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“𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚊𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚌𝚝. 𝙸𝚝 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎.”

also, about those nicknames…

”𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝…𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝙸 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜? 𝙸𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎…𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚎. 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝙽𝙾𝚃 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚕 𝚞𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗.”

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“𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚢𝚌𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚢…𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢, 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙶𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚜, 𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚊 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚒 𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚢, 𝚜𝚘 𝙺𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝙳𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚒 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙰𝚎𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚌𝚢𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚟𝚒𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚎𝚜, 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝. 𝙸 𝚊𝚖…”

“…𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢. 𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚢𝚎𝚝.”

“𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙺𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎…𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎. 𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙰𝚎𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚞’𝚜 “𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝” 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎.”

”…𝙽𝚘. 𝙼𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚢, 𝚗𝚘. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎, 𝚜𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚘 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛.”

“𝙾𝚑 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚢𝚌𝚕𝚎…2024? 2023? 𝙸 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎.”

“𝙰𝚑, 𝚜𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙶𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚜, 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗, 𝙺𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚜 𝙳𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚒 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙰𝚎𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚞. 𝙸 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎…𝚘𝚑. 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎.”

“𝙽𝚘, 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗’𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎. 𝙸 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚜𝚝𝚢𝚕𝚎𝚜.”

“𝙽𝚘…𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚛𝚞𝚋𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎.”

Sigh “𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚐𝚎, 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚟𝚘𝚠𝚜. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚁𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚌𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚢𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚐𝚘𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝙹𝚞𝚗𝚘.”