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"𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘶𝘩, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘺?"
𝘙𝘪𝘱𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥, 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥.

𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘏𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘙𝘪𝘱𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮.

𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥. "𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶?" 𝘏𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘺.
𝘙𝘪𝘱𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘭𝘺. "𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺." 𝘏𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘦.

𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧. "𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴." 𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯.
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