"ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀꜱᴛ ᴄᴀɴ ɴᴏᴛ ʙᴇ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇᴅ, ꜰᴏʀɢᴏᴛᴛᴇɴ, ᴇᴅɪᴛᴇᴅ, ᴏʀ ᴇʀᴀꜱᴇᴅ; ɪᴛ ᴄᴀɴ ᴏɴʟʏ ʙᴇ ᴀᴄᴄᴇᴘᴛᴇᴅ ."

"𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕤?" 𝕀 𝕒𝕤𝕜, 𝕒𝕤 𝕀 𝕝𝕒𝕪 𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕞𝕤. 𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕞𝕪 𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕞 𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕠𝕥𝕙 𝕠𝕗 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕞𝕤, 𝕎𝕀ℂ𝕂𝔼𝔻 𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕗 𝕨𝕖 𝕤6𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕒 𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕞.

"𝕙𝕞𝕞?" ℍ𝕖 𝕙𝕦𝕞𝕤, 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕧𝕚𝕓𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕥.

"𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕫𝕖.." 𝕀 𝕓𝕖𝕘𝕚𝕟, "𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕪'𝕝𝕝 𝕡𝕦𝕥 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕚𝕥..."

"𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕥'𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕟." ℍ𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕖𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕒 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕕

"𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕞𝕖?" 𝕀 𝕒𝕤𝕜, 𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕚𝕥 𝕦𝕡. 𝕀 𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕥 𝕞𝕪 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕥, 𝕞𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕖𝕪𝕖𝕤.

"𝕎𝕙𝕪 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕤𝕜 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥?" ℍ𝕖 𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕤 𝕞𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕗𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕕

"𝔹𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕤, 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕖𝕝𝕤𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕘𝕠 𝕚𝕟 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕜𝕚𝕕𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕥𝕠𝕠𝕜?" 𝕀 𝕒𝕤𝕜

"ℍ𝕒𝕧𝕖-𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕕𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦?" ℍ𝕖 𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕤 𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕕 "𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕒?" ℍ𝕖 𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕤 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕀 𝕕𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕤𝕨𝕖𝕣

"𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕪'𝕧𝕖 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕕𝕣𝕒𝕨𝕟 𝕒 𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝕓𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕕, 𝕋𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕪" 𝕀 𝕤𝕒𝕪 "𝕀𝕥'𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕚𝕘, 𝕚𝕥'𝕤 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟-" 𝕀 𝕔𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗𝕗 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕀 𝕤𝕖𝕖 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖. "𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥?" 𝕀 𝕒𝕤𝕜

"𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕒, 𝕨𝕙𝕪 𝕕𝕚𝕕𝕟'𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕞𝕖?" 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕤 𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕤, 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕓𝕠𝕕𝕪 𝕥𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕖

"𝕀 𝕥𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦, 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤𝕟'𝕥 𝕒 𝕓𝕚𝕘 𝕕𝕖𝕒𝕝. 𝕐𝕠𝕦'𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕞𝕖 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕤, 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥'𝕤 𝕘𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕟?" 𝕀 𝕒𝕤𝕜

"𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕪'𝕧𝕖 𝕒𝕝𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕪 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕘𝕚𝕣𝕝𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕒 𝕞𝕒𝕫𝕖. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕔𝕜 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕖 𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕚𝕟 𝕚𝕟𝕔𝕝𝕦𝕕𝕖𝕤 𝕓𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕕 𝕤𝕒𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕤, 𝕒𝕝𝕘𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕞𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕙𝕪𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕥𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕤." ℍ𝕖 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤, 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕞𝕪 𝕓𝕖𝕕.

𝕀 𝕗𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕦𝕡, "𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕕𝕠 𝕀 𝕕𝕠 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕤?" 𝕀 𝕒𝕤𝕜 "𝕀 𝕔𝕒𝕟'𝕥 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕓𝕠𝕪𝕤 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖." 𝕀 𝕤𝕒𝕪 "𝕎𝕙𝕪 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕡𝕦𝕥 𝕞𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕝𝕠𝕥 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕖 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕒 𝕞𝕒𝕫𝕖 𝕗𝕦𝕝𝕝 𝕠𝕗 𝕘𝕚𝕣𝕝𝕤 𝕀 𝕕𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨?" 𝕀 𝕒𝕤𝕜

"𝕀 𝕕𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 ℝ𝕚𝕒, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕠. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖. 𝔻𝕠 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕨𝕖 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣?" ℍ𝕖 𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕤 𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕓𝕓𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕞𝕪 𝕓𝕒𝕘𝕤 𝕠𝕗𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕗𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕪 𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕞.

"𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕤! ℍ𝕖𝕪!" 𝕀 𝕖𝕩𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕞 𝕒𝕤 𝕤𝕠𝕗𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕤 𝕀 𝕔𝕒𝕟, 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕡𝕤 𝕒𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕤𝕤 𝕞𝕪 𝕤𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕞 𝕀 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝕙𝕚𝕞. 𝕋𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕖, 𝕀 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕦𝕡 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕖𝕪𝕖𝕤. "𝕎𝕖'𝕝𝕝 𝕗𝕚𝕘𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥, 𝕨𝕖'𝕝𝕝 𝕓𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕚𝕗 𝕀 𝕣𝕦𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕘𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕡𝕦𝕥 𝕞𝕖 𝕚𝕟. 𝕁𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕒𝕤𝕜 𝔸𝕧𝕒, 𝕤𝕙𝕖'𝕤 𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕥𝕙 𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖." 𝕀 𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕙𝕚𝕞

"𝕀 𝕕𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕙𝕖𝕣." 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕤 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕤

𝕀 𝕟𝕠𝕕, 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘. "𝕀 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨, 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕚𝕥...𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕞𝕖?" 𝕀 𝕒𝕤𝕜 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕕𝕖𝕗𝕖𝕒𝕥

"𝔸𝕝𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥, 𝕒𝕝𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥." ℍ𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕔𝕖𝕕𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕒 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕦𝕥𝕖 "𝕀'𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕜 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕠𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕨" ℍ𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕤

"𝔾𝕠𝕠𝕕, 𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕞𝕖. 𝕀'𝕞 𝕥𝕠𝕠 𝕥𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤."

***𝕙𝕒𝕙𝕒 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕞𝕖 𝕒𝕥 𝟛𝕒𝕞 𝕨𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕡𝕦𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕞𝕪 𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕝𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕚𝕥***

𝕊𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕝𝕪, 𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕝𝕚𝕞𝕓𝕤 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕞𝕖, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕖 𝕕𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕥 𝕒𝕤𝕝𝕖𝕖𝕡. ℍ𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕠𝕠𝕣. ℙ𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕠𝕓𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕦𝕤𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕣𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕕.

"ℝ𝕚𝕒! ℝ𝕚𝕒! 𝕎𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕦𝕡!" ℍ𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕤 𝕤𝕙𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕞𝕖. 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕪𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕠𝕠𝕣 𝕓𝕖𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕖𝕩𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕙𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕟.

"𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥?" 𝕀 𝕒𝕤𝕜, 𝕓𝕠𝕝𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕦𝕡 𝕥𝕚𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕗𝕦𝕤𝕖𝕕

"𝕐𝕠𝕦'𝕧𝕖 𝕘𝕠𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖! 𝕀 𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝔸𝕧𝕒, ℝ𝕚𝕒, 𝕀 𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕣" ℍ𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕘𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕪 𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕞 𝕡𝕦𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕒 𝕓𝕒𝕘. 𝕀 𝕙𝕠𝕡 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕓𝕖𝕕, 𝕡𝕦𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕟 𝕡𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕒 𝕥-𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕣𝕥.

"𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕕𝕚𝕕 𝕤𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕪?" 𝕀 𝕒𝕤𝕜, 𝕡𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕦𝕡 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕦𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕪 𝕓𝕒𝕘 𝕗𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪. 𝔽𝕖𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕟𝕠 𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕤 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕟𝕖𝕩𝕥 𝕙𝕖'𝕤 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕞𝕖.

"𝕎𝕖 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥, 𝕤𝕙𝕖'𝕤 𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕠 𝕒 𝕞𝕒𝕫𝕖. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕒𝕟'𝕥 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕒𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕖 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 ℂ𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕜𝕤 𝕕𝕠 ℝ𝕚𝕒. 𝕎𝕖 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕧𝕚𝕣𝕦𝕤, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕚𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦'𝕝𝕝 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕥!" ℍ𝕖 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕤 𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕫𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕗𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕔 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕣𝕪

"𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥!?" 𝕀 𝕒𝕤𝕜

"𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕨𝕚𝕡𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕤𝕦𝕓𝕛𝕖𝕔𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟, 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪'𝕝𝕝 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕓𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕪!" 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕤 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕤, 𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕚𝕔𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕥𝕙 𝕠𝕗 𝕦𝕤 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕘

𝔻𝕒𝕫𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕓𝕖𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕀 𝕨𝕒𝕥𝕔𝕙 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕣𝕦𝕟 𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕪 𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕞 𝕡𝕦𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕚𝕟. ℚ𝕦𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕝𝕪, 𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕦𝕡 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕒 𝕡𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕠𝕟. "𝕀 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕚𝕒, 𝕀 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕀 𝕨𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡."

"ℂ𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕞𝕖" 𝕀 𝕤𝕒𝕪, 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕤

"𝕊𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕡 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕘𝕖𝕥 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖, 𝕤𝕠 𝕀'𝕝𝕝 𝕓𝕦𝕪 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖. 𝔹𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕤, 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕖𝕝𝕤𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕘𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕜𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕓𝕣𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕞𝕦𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕣𝕦𝕟."

"𝕄𝕠𝕧𝕖." 𝔸 𝕧𝕠𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕓𝕖𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕪𝕤.

"𝕎𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕟'𝕥 𝕕𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥." 𝔸𝕝𝕓𝕪'𝕤 𝕧𝕠𝕚𝕔𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕠𝕟𝕕𝕤.

"ℂ𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕠𝕟 ℝ𝕚𝕒! ℝ𝕦𝕟!" 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕤 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕤, 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕨𝕠 𝕠𝕗 𝕦𝕤 𝕣𝕦𝕟 𝕓𝕖𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕪𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕨𝕒𝕪. 𝕎𝕀ℂ𝕂𝔼𝔻 𝕘𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕦𝕤. ℍ𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕨𝕒𝕪, 𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕝 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕨𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕒𝕣𝕘𝕖 𝕕𝕠𝕠𝕣𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕖.

ℍ𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣, 𝕤𝕠𝕠𝕟 𝕖𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕘𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖. 𝕊𝕦𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕓𝕠𝕥𝕙 𝕠𝕗 𝕦𝕤. 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕤 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕠𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕙𝕚𝕞. 𝕋𝕣𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕞𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕓𝕠𝕕𝕪 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕨𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕤𝕖𝕖 𝕞𝕖.

𝔸𝕧𝕒 ℙ𝕒𝕘𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕚𝕖𝕣𝕤, 𝕁𝕒𝕟𝕤𝕖𝕟 𝕗𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕓𝕖𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕖𝕣. "𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕤, 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜 𝕨𝕖 𝕕𝕠 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕥. 𝕎𝕙𝕪 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕣𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥?" 𝕊𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕤𝕜𝕤. 𝕆𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕣 𝕠𝕗 𝕞𝕪 𝕖𝕪𝕖 𝕀 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕤𝕖𝕖 𝕒 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕘𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔸𝕝𝕓𝕪, 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕙𝕠, 𝔾𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪, ℕ𝕖𝕨𝕥, ℂ𝕙𝕦𝕔𝕜, ℤ𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕝 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕓𝕠𝕪𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕖𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕪 𝕘𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤.

"𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕒𝕟'𝕥 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕣." 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕤 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕤 "𝕎𝕙𝕪 𝕨𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕣, 𝕤𝕙𝕖'𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖." 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕤 𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕤

"𝕀𝕗 𝕤𝕙𝕖'𝕤 𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕕 𝕓𝕖 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕠 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕞𝕒𝕫𝕖." 𝔸𝕧𝕒 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕞𝕝𝕪, 𝕒 𝕞𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕝𝕪 𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕤𝕙𝕖'𝕤 𝕥𝕣𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝕒 𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕕 𝕒 𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕠𝕟.

𝕊𝕦𝕕𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕝𝕪, 𝕘𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕦𝕡 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕓𝕖𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕦𝕤 𝕤𝕖𝕚𝕫𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕓𝕖𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕕. 𝕡𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕚𝕞 𝕒𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕞𝕖. "𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕤!" 𝕀 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕖. ℍ𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕦𝕕𝕕𝕖𝕟 𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕞𝕥𝕙 𝕘𝕠𝕟𝕖, 𝕣𝕖𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕙𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕖. 𝕆𝕙 𝕨𝕒𝕚𝕥. ℕ𝕠. 𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕥'𝕤 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕒 𝕘𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞

"ℙ𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖!" 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕘𝕤 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕘𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕞𝕤 "ℙ𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖! 𝕐𝕠𝕦- 𝕪𝕠𝕦" ℍ𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕦𝕞𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕤, 𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕤 𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕘𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕖𝕪𝕖𝕤, 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕓𝕠𝕕𝕪 𝕘𝕠𝕖𝕤 𝕤𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕤𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕝𝕪 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕞𝕤 "𝕀 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕤𝕠 𝕞𝕦𝕔𝕙 𝕀 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕒𝕪, 𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕘𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕦𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖."

"𝕋𝕚𝕞𝕖, 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕤, 𝕚𝕤 𝕒 𝕟𝕖𝕔𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕨𝕖 𝕟𝕠 𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕞𝕦𝕔𝕙 𝕠𝕗." 𝔸𝕧𝕒 𝕤𝕒𝕪𝕤, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕒 𝕗𝕝𝕚𝕔𝕜 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕨𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕥, 𝕘𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕡𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕨𝕒𝕪.

"ℕ𝕠! ℙ𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖!" 𝕀 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕤 𝕓𝕖𝕘𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕘, 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕡 𝕠𝕗 𝕓𝕠𝕪𝕤 𝕀'𝕧𝕖 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕞𝕪 𝕨𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕖 𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕖...𝕞𝕪 𝕓𝕣𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣... 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕘𝕘𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕤 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕤 𝕚𝕤. 𝔸𝕟𝕘𝕣𝕪 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕖𝕗𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕥.

𝔸 𝕤𝕠𝕓 𝕣𝕚𝕡𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕚𝕣, 𝕗𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕪 𝕒 𝕤𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕞 𝕠𝕗 𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕒𝕚𝕣 "ℙ𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖! 𝕘𝕠𝕕, 𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕕𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕞𝕖 𝕪𝕖𝕥!"

My eyes shoot open, my breath coming back to me. Beads of sweat on my forehead. "Woah, woah, woah shank!" Jeff says pushing my shoulder back onto the bed. "Don't move, not yet..." he says, but it sounds like it's underwater as a wave of pain comes rushing back over me.

"Thomas" I whisper before my eyes close once more taking me back into the darkness. This time however, it stays dark. No more dreams, no more memories, no more pain. I'll worry about the rest tomorrow.

𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖'𝕤 𝕟𝕠 𝕘𝕠𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤

𝟙,𝟙𝟡𝟙 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕤