You moan against your husband's lips as he works his fingers in your cunt. He pulls you tighter against his chest when the door to your room creaks open.

"Mama? Papa?" A tiny voice calls out from the darkness of the hallway.

The two of you are up and off each other in an instant. You grab your dress off the floor as your husband fixes his trousers before walking toward the door, his formidible form shielding you from the prying eyes of your young daughters.

"Is something wrong, girls? Did you have a bad dream?" You hear him ask, as you slip into the closet

Both of them must be up.

You grab your silk robe from the back of the door and slip it on.

"We heard noises," Alicia says, ever the cautious one.

"Leesy thought you were being attacked," Moira adds, always quick to throw her twin sister under the proverbial bus.

"I heard Mama yell!" Alicia defends, sticking her tongue out at the other girl.

You're glad you're still hidden from their line of sight as blood floods your cheeks. The air fills with your husband's rumbling chuckle.

"Mama is fine, I just...surprised her is all," he explains.

"Like you scared her?" Moira asks.

"That's mean, Papa!" Alicia berates him.

"That's right, your Papa is a big, old meanie," you say, shooting him a wink as you step out from the closet.

"Guilty," Crocodile says with a shrug and a sly smile.

The girls quickly come to their father's defense.

"Papa's not mean!!" Moira shouts.

"Yeah, Papa is the best!!" Alicia agrees, abandoning her previous stance.

"B-but what about me?" you whimper, putting on your biggest pout and pretending to sniffle.

Instantly, their tune changes again.

"Mama is also the best!"

"Mama is the best Mama and Papa is the best Papa!"

"Can I be the best Papa, too?" you ask, the girls rushing over to climb in your lap.

"Nooooo!" they giggle in unison.

"That's greedy, Mama," Moira informs you with a laugh.

"Mama, your face is all red. Are you sick?" Alicia asks, patting your flushed cheeks with her tiny hands.

"I'm fine, just got a little warm," you quickly reply, cursing your childrens' observation skills.

"Is that why you were naked?" Moira asks, her big eyes staring up at you innocently.

"Yep," you say tightly.

"And Papa was helping you?" Alicia adds.

"Mhmm, that's right," you say with an awkward laugh.

Your husband comes to your rescue, with an announcement for bed announcing, scooping them up from behind and eliciting their squeals of glee.

"Papa, can we sleep with you?" Moira asks, hanging off of his neck.

"Pllllleeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaasee?" Alicia adds.

"Oh, can those eyes get any bigger?" he teases.

Both girls proceed to use their fingers to stretch their eyes even wider.

"Pretty pretty pretty pleeeeeeeease?" they coo through their giggles.

You smirk at the site as you pull on your nightgown. You never tire of the sight of your fearsome husband caving to the whims of your daughters like a house of cards.

He catches your look and gives you a smile that asks, "How could you not want more of this?"

"Ask your mother," he says turning the tables on you with practiced ease.

Two dramatic, pouting faces turn toward you, lips quivering for added effect as they affectionately cling to their father.

"Look at those crocodile tears," you say, reaching out to tickle their sides.

They dissolve into shrieks and laughs as Crocodile traps them in his arms, unable to dodge your attack.

"Alright, you can stay," you yield, plucking Alicia from Crocodile's arms.

An hour or so later, the two of you lie in bed with both girls sprawled out between you, sound asleep.

"Okay," you say, brushing a stray hair from Moira's face.

"Hmm?" Crocodile asks, looking up from his book over his reading glasses.

"𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘭~"

𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚍, 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗, 𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚍, 𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚢. 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚍, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐.

"𝘪 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴..."

"𝘍𝘶𝘧𝘶𝘧𝘶...𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶? 𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥~"

𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝚏𝚊𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚌 𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚜.

"𝘧𝘶𝘧𝘶 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘭?"

"𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪 𝘣𝘦? 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦..."

𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚎, 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚜, 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚔. 𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗.

"𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘴𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘷𝘦~"

𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚗𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚜, 𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛.

𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚞𝚙, 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘, 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚜, 𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚞𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑, 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛.

𝙷𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚍. 𝙸𝚗𝚐𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚙𝚜

𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚜 𝚞𝚙 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚙𝚜, 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚔. 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔, 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚙𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚜𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚕 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐.

𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚞𝚙 𝚑𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚞𝚐𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜, 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗.

"𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘺- 𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯-"

"𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘵"

𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎. 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚕𝚐𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚢.

"𝘋𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘺!"

𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝚜𝚘 𝚍𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚢 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎, 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚢.

"𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘪𝘧 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘧𝘶𝘧𝘶𝘧𝘶𝘧𝘶 𝘐 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘶𝘮~"

𝙷𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚙𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚙𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚕𝚢, 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚛𝚞𝚒𝚜𝚎. 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚞𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚖, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎, 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐.

𝙴𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚠𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝, 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚞𝚌𝚔 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚕𝚢. 𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜.

𝙷𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝 𝚜𝚘 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚔𝚢 𝚜𝚖𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚜𝚘 𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚢, 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚜𝚗𝚞𝚐 𝚏𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚙 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖, 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍.

"𝘋𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘺?"

"𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺, 𝘋𝘰𝘷𝘦~ 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴~"

"𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?"

𝙻𝚊𝚠 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚜, 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚊𝚍𝚢'𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝. 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚝.

"𝘐'𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘭𝘢𝘸...𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦"

𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚋𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛. 𝙷𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍, 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚜, 𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖, 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚔 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚜𝚘, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚝 𝚊 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠, 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎.

"𝘮𝘮𝘮, 𝘭𝘢𝘸~ 𝘪𝘮 𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦, 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺~"

𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚎, 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚢𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚝 & 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚜 𝚞𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚜, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚔 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚎, 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎, 𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚜.

"𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳~ 𝘪'𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘪 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦"

𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚙𝚜, 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚑, 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚜.

"𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 ________-𝘺𝘢"

𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚊𝚛... 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑, 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚎...𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚠 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚢 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝, 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚔 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝.

"𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘸- 𝘪 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳..."

"𝘊𝘶𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦...."

𝚘𝚑 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝, 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊 𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚖𝚘𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖. 𝚂𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚕𝚊𝚠 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚌𝚑. 𝙽𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚌𝚞𝚖, 𝚕𝚊𝚠 𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚡𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝, 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚢 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚒𝚛𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚗𝚎, 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚙.

"𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵...𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 (𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚝 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎)?"

"𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘱𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱"

"𝘰𝘩...𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶"

𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎, 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚕𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚙.

"𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 2 𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸"

"...𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴"

"𝘖𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦! 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨"

𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖, 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚏𝚏 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚖𝚘𝚔𝚎.

" 𝘪 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘸...𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 "

𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚜, 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗, 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖.

"𝘪 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳"

𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍, 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚜 𝚞𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚜.

𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚛𝚊, 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚋𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚝, 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑.

"𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦...."

𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍, 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚋𝚜, 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚖.

𝙷𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚒𝚗 𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚢, 𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚐𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍, 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚖𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐.

"𝘮𝘮𝘮𝘮...𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵~ 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱..."

𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜, 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚕𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚙 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑, 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑.

𝚁𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚜𝚝 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚓𝚘𝚋, 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍, 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝, 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛, 𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚝, 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚡𝚎𝚍...

"𝘋𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘺~ 𝘪𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘺'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶~"

𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚖, 𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚞𝚙 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚑 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚘𝚖, 𝚞𝚙, 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚢𝚎-𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚝. 𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝.

"𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘺'𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥~"

𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚜, 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚜, 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚑, 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚌. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕, 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚝. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚋𝚜.

𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚐𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚊𝚗𝚜, 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎, 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎. 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚋𝚞𝚔𝚊𝚒 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛, 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎.

"𝘢𝘩- 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦, 𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘭, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳-"

𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚠 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚝.

𝙻𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚍(𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚕𝚎) 𝙷𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚋𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚛𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚞𝚙𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚔, 𝚜𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚜 𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝.

"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘶𝘯?"

𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚊𝚣𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚗𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚍...𝚊 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚖...

"𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶... 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵~"

𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁: 𝖣𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝗈𝗇: 𝗂 𝖺𝗉𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗀𝗂𝗓𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗈 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀... 𝗂 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝗍𝗂𝗄𝗍𝗈𝗄, 𝖺𝗇 𝗁𝗈𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗆𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗈𝗇 𝗆𝗒 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍, 𝗒𝖾𝗌, 𝗌𝗈 𝗂 𝖺𝗉𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗀𝗂𝗓𝖾😅👍

(credits to the artist for the background and reference used for sketches)