖𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚍𝚊 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚢𝚊.

𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗, 𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚙 𝚔𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚊 𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚗. 𝙱𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚔 𝚔𝚎 𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚑, 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚊𝚑 𝚜𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚔𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚞-𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚞. 𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚞𝚗, 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚊 𝚍𝚒 𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚞 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚔, 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚐𝚞𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝.

𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚞 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚑𝚗𝚢𝚊. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚋𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚔 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚑.

𝚃𝚊𝚔 𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊 𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚓𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗, 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚔. 𝙺𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚢𝚊, 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚊𝚝 𝙱𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚑 𝚋𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚑.

"𝙸𝚝𝚞. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐," 𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚙 𝙱𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚛, 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚗𝚓𝚞𝚔 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚔𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚊.

𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚑 𝚋𝚊𝚢𝚊 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚑 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝙱𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚛, 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚞𝚖. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚒, 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚑𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚑 𝚔𝚞𝚢𝚞𝚙. 𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚞𝚗, 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚗.

"𝚈𝚊, 𝚃𝚞𝚑𝚊𝚗. 𝙺𝚊𝚖𝚞 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚞𝚓𝚊𝚗-𝚑𝚞𝚓𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒 𝚒𝚗𝚒," 𝚝𝚎𝚐𝚞𝚛 𝙷𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒, 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚞 𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚞𝚕 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚋𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚑. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚒 𝚍𝚞𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚒𝚛 𝚝𝚎𝚑 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚓𝚊. 𝚂𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚒𝚝𝚞, 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚒 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚞 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚔.

"𝙰𝚢𝚘. 𝙶𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒 𝚋𝚊𝚓𝚞𝚖𝚞. 𝙽𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗," 𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚙 𝙷𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗.

𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚞𝚔. 𝙱𝚊𝚛𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚊𝚑 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚊𝚞𝚑 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚞, 𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚑 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚕 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚔𝚗𝚢𝚊.

"𝙹𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚊-𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚊, 𝙽𝚊𝚔. 𝚂𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒 𝚙𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚒𝚊𝚗, 𝚜𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚒," 𝚙𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚗 𝙱𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚛, 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚑 𝚒𝚜𝚢𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚊𝚑 𝚍𝚒𝚙𝚊𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚒 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒.

𝙻𝚊𝚐𝚒-𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚒, 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚐𝚞𝚔. 𝚃𝚊𝚗𝚙𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚗, 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚊, 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚠𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚍𝚊𝚍𝚊.

𝚂𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚑 𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚊 𝚍𝚒 𝚍𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚖 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚛, 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒-𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒, 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚞 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚓𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝 𝚔𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚞𝚝𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚒. "𝚃𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔," 𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚑. 𝙳𝚒𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚔 𝚜𝚒𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚜𝚘𝚜𝚘𝚔 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚊, 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚑.

"𝙰𝚔𝚞 𝚝𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚔 𝚖𝚊𝚞," 𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚙 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚒. 𝙳𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚙𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚑, 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚕𝚊𝚐𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚊 𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚑𝚗𝚢𝚊. 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚔𝚜𝚊 𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚋𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚠𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚜, 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚊-𝚝𝚒𝚋𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚍𝚊.

𝙱𝚎𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚊𝚝 𝚔𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚗, 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚛 𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚒 𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚞.

"𝙰𝚛𝚒! 𝙲𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚕𝚊𝚑, 𝙽𝚊𝚔." 𝚂𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝙷𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚞 𝚗𝚢𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚊 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒, 𝚢𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚛 𝚊𝚙𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚗.

"𝙸-𝚒𝚢𝚊, 𝙱𝚞," 𝚜𝚊𝚑𝚞𝚝 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚊𝚝𝚊.

𝚃𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚊𝚔𝚜𝚊, 𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚒𝚛𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚊 𝚔𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚊𝚗. 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚊𝚑 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚓𝚞 𝚛𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚞.