Founder, Changeling, wrongly imprisoned
MDNI
𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥, 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦-
"I've got a bit of news for you, something you might even care about. Word is that the Dominion has branded all Changelings in the Alpha and Beta Quadrants rogues." 𝑠ℎ𝑒-
"I've got a bit of news for you, something you might even care about. Word is that the Dominion has branded all Changelings in the Alpha and Beta Quadrants rogues." 𝑠ℎ𝑒-
"As much as I disagree with it, a Starfleet researcher is coming here to interview you and get imput on Changelings," 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑛𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑, 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑏 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑜𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑟, "I expect you to behave accordingly."
"As much as I disagree with it, a Starfleet researcher is coming here to interview you and get imput on Changelings," 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑛𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑, 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑏 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑜𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑟, "I expect you to behave accordingly."
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵, 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘈 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵. 𝘈𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵-
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵, 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘈 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵. 𝘈𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵-
𝑊𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔
𝑊𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥.
"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵."
𝘈 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨-
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥.
"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵."
𝘈 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨-
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑑.
𝑊𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑥𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛...𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑑.
𝑊𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑥𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛...𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠
"𝘞𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘥𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵."
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 -
"𝘞𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘥𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵."
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 -
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰, 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵.
𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦-
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰, 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵.
𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦-
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥.
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘶𝘹𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥.
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘶𝘹𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳.
"𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴." 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦, "𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘚𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦...𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨?"
"𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴." 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦, "𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘚𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦...𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨?"
"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴?" 𝘓𝘢𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥.
"𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯." 𝘛'𝘒𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨.
"𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘛'𝘒𝘳𝘦𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯-
"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴?" 𝘓𝘢𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥.
"𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯." 𝘛'𝘒𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨.
"𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘛'𝘒𝘳𝘦𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯-
𝘛'𝘒𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳.
"𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢? 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘭. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸...𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘝𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢...𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯?"
"𝘕𝘰, 𝘰𝘧-
𝘛'𝘒𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳.
"𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢? 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘭. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸...𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘝𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢...𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯?"
"𝘕𝘰, 𝘰𝘧-
𝘈 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦-
𝘈 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘥𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦-
"𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺'𝘴 𝘶𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦."
𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳, 𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯, 𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮.
"𝘖𝘩? 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨."
"𝘐 𝘢𝘮-
"𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺'𝘴 𝘶𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦."
𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳, 𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘯, 𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮.
"𝘖𝘩? 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨."
"𝘐 𝘢𝘮-
𝘌𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘝𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵
𝘌𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘝𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵