I want to take a moment to talk about the three main influences for this fanfiction.

- The Book Thief, novel by Markus Zusak.
- Dear Draco, by malfoyuh on wattpad
- Survival of the Fittest, by 90TheGeneral09 on ff.et

⋆｡°✩ I can't go without talking one my main inspirations! The Book Thief is a gut-wrenching novel told in the perspective of Death. He keeps a close eye on a young German girl named Liesel Meminger through the duration of her life in the Holocaust -- most notably when her family was protecting a Jewish boy called Max in their home, leading to many close calls of being caught by Nazis. 

I wrote my prologue and part of my epilogue in Death's perspective because I LOVED the concept so much. I gobble up any piece of literature told in the perspective of Death. It's my absolute favorite novel and it really opened my eyes in whole new ways of the way the world turns. If you haven't read it for school, or during your own time, this is a read that I highly suggest.

I was actually unaware that people would typically read this for school. I picked it up one day from my mom's massive bookshelf because I needed another book to occupy me for a month. I truly couldn't put it down. It's one of those amazing novels where the adapted movie never does it enough justice, much like Lord of the Flies. This book changed me.  

⋆｡°✩ Next up, Dear Draco. Most Harry Potter fans have read this. I've seen lots of readers mistake a few things about it's influence on this fanfic, though I really don't blame them. It's often thought that I got the idea for a letter sequence from Jack to Veronica after her death from Dear Draco. This isn't so. 

I knew Veronica was going to be killed off a long time ago, and I absolutely adore letter sequences in books, so surprisingly, that's not where my inspiration from Dear Draco comes from. In fact, my upcoming original novel will also have a huge letter sequence! In malfoyuh's fanfiction, Draco gives the main character, Isobel, a funny nickname that he pestered her with. And that nickname was famously, 'Belly'.

In my fanfiction, Jack clearly bugs Veronica with the nickname, 'Vera'. You can see the influence I got with Jack calling a truce, and her being incredibly skeptical of why he was acting so nice, and what he truly wanted from her. This enemies-to-lovers trope I incorporated is inspired by Dear Draco, although I don't know if one would consider my story to be 'enemies-to-lovers.'

⋆｡°✩ Lastly, Survival of the Fittest. This is a Lord of the Flies fanfiction, but there isn't a single girl with them.

What sets this fanfiction aside from so many others, is that it's actually a rewrite for the 1990 film, with a drastic turn of events that entirely changes the ending. I will try to spoil as little as possible.

Right off the bat, I got the idea of the boys shouting Cadence chants on the plane from this fanfiction. I thought it was priceless to hear such vulgar language coming from young military cadets, though this isn't uncommon at all in real life. Military culture at its finest. I used different chants just by doing a quick Google search. There's a more notable influence that it had in my book... the thrilling rivalry between Sam and Eric.

In this fanfiction, it's Sam who dies rather than Eric, and he loses his life in a very different way. In Survival of the Fittest, Samneric were actually able to heal the strain dwelling between them before Sam's passing. I think the separation of the twins had to be the most heartbreaking subplot to write out of all of this and to even read.

The final thing I got from this story was the detail of Ralph's father being a Commander in the military. This honestly made most sense to me for their characters, but I did in fact get the inspiration for this detail from this fanfiction. The reunion between Ralph and Commander Wheeler was also heavily inspired by Survival of the Fittest. It is such a beautifully sad connection between father and son, momentarily letting go of their masculine norms of being no-emotion military men. This moment is so incredibly tender, and for me it adds such a higher level of character to Ralph's storyline. I take no credit for this addition.

I eventually had to stop reading this fanfiction, as beautifully written as it was. I never finished it as I felt it began to stray too much from Lord of the Flies, taking on darker, erotic themes that I found myself feeling uncomfortable with, which included graphic portrayals of SA. The breaking point for me was the minor/adult intimate relationships. If you read this, be warned about these aspects. The author is amazing at writing rivalry in ways I couldn't even fathom. Their way with words truly left me starstruck, and they have such a gift for story telling. 

I was also partially inspired by Harry Potter, as Fred does sadly pass. Twin/sibling angst drives so much home for me. It's heartbreaking. Two halves are torn apart after being so accustomed to a co-dependent lifestyle. The author, 90TheGeneral09, portrayed the grief and divide better than I could ever wish.

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Prologue <3

- "𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧."

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 "𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬," 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐚 𝐆𝐞.

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Chapter 1 references <3

- 𝐋𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐐𝐮𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫á, 𝐒𝐞𝐫á 𝐛𝐲 𝐃𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐃𝐞 𝐕𝐨𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐬, 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞. 𝐈 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧. 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

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Chapter 3 references <3

- "𝐃𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐝𝐨. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠!"

𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐳𝐢𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠'𝐬 𝐈𝐓. 𝐌𝐲 𝐈𝐓 𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞. 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦!

-  "𝐈 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟𝐟."

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬, "𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐨, 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡." 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥-𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐬. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥. 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡.

- "𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲, 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐫𝐛𝐲'𝐬!" / "𝐎𝐡, 𝐦𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲!"

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐝 "𝐃𝐚𝐬 𝐁𝐮𝐬" (𝟗𝐱𝟏𝟒). 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞. 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡. 𝐈𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐜.

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Chapter 5 references <3

- 𝐌𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡-𝐭𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭, 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞, "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐃𝐨𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝." 𝐈 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤, 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐨 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐈𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤, 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐳. 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝟗𝟎'𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎'𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐈 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐈 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐲. 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐠𝐨-𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤'𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞! 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝-𝐟𝐨𝐫-𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.

(I know Titanic was in 1997, but I HAD to make a joke, leave me alone. I won't be taking any criticism on that part, hehe.)

- 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐣𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬. 𝐈 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐮𝐩 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭. 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞-𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐥 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐚. 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐃𝐚𝐰𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐞. 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐮𝐠 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐬𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐲. 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐃𝐚𝐰𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲. 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞'𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟎 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐰, 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤, '𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐟𝐨𝐲/ 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐃𝐚𝐰𝐬𝐨𝐧.

- "𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞."

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐤𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐬: 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐈𝐈 - 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬. 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥-𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡. 

- "𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞- 𝐀𝐒𝐒, 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐰!"

𝐎𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐬, "𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞- 𝐀𝐒𝐒, 𝐑𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲!" 
𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬: 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟏

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

- "𝐘'𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐧."

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲. 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐢𝐭. 
𝐈𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐱, 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐨𝐧, "𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐧."

- "𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭."

"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡."

𝐀 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕 𝐈𝐓 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞. 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠.

"𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐠."

"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡."

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Chapter 6 references <3

- 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐬 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐬𝐨 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬. 𝐀𝐬 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭..

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬. 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬, 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧. 

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦, 𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤'𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧!

- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬/𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐈 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲'𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟎𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐱 = 𝐛𝐚𝐝, 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐛𝐛𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟔𝟎𝐬 (𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎). 

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐈 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 (𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟕) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐞 (𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟗). 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐓𝐕 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝟎𝟏𝐱𝟎𝟕, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐛 𝐚𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐬𝐡-𝐒𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐀 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐳'𝐬 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟏 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, "𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐨 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤." 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐈 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥'𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟, "𝐃𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝." 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝, 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬.

𝐑𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞, 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐢. "𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐦𝐚𝐧." 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝟏𝟒 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎.

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Chapter 7 references <3

- "𝐇𝐞𝐲, 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭? 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭... 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐧!"

𝐀 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟑 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞, 𝐇𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐱 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐩.

- "𝐒𝐚𝐰𝐲𝐞𝐫, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧."

𝐈𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐱, 𝐒𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲, "𝐖𝐞'𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐮𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞."

- "𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝," 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭. "𝐈'𝐦 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐧."

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 "𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬," 𝐛𝐲 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐀. "𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐧." 𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧, 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬.

- 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐓𝐨𝐨 

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞- 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐈 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐠𝐠𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐤," "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝," 𝐨𝐫 "𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠." 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟏, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟐. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 (𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐝). 

𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 "𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝" 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 (𝐌𝐜𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐲, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕). 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐦, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧- 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟎 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐓𝐨𝐨. 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫.

𝐌𝐜𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐲, 𝐊𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐲. "𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐫: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 '𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝' 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲." 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝟏𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕.

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Chapter 9 references <3

- "𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫."

𝐀 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞.

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Chapter 10 references <3

- "𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰?"

𝐒𝐨 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 2, 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 8. 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬-𝐭𝐨-𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚.

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Chapter 11 references <3

- "𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝. 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐈𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡. 𝐈𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐨𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐬."

𝐀𝐡 𝐲𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬. 𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞? 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞, "𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐬," 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐭 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥. 𝐆𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬. 

- 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚'𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 "𝐈 𝐒𝐚𝐲 𝐍𝐨," 𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐰𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝'𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥.

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Chapter 13 references <3

- "𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧."

𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞! 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬: 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟏

- "𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐝."

𝐀 𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠, "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬."

- "𝐈'𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥. 𝐀𝐧𝐲 𝐠𝐮𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭." 

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 "𝐄𝐮𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚" (𝟏𝐱𝟎𝟔) 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐞 𝐚 '𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤.'  𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞, "𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐮𝐩."

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Chapter 15 references <3

- "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝." 

𝐐𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐋𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐱.

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Chapter 16 references <3

- "𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐈'𝐦 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐈'𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬- 𝐈 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥."

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐈 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠, "𝐀𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐞," 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐖𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥. 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐄𝐥𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐨, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠- 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐞.

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Chapter 18 references <3

- "𝑰'𝒎 𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚, 𝑺𝒊𝒎𝒐𝒏. 𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆. 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅."

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞, "𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝," 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐝, "𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝," 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬, 𝐖𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝.

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Chapter 19 references <3

- "𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐤."

𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠, "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬."

- "𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝."

𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜! 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠, "𝐍𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐝." 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥.

- "𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐩- 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐧𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞; 𝐌𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬. 𝐎𝐡, 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥. 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞 '𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬."

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 '𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐞' 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥. 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲.

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Chapter 20 references <3

- "𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲."

𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 19, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠, "𝐍𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐝."

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Epilogue references <3

- 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐦 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬, "𝐅𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮," 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬, "𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫." 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠'𝐬 "𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝." 𝐀 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 1984.

- "𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧.... 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧."

𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝.

- 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐭? 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐧𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐟𝐨𝐲. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜'𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲- 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞?