Sad_LavaPuddle

~◈ᗷᗩᔕᎥᑕ Ꭵᑎᖴᗝᖇᗰᗩ丅Ꭵᗝᑎ◈~
𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝕟𝕒𝕞𝕖:
Harding
𝕞𝕚𝕕𝕕𝕝𝕖 𝕟𝕒𝕞𝕖:
William
𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕟𝕒𝕞𝕖:
Lewis
𝕟𝕚𝕔𝕜𝕟𝕒𝕞𝕖:
Hardy, Officer Lewis, Lewis
𝕞𝕖𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕖𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕟𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕤:
Harding--courageous, brave, noble
William--determined protector
Lewis--renowned warrior
𝕡𝕙𝕪𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕒𝕘𝕖:
28
𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕒𝕘𝕖:
70 (he's an old soul)
𝕓𝕚𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕘𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣:
Male
𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕗𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕤:
He/Him
𝕤𝕖𝕩𝕦𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪:
Pansexual

~◈ᗩᑭᑭᗴᗩᖇᗩᑎᑕᗴ◈~
𝕗𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕞:
Max Thieriot
𝕨𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕟 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕔𝕣𝕚𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖:
Hardy is a stocky fellow. He's not incredibly short, but definitely on the shorter side for males. He has a sturdy, muscular build, and appears to be intimidating at first glance. However, he very much is a softy. Practically always smiling, Hardy has an aura of light, and his charismatic grin draws people towards him. He always has a clean kept beard and mustache. It's rare he shaves his face completely since he prefers the stubbled look (otherwise he looks like a prepubescent teenager). He's definitely more scrappy looking than a pretty-boy, but not rugged enough to look like a lumberjack.
𝕖𝕪𝕖𝕤:
Clear blue eyes
𝕙𝕒𝕚𝕣:
Sandy messy hair that gets more brown in the winter and blonde in the summer
𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥:
5'9
𝕨𝕖𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥:
190 pounds
𝕥𝕒𝕥𝕥𝕠𝕠𝕤:
On his shoulder, he has a small circle towards the left following a dotted semi-circle path. The circle peaks over mountains and trees. The enclosure of trees has a little creek flowing through it. It's relatively small, but it encompasses the top of his shoulder.
𝕡𝕚𝕖𝕣𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤:
None
𝕤𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕤:
Only notable scar is the jagged line on his side from when he was shot two years ago.
𝕥𝕪𝕡𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕗𝕚𝕥𝕤:
𝕡𝕙𝕪𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕙:
Hardy is in peak physical health, doing his best to eat a clean diet and exercise. He values physical health, especially in the people he surrounds himself with. He is definitely the type to 'mother' and badger a friend into doing things that'll improve their overall health.

~◈ᑭᔕƳᑕᕼᗝᒪᗝǤᎥᑕᗩᒪ◈~
𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕪:
Harding is very much an old soul. He's the type of man that appreciates the little things and notices the insignificant details. Overall, he has a sweet, charming nature, and is the type of person people are drawn to like moths to a flame. Being a positive, reliable person who would drop anything to help someone else in need, Hardy often gets taken advantage of. In this case, he never learns. He is the type to give a person everything he has, and when they don't return the favor, he is left feeling hurt and used. He has yet to realize that he's a giver in a taker world, and that he needs to stop giving so much of himself to other people. Hardy has a strong moral compass and is stubborn in his views, which leaves him to be a very closeminded individual. It's hard to change his mind when he has it made up, but that doesn't mean it's impossible. When he's in a stressful situation, Hardy is capable of staying levelheaded. He doesn't let his emotions get the best of him or his logic often, however it does happen, especially if someone he cares about is involved. Most of the time, he's a calm, patient, carefree person, and it takes a lot of effort to get him angry or frustrated. Harding is not the type to cry over spilled milk either due to his logical, analytical approach to things.
𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖𝕤:
Hardy loves music, trying new things, and venturing outside of his comfort zone. With his personality, Hardy is the type to get caught in routine. He isn't super adventurous or spontaneous, but he loves people who can bring out that side of him. He loves helping people, fixing people and objects, and solving puzzles. He loves riddles and using his brain. You will most definitely see him scouting over a newspaper trying to fill in the crosswords. He loves games too.
𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖𝕤:
Harding doesn't do too well with orders if it goes against his morals. Otherwise, he's as obedient as a dog. He hates being conflicted, when people take advantage of him, and when he can't help someone else. The most distraught he'll ever be is when he's in a situation and he's helpless. He can't stand being powerless or when things are out of control. He's a man who is fond of order. If you tell Hardy he can't do something, he most likely will do it (within reason) just to prove that he can do anything he puts his mind to. Criticisms he can't seem to handle because he sees it as him failing, when really it could be something constructive to strengthen his character. Hardy hates cigarettes and green beans.
𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕘𝕥𝕙𝕤:
Hardy is great with people. Once he flashes his charming grin, he can pretty much get any information out of another human being. He has a trustworthy, wise expression, which makes people trust him with their deepest secrets. He's good at pleasing people, using his resources to his advantage, and staying true to his word. He never makes a promise he can't keep, and he is so sound with his morals, nothing could make him ditch them.
𝕨𝕖𝕒𝕜𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕤:
Hardy can't take criticism well whatsoever. Being a perfectionist, it's hard to see criticism as anything but a failure. When it comes to children, Hardy would do anything for them. When he has to deal with a pedophile, or a murderer of a child, it takes a lot of willpower for him to not just kill the person. It's an awful thing to realize, especially for someone like Hardy who tries to do everything nobly. There are days where part of him wants to end someone's life, especially if they're a monster, and that thought scares him.
𝕗𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕤:
He's terrified of hurting or loosing someone he loves. More than anything, Harding is deeply terrified of making mistakes. Simply ones, he doesn't mind. The big ones, however, terrify him. He hopes he'll never be in a position where he miscalculates something and it costs someone their life.
𝕥𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤:
Hardy can think quickly on his feet, and he has a keen intellect. He is an observant person and is very intuitive. He's good at fixing random things and figuring out how to fix things. He's a handy man.
𝕗𝕝𝕒𝕨𝕤:
Unfortunately, Hardy is the jealous type. It doesn't take much, but luckily, he's not possessive. He just feels threatened easily. He also has trouble seeing other people's perspectives, but if they take the time to explain it to him, he'll be more openminded. Because he's so firmly set in his morals, he can be very closedminded.
𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕣𝕜𝕤:
He's a nervous laugher. If he's in a situation where he doesn't feel like he's in control, a strained or flat chuckle will most likely leave his lips.
Hardy often chews on the inside corner of his cheek when he's deep in thought or if he's feeling restless. Often times he's chewing gum because it keeps him from chewing his cheek.
He sings to himself in his patrol car subconsciously, since they aren't really allowed to use radios for music. Sometimes he'll break that rule though if it's an unusually, slow day.
𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕝 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕙:
For the most part, he has fine mental health. He doesn't have any underlying illnesses. However, guilt doesn't really sit well with him, like most people, and it makes him feel very anxious.

~◈ᗷᗩᑕᛕǤᖇᗝᑌᑎᗪ◈~
𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪:
Growing up, his parents weren't the best. In all honesty, they shouldn't have been parents. They'd be incredible actors if they just tried, but instead, they earned their income by cheating and stealing. Con-artists is what they were, and it's one of the reasons why Harding is so detail oriented. He was raised to notice the little details in order to get better at hustling people. They created fake money, rigged bets, and cheated when they gambled. They'd hack into computers and call old people pretending to be their grandchild in the hospital in need of money. They were crooks that never got caught. His parents took advantage of the ignorant, and they tried to get their son in on the gig. Unfortunately for them, Harding is a terrible liar. Whenever he lies, his face turns red and he gets a panicky expression in his face like he's about to puke. Realizing that their son was a failure, they kept him out of their affairs knowing that if they ever got caught, he'd be the one to break. In school, Harding was at the top of his class. He wasn't the brightest, but he could hold his own and took all of the harder classes. He played football and baseball all throughout middle school and high school. He was an excellent quarterback and catcher. Harding was always a likeable person, being one of the popular kids in high school (popular for being a kind person, not for being rich). He realized he wanted to be a cop freshman year of high school because he detested his parents so much. He wanted to catch criminals, to bring bad people to justice in order to protect the innocent. He was tired of seeing people get swindled and cheated. So, he went to the police academy and landed a job at Station 249. The Station actually ended up paying for his education in forensic science and criminal justice (both of which he needs a degree in to become a detective) after he served on the streets for four years as a patrol officer. He still is a patrol officer, but Harding is also getting his masters in the above fields. He only has one more year left and then he'll have to work alongside a detective for several years until he can be his own.
𝕗𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕪:
Mallory Lewis--mother age 62
Henrik Lewis--father age 65
Hardy doesn't talk to either, despite their attempts to contact him claiming that they've changed. He is done with them, and he never wants to see them again. They're a touchy subject for him.
𝕗𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕤:
Alby Mathews--Work Wife
They are patrol partners from time to time. In the beginning, Alby was the one who trained him when Hardy was a rookie. They're best friends and would die for each other. They're closer than brothers in all honesty.
Savannah Muller--The Wannabe Italian
Whenever Hardy needs relationship advice, he goes to her. Savannah is a licensed therapist, and she often reminds Hardy of the skills he needs to work on. She is very motherly towards Hardy and pretty much everyone. She's the type to make a bunch of food and finds it insulting if you don't eat three times your weight.
Ralph Muller--The Shrink's Hubby
They've been friends since high school. They know each other better than anyone, and They get on each other's nerves constantly. Ralph is the closest thing to a brother Hardy ever had, and they very much have a love hate relationship. However, if either needed anything, even if they were in a huge fight, they'd do anything for each other.
Rachel Laars--Neighbor
Rachel is single just like him, and they often hang out and have dinner with each other if the other's lonely or recently broken up with. They're the type of friends who wallow in self-pity together and then go bowling and get icecream.
𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕖𝕤:
None that he knows of. Hardy is a very affable person, and it's very hard to hate him. He's one of those annoyingly nice people who you know is genuine, so you know you can't just dislike them even if you want to.
𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕠𝕣 𝕔𝕦𝕣𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕡𝕤:
Hardy isn't in a relationship at the moment, but he had only two long term relationships. His first was with a girl named Charlotte Silverstein. They started dating freshman year of high school and stayed together until the beginning of Sophomore year of college. After attempting to make the long distance relationship work, they realized that it wasn't in the cards for them. It was horrible admitting that, but it was the truth and the right decision to make at the time.

Two years later, he started dating Colin Fitzgerald, and they were together for two years. However, half of their second year was plagued with horrible arguments and fights. They loved each other, but Hardy's busy schedule really put tension on their relationship. They both had different views for their futures too, and Colin's art career finally was taking off. He needed to go to New York after receiving a scholarship to reenter art school. Hardy's loyalty lied with his station, so he felt like he couldn't go after him. Since then, Hardy had gone on several dates, but no one really intrigued him.
𝕠𝕔𝕔𝕦𝕡𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟:
Police Officer and aspiring detective (he's still undergoing training for the later)
𝕡𝕖𝕥𝕤:
He has a golden retriever named Chief who he's had for three years now. Colin and him adopted the puppy, and when they broke up, Colin allowed Hardy to keep him, knowing Harding would be able to take care of Chief better than he would.
𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒𝕣𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕤:
Hardy lives in a nice flat with two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It is always spick and span.

~◈ᗴ᙭丅ᖇᗩ Ꭵᑎᖴᗝᖇᗰᗩ丅Ꭵᗝᑎ◈~
𝕢𝕦𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕔𝕣𝕚𝕓𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞:
"Some people bring out the worst in you, others bring out the best, and then there are those remarkably rare, addictive ones who just bring out the most of everything. They make you feel so alive that you'd follow them straight into hell just to keep getting your fix."
"Soft and kind hearted people are not fools. They know what people did to them, but they forgive again and again because they have beautiful hearts."
"Everyone may not be good, but there's something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future." ~Oscar Wild
"It takes a great deal of courage to see the world in all its tainted glory and still love it." ~Oscar Wild
𝕢𝕦𝕠𝕥𝕖𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕠𝕔:
"Everything's going to be okay."
"There comes a point when you just have to get back into the swing of things. It's terrifying, but necessary. Living a life filled with fear is not living at all."
"Everyone needs a good laugh every once in a while."
"Officer Lewis at your service."

𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚜:

𝙾𝙽𝙴: 𝚈𝚘𝚞'𝚟𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚢. 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊 𝚔𝚒𝚍, 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠. 𝚂𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 249 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝚃𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢'𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚓𝚘𝚋, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚜. 𝙴𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎.
"(𝙵/𝙽) 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚞𝚝𝚢," 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚜 𝙲𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚢𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚊𝚍𝚐𝚎.
"𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚎𝚏 𝙰𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎, 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝," 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚔𝚜.
𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚊 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚞𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝.
"𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚍! 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍, 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙰𝚕𝚋𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍, 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚘𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚢--"
"𝙾𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚛 𝙻𝚎𝚠𝚒𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚞𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎. 𝚆𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢'𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞."
"𝙰𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗, 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜. 𝙷𝚘𝚠 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝙸 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚢--"
"𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚢, 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚓𝚘𝚋? 𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔. 𝚈𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚝, 𝚊 𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚖, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚒𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎."
"𝚈𝚎𝚜 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚎𝚏," 𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚢 𝚖𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍.
"𝚈𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍."
𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛,𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚞𝚝. 𝙰𝚗 𝚘𝚋𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚎𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚔𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞.
𝚈𝚘𝚞...?

𝚃𝚆𝙾: 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚒𝚍, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚋𝚊𝚍. 𝙰𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎, 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚊 𝚗𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍'𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝙾𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚛 𝙻𝚎𝚠𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚕, 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎, 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔, 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚘𝚊𝚕 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚌𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎. "𝚆𝚊𝚒𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎," 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖. 𝙰 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗. 𝙰 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖, 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎.
"𝚈/𝙽, 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚝? 𝙳𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐? 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝚊 𝚜𝚗𝚊𝚌𝚔," 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍, 𝚊 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗.
𝚈𝚘𝚞...?

𝚃𝙷𝚁𝙴𝙴: 𝚈𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚛 ____ 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛. 𝚈𝚘𝚞'𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚓𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚎. 𝙰𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝: 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎. 𝚃𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝚄𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢, 𝚒𝚝 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚛𝚎𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑: '𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎'. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚙𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜. 𝙿𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝙷𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝙲𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚢𝚕 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚍. 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚎, 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚢𝚗𝚊𝚌𝚎.
"𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢," 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚔𝚎, 𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚢.
𝚁𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚎𝚏 𝙰𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛, 𝚓𝚘𝚐𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚕 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚜. "𝙻𝚎𝚠𝚒𝚜, 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚎," 𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖.
"𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍?" 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚎𝚏, 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚍.
𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚛 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍, 𝙰𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚝, "𝚂𝚞𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝙷𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎, 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎."
𝙾𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚛 𝙻𝚎𝚠𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚛 𝚍𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚎𝚏 𝙰𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗.
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