“𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙤 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙚? 𝙄’𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙄’𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝐀𝐒𝐇. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙚, 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤?———….”

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“Keep doing what you’re doing, Shiggy. Keep me motivated. It’ll only make things worse for you in the end.

I’ll see you at 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉.”

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𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐓 𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓.. 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐁𝐘 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑

𝙁𝙬𝙥..

The clenching of his tethered rags could be heard…

“ 𝗡𝗼𝘄, 𝗜’𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗨𝗽… ”