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Shower sex and your s/o is fingering you so damn good you end up cumming that you end up bending over as they continue to overstimulate you until you're on your knees.

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He was at work and she was back at his home, the curtains let small rays of light in landing on her body as she sat up in bed, small marks littered her neck and shoulders from the previous night, she covered herself by bringing the covers up to her chest with one hand and her phone in the other, a bored expression on her face, she knew he was going to be late when she saw his message after waking up.

On her phone she scrolled through social media and saw a trend of girls sending their partners risqué pictures, whether it be something suggestive like them dressing sexy underwear or just pictures in mirror showing their bare back or something else, an idea came to mind after seeing the videos, a chuckle left her as she pulled the covers from her body and rummaged through her suitcase.

He sat at his desk in the office of his building when a ping from his phone went off in his pocket, he was the only one in said office so he pulled his phone out, his lock screen showing their silhouettes on the pavement with a message under the clock with his nickname for her “shadow gremlin” with a heart next to it, it had an image attached.

“I forgot to show you, bought it a while back” he raised a brow then looked at the door making sure no one entered, then opened the message, she was kneeling in front of a floor length mirror they had in his room, she wore a pair of white layered shorts with a tall lacey waistband with a black lace up ribbon and small ribbons peeking out underneath.

Her shirt was off the shoulder with a ribbon at the top with lace on the front and a ribbon right in between her breasts while her bra straps were visible and the sleeves stopped at the wrist, his cheeks became red as he stared before replying “it looks nice. But I’m at work so be careful” he sighed, trying to calm himself down when his phone went off again “;) I can’t promise anything~”.

He was about to reply when another image appeared, it had a spoiler warning on it to hide it from prying eyes, his eye twitched monetarily before opening the image, his face went bright red at the sight, she was on their bed, she wore his spare jacket with her bare skin on show, her legs spread with her fingers in between herself, stains on her thighs from the previous night “have fun~”.

Back at his house she rested on her stomach ready to take another one to torment him further, her arms under her breasts, pushing them up, still in his jacket just wearing her panties as she kicked her legs back and forth, a voice notification came from him, the nickname she had for him appearing “grumpy gorilla” she played it and his voice sent a shiver down her spine.

I'M BACK! ik this is kinda short but i might do a prt 2.

“By the time I get back, you better be wet and ready. ‘Cause I just took the rest of the week off and I won’t be stopping until you can’t say a proper sentence and you’ll be begging for me to fill you to the brim” his voice was husky and shaky, her legs stopped moving as her thighs clenched together, heat pooling down below “that’ll probably take all week. I’ll be waiting~” she bit her lips in anticipation.

part of my smut book on Ao3, HERE!

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Random smut drabble

Ok hear me out....

Sex on a recliner. My mom got a recliner recently (a good few months ago, like some time near the end of 2024) and i was sitting on it when my parents went to sleep and thought 'imagine having oral on this thing, or better yet riding someone on it. or maybe something else' and now here we are.

1/2 AFAB versions below

Sooooooooooo (smut under the cut)

AFAB 1: oral,fingering

You and your wife are chilling at home late into the night around 11 to 12, you’re sitting on the recliner that she bought you two months ago as a surprise, it’s just a normal recliner with no special functions but you like it either way, your hand gripped onto the leather armrests while your other covered your mouth as you felt a tongue lick you down below.

Your eyes darted to where a familiar head of hair was as her eyes glanced up at you almost innocently as if she wasn’t teasing you just then, you ponder whether she got this recliner so she could tease you so much or because she wanted to see you squirm-like the masochist you are-honestly you couldn’t really think much as your slick drenched the small foot rest beneath you.

A jolt went up your spine along with a yelp escaping your throat when you felt your legs being pulled through the slick until you felt it on your lower back as a hand pressed gently just above your aching pussy, a chuckle left your wife’s lips before she licked them and leaned in near your thigh giving a teasing lick before kissing it and up to your pussy kissing it then continued to lick it.

Your grip lightened a bit on the armrest while your other hand slid down to where your wife’s hand was as you began playing with her fingers “awe, you want my fingers instead? How cute” she cooed as she pulled her hand away trailing down your goosebump covered skin before brushing over your clit pinching the bud earning a whine from you as your hand gripped the armrest with your fingers digging into the leather.

Your wife released the bud before her fingers moved down further and spread you open, she looked up at you with lust flickering in her eyes while noticing the heavy lust that clouded your eyes as you eagerly nodded your head signaling for her to do what she wanted, a chuckle left her mouth before bringing her mouth closer blowing on your clit then giving it open mouth kisses as moans while whines escaped your lips at the feeling of her tongue moving around down there.

Your hazy gaze lingered on her as she continued to give kisses and please you, but the lingering sensation of the kiss she gave you earlier was still on your mind that you almost forgot what your wife was doing before a jolt like before went up your spine as your back arched and a loud moan escaped your lips.

Your wife removed her face and mouth from your clit and opened her eyes, the lust that flickered remained present as she licked her lips that were covered in your juices “so sweet… just like always” she spoke softly as she got up from her knees lightly pushing the footrest down, you looked up at your wife as she licked her lips clean and swallowed your juices before leaning in to kiss you.

As you tasted yourself her left hand slid down your body teasingly as her fingers pulled and fondled your boobs and nipples before rubbing the top of your pussy and a muffled moan escaped you before the kiss deepened as her free hand gently grabbed the back of your neck deepening the kiss, your eyes widened when you felt one of her fingers slip into your pussy as a whine reverberated against her lips.

Her finger moved in a circle before feeling your walls clench around it and a chuckle escaped her lips sending a shiver down your spine “getting close already? But we aren’t finished yet” she asked as she looked up at you, you jolted when you felt another finger enter you and a choaked gasp left your mouth “it’s okay, you’ve done this before, remember?” your wife reassured as she moved down and kissed your thigh before moving her fingers.

Squelching echoed as her fingers moved at a moderate pace while her lips left open mouthed kisses all over your skin and your hands dug into the arm rests as her speed picked up and was a bit faster “that’s it, pretty, cum for me. You can do it” she spoke as you clenched around her fingers, your cum squirted out getting over the chair and her fingers as she pulled them out while you caught your breath “well done. I’m proud” your wife kissed your forehead and a blush decorated your cheeks “however, we aren’t done for the night” she added as her half lidded eyes eyed your disheveled figure.

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SO! I may have to postpone my surprise smut and Tsaritsa Smut for a while-i definitely didn't forget about this poll-and I've also kinda not been in the mood for writing smut lately so I'm sorry for not uploading and updating anytime soon.

Who wants a surprise smut while i try and finish my Tsaritsa Smut? Hopefully it's done before Christmas.

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@missiletoe and i are launching the first ever 12 DAYS OF YURIMAS!! 🎄🎁🌟

Create any sort of piece (fic, art, edit, you name it) for any wlw ship of your choice based on the following prompts! OCs welcome! Do as many or as few as you like! This is all for fun (and love of yuri) 🩷

Be sure to use the tag #12 days of yurimas so we can see it! Can’t wait to kickstart this festive season with you all 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏳️‍🌈

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that "where'd you think you're going?" as they grab your hips and start fucking into you rougher >>>

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Who wants a surprise smut while i try and finish my Tsaritsa Smut? Hopefully it's done before Christmas.

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TO ANYONE CHATTING TO SOMEONE ONLINE

If you are considering meeting up with someone online use this trick identify who really are who they claim to be:

1. Ask them to Skype 2. If they refuse or can’t for some reason ask for a current selfie 3. If they also refuse or can’t do not meet up with them 4. If they provide one ask them to send another with them holding 3 fingers up 5. If they refuse read step 3 6. If they provide a selfie where they show 3 fingers they are probably for real

(If you’re still unconvinced try again with them drawing something in their hand)

I SAY THIS FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY please spread this message as more and more young people are lured out into situations where they get kidnapped because they weren’t 100% sure the person they were talking to was real.

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rb if your blog is not at all a safe space for these red flags

(image: dreamsexual, zoophilia, p3d0philia/maps, alt map)

FYI the red-yellow flag is AAM aka adult-attracted minors. Same effects as a MAP.

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Since this is going to take a while to finish (I lost my Fridays because of working at the restaurant at college😭)

Here's a snippet of a scene from it:

NSFW UNDER THE CUT:

A week had past since the Creator had arrived but neither she or the Tsaritsa were nowhere to be seen by the harbingers no matter how many places they checked, including the Tsaritsa’s throne room where the two would often be together with the Creator blabbering about her time in the other nations and the Tsaritsa would listen to her blabbering.

They weren’t aware of the muffled moans that came from behind the throne or the long strands of blonde hair that peeked out from the bottom, behind the throne stood the Tsaritsa with the Creators legs wrapped around her waist while her hands were brought up to her mouth trying to silent any moans that were trying to escape as she felt the Tsaritsa’s lips glide against her skin while her slim fingers trailed along the inside of her thighs making their way to her sensitive spot.

Soft whines and whimpers left the Creators throat as her hands reached to grab the sides of the throne reminding her of the previous times they were together on the throne being intimate while the Tsaritsa’s fingers toyed with her sensitive spot “shh, we wouldn’t want anyone to hear the noises you make, would we?” the Tsaritsa asked in a soft whisper as the Creator shook her head slowly as she felt her fingers move further and a cry almost escaped “please be quiet or a moment longer, just until there’s no one else outside” the Tsaritsa whispered before kissing below her ear and a warm liquid slid down her hand.

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DO:

Will write:

Dark content(not very versed in but will try)

Occasional fluff

PLATONICALLY ONLY minors(xcharacter/xreader)(if you want normal one shots i can do on here or main)

Angst

Smut(occasional reblogs to other account)

DON'T:

Will not write:

minors(xcharacter/xreader)

Weird kinks;piss,noncon,r@pe,in/stepcest,pseudo-cest, scat-dub, kidnapping,pregnant sex, age regression, fisting, vore, vomit, feet kinks, religions/sacrilege, highschool au(teacherXstudent-only exception is teacherXteacher), free used, g4ngb4ngs, glOryhole, etc (will delete if asked any of these) 

Racism

I’m not that versed on Yandere themes so i wont do them(yet-when i have me knowledge)

Different cultures/races. Like the yandere im ot versed on different cultures so i wont do any of that.

Male!reader (GN! Readers i can do, kinda but male readers im not sure about as im not familiar with the anatomy)

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𝐀 𝐆𝐨𝐝'𝐬 𝐈𝐜𝐲 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞

(𝟏𝟖+!! 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐒 𝐃𝐍𝐈!!) 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞:𝐬𝐦𝐮𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬:𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠,𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥(𝐅),𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠,𝐩𝐞𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬,𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠,𝐭𝐨𝐲𝐬,𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠,𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧,𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧,𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠,𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠,𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐝(𝐅)𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐭(𝐤𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬)𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝.(𝐎𝐜 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭) 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬:𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐱 𝐅𝐞𝐦!𝐔𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝!𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫!𝐎𝐜 𝐱 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜. 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬:𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐱 𝐅𝐞𝐦! 𝐔𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝!𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫!𝐎𝐜 𝐱 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐝 “𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬~” 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐫 “𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞” 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 “𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞. 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥?” 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐩 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭.

𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝-𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 ��𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐭-𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡, 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐫𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐩 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐮𝐛𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐚, 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫.

𝐈𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐩 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐭 “𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚, 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤” 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐬 “𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭, 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜” 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐣𝐨𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚’𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 “𝐚𝐡, 𝐚𝐡, 𝐚𝐡-- 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭, 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧” 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐧𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫, 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐲 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝐇𝐞 𝐠����𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚��𝐦𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚’𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐛𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜’𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 “𝐡𝐦𝐦~!” 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐩 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐥.

𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚’𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫, 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐩 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐨 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐛𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 “𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫?” 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐤𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 “𝐡𝐧𝐠𝐡… 𝐭-𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭…!!” 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐤 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠.

“𝐖-𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭… 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚𝐚𝐡𝐡𝐡!” 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 “𝐢’𝐦 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐈𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐢 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢’𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞” 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐩, 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 ��𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 “𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟. 𝐁𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚, 𝐬𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤” 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐝 “𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝--𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝?” 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐥 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 “𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫’𝐬 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐮𝐦~?” 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 “𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐭 𝐮𝐩” 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐝.

𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐫, 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡.

𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐨𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚’𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 ��𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬 “𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧” 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬����𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐬, 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐛𝐬.

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐩 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐤 “𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧, 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞?” 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 “𝐚𝐡,𝐚𝐡,𝐚𝐡. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞” 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐣𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐬, 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤.

“𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲, 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐮𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧” 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐩 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜’𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 “𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐰? 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲” 𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐥 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫, 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚�� 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐩.

𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐬;𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲, 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐬-𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 “𝐰-𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫?”𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐝 “𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭” 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 “𝐨𝐡 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞 𝐢 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬” 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐣𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 “𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐢’𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚” 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 “𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭. 𝐈’𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧” 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞.

𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 “𝐢 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝,𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐢 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭,𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞” 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐲𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞; 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫, 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 “𝐦𝐦𝐡, 𝐤-𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚~” 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐦, 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐫.

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭, 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐬 “𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮” 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 ��𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐲 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 ���𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬-𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐬 “𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐟 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐮𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬, 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬? 𝐈’𝐦 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞’𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮?” 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 ‘𝐩𝐨𝐩’ 𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐮𝐦 𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 “𝐤-𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞…” 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 “𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞?” 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 “𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐢 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩, 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨?” 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲, 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 “𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬, 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞?” 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝.

𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 “𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨” 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐞’𝐝 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫, 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞’𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢�� 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨, 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 “𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞! 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞! 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲, 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭, 𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥” 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐦 “𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞!” 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦, 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐩 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝.

𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐤𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐚, 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐬𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧.

𝐀𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐬, 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐮𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 “𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞?” 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 “𝐧𝐨, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞,” 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 “𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧” 𝐊𝐚𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐟𝐟.

Boarder by @ cafekitsune

old vers here

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18

Interested in different fandoms.

Currently in college so i won’t be as active as usual

Questioning sexuality at the moment 

Not that good at writing smut so hopefully i don't get a few things wrong if i do let me know

Also an artist and draw but it’s Very Rare when i actually draw

Extrovert online sometimes and Introvert both irl and online

Fav anime‘s are Bungou Stray Dogs, Apothecary diaries

Fav games are HSR, GI and Bungo tales

Very little info about me, sorry.