ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ ⎓𝙹⚍リ↸ ⍑╎ᒲᓭᒷꖎ⎓ ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ʖ╎⊣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹!¡ ᒷᔑ∷ꖎ|| ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᒲ𝙹∷リ╎リ⊣. ᔑ ᑑ⚍╎ᓵꖌ ꖎ𝙹𝙹ꖌ ᔑ∷𝙹⚍リ↸ ᒲᔑ↸ᒷ ⍑╎ᒲ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ╎ᓵᒷ ꖎ⚍ᓭℸ ̣ ʖ|| ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᓭ𝙹⚍リ↸ ʖ𝙹𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑, ⍑ᔑ⍊╎リ⊣ ᔑ ᑑ⚍╎ᒷℸ ̣ ᓵ𝙹リ⍊ᒷ∷ᓭᔑℸ ̣ ╎𝙹リ ∴╎ℸ ̣ ⍑ ᒷ∷∷𝙹∷. ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ !¡ᔑ╎↸ リ𝙹 ᔑℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ᒷリℸ ̣ ╎𝙹リ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ╎ℸ ̣ , ╎リᓭℸ ̣ ᒷᔑ↸ ʖᒷ╎リ⊣ ↸∷ᔑ∴リ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ 𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ ⎓ᔑᒲ╎ꖎ╎ᔑ∷ ᓭꖌᒷꖎᒷℸ ̣ 𝙹リ ᓭ╎ℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ╎リ⊣ 𝙹リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ʖ𝙹ℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹ᒲ ∷𝙹∴ 𝙹⎓ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᔑ⚍↸╎ᒷリᓵᒷᓭ ᓭᒷᔑℸ ̣ ╎リ⊣.

"Khb, Kxvk, zdv lw? L kdyhq'w vhhq brx lq d zkloh." ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ ∴ᔑꖎꖌᒷ↸ 𝙹⍊ᒷ∷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ⎓╎∷ᒷ ʖ∷ᒷᔑℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷, ∴⍑𝙹 ᓭリᔑ!¡!¡ᒷ↸ ⍑╎ᓭ ⊣ᔑ⨅ᒷ ⚍!¡ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ⎓ꖎ𝙹𝙹∷, ℸ ̣ ᒷᒷℸ ̣ ⍑ ᓵ⚍∷ꖎ╎リ⊣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ᔑ ∴ᔑ∷ᒲ╎リ⊣ ᓭᒲ╎ꖎᒷ. (⎓𝙹∷ ᔑ ᓭᒷᓵ𝙹リ↸ ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ ᓭᔑ∴ ᓭ𝙹ᒲᒷℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣ ∴ᔑ|| ℸ ̣ 𝙹𝙹 ⎓ᔑᒲ╎ꖎ╎ᔑ∷ 𝙹リ ╎ℸ ̣ , ʖ⚍ℸ ̣ ʖ∷⚍ᓭ⍑ᒷ↸ ╎ℸ ̣ 𝙹⎓⎓. ⍑ᒷ ꖌリᒷ∴ ⍑⚍ᓭ⍑ ∴ᔑᓭリ'ℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ 𝙹リᒷ ⍑ᒷ ∴ᔑᓭ ꖎ𝙹𝙹ꖌ╎リ⊣ ⎓𝙹∷.)

"Dk, Furvv, QlFh wr phhw BrX djdlq," ⍑ᒷ リ𝙹↸↸ᒷ↸ !¡𝙹ꖎ╎ℸ ̣ ᒷꖎ||, ⍊𝙹╎ᓵᒷ ⊣ꖎ╎ℸ ̣ ᓵ⍑╎リ⊣. "Duh, brx FrPlQj wr wkh VkRz dv zhoo?" ⍑ᒷ ╎リᑑ⚍╎∷ᒷ↸, ᓵ⚍∷╎𝙹⚍ᓭ.

"Bhdk, wkh Ulqjpdvwhu dvnhg ph wr." ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ∴ᔑᓭ ᔑ ꖎ╎ᒷ, ᔑリ↸ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ|| ʖ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ ꖌリᒷ∴ ╎ℸ ̣. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ∷╎リ⊣ᒲᔑᓭℸ ̣ ᒷ∷ ↸╎↸リ'ℸ ̣ ᔑᓭꖌ, ⍑ᒷ 𝙹∷↸ᒷ∷ᒷ↸. "Exw zkdw derxw brx? L wkrxjkw brx rqob shuirp gxulqj Kdoorzhhq." リ𝙹∴ ╎ℸ ̣ ∴ᔑᓭ ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ' ℸ ̣ ⚍∷リ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ʖᒷ ᓵ⚍∷╎𝙹⚍ᓭ.

"L gR, exw L dovr KdSsHq Wr eh rxu RqOb iluh euhdwkhu, dqg WkH wrzq zdqwhg RqH, vr wkh UlKjPdVwHu kdg qr fkrlfh, ExW wr sXw ph lq," ⍑⚍ᓭ⍑ ᒷ ̇/!¡ꖎᔑ╎リᒷ↸.

"Gr brx nqrz zkr hovh lv frplqj?" ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ ℸ ̣ ╎ꖎℸ ̣ ᒷ↸ ⍑╎ᓭ ᓭꖌ⚍ꖎꖎ. 𝙹リᒷ 𝙹⎓ ⍑╎ᓭ ⊣⚍ᒷᓭᓭᒷᓭ ∴ᔑᓭ ꖎ⚍ᓭℸ ̣ , ᓭ╎リᓵᒷ ⍑ᒷ ∴ᔑᓭ ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ʖ╎⊣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹!¡.

"QrW vXuH," ⍑⚍ᓭ⍑ ᓭ⍑∷⚍⊣⊣ᒷ↸, ꖎ𝙹𝙹ꖌ╎リ⊣ ᔑℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ⍑ᔑリ↸ᓭ.

ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ᒷ ∴ᔑᓭ ᓭ⍑⚍⎓⎓ꖎ╎リ⊣ ʖ|| ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ⎓ꖎᔑ!¡ ᔑリ↸ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ|| ʖ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ ᓭ⍑╎⎓ℸ ̣ ᒷ↸ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ╎∷ ᒷ||ᒷ ꖎ╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣ ᓭ ℸ ̣ 𝙹∴ᔑ∷↸ᓭ ↸⚍ᓭℸ ̣ ᔑᓭ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ʖ∷𝙹ꖌᒷリ ᒲᔑ⊣╎ᓵ╎ᔑリ ᒲᔑ↸ᒷ ⍑╎ᓭ ∴ᔑ|| ╎リ, ᒷ||ᒷ╎リ⊣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ⍊ᒷ∷|| ⎓ᒷ∴ !¡ᒷ𝙹!¡ꖎᒷ ᔑꖎ∷ᒷᔑ↸|| ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ᒷ.

↸⚍ᓭℸ ̣ !¡ᔑ∷ꖌᒷ↸ ⍑╎ᒲᓭᒷꖎ⎓ ᔑ⊣ᔑ╎リᓭℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ∴ᔑꖎꖎ 𝙹リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ 𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ ᓭ╎↸ᒷ 𝙹⎓ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᒷリℸ ̣ ∷ᔑリᓵᒷ ∴ᔑ|| ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ ᔑリ↸ ⍑⚍ᓭ⍑. ⍑ᒷ ∴ᔑᓭ ᑑ⚍╎ᒷℸ ̣ ꖎ|| ᒲ⚍ᒲʖꖎ╎リ⊣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ⍑╎ᒲᓭᒷꖎ⎓.

ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ ᓭ⍑╎⍊ᒷ∷ᒷ↸ ᔑℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ᒷᒲ𝙹ℸ ̣ ╎𝙹リᔑꖎ ᒷᒲ!¡ℸ ̣ ╎リᒷᓭᓭ, ∴⍑╎ᓵ⍑ ∴ᔑᓭ ꖎ⚍ᓵꖌ╎ꖎ|| ᓭ𝙹𝙹リ ↸∷𝙹∴リᒷ↸ 𝙹⚍ℸ ̣ ʖ|| ⍑⚍ᓭ⍑'ᓭ ᓭℸ ̣ ∷ᔑリ⊣ᒷ, ⊣ꖎ╎ℸ ̣ ᓵ⍑╎リ⊣ !¡𝙹ᓭ╎ℸ ̣ ╎⍊╎ℸ ̣ || ᔑリ↸ ꖎ⚍ᓭℸ ̣ 'ᓭ ᒷ ̇/ᓵ╎ℸ ̣ ᒷᒲᒷリℸ ̣.

"Kh'v wdonlqj wr klpvhoi, zkdw d zhlugr!" ᓵ⍑ᔑ∷ᔑ !¡𝙹╎リℸ ̣ ᒷ↸ 𝙹⚍ℸ ̣ , ᓭᔑ∷ᓵᔑᓭᒲ ᓵ𝙹ᔑℸ ̣ ╎リ⊣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ╎∷ ⍊𝙹╎ᓵᒷ, ꖌリ𝙹∴╎リ⊣ ⍊ᒷ∷|| ∴ᒷꖎꖎ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ ↸╎↸ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᒷ ̇/ᔑᓵℸ ̣ ᓭᔑᒲᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣ ∴⍑ᒷリ ᓭ!¡ᒷᔑꖌ╎リ⊣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ⍑╎ᒲ - ∴⍑ᒷリ ꖎ𝙹𝙹ꖌ╎リ⊣ ᔑℸ ̣ ᔑリ 𝙹⚍ℸ ̣ ᓭ╎↸ᒷ∷ᓭ !¡ᒷ∷ᓭ!¡ᒷᓵℸ ̣ ╎⍊ᒷ.

"Oxvw, Gxvw, brx dqg L, nlqgd lQwHuHvWlQj fkrlfh IuRp wkh Ulqjpdvwhu," ⍑⚍ᓭ⍑ ᔑ↸ᒲ╎ℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ᒷ↸, ∷ᔑ╎ᓭ╎リ⊣ ᔑ ʖ∷𝙹∴ʖ𝙹リᒷ. ⍑ᒷ ᓭᒷᒷᒲᒷ↸ ᔑ ʖ╎ℸ ̣ ᓭ⚍∷!¡∷╎ᓭᒷ↸.

"Lv lw jrlqj wr eh mxvw wkh irxu ri xv?" ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ ᔑᓭꖌᒷ↸, ⊣ꖎᔑリᓵ╎リ⊣ ʖᒷℸ ̣ ∴ᒷᒷリ ᒷ⍊ᒷ∷||𝙹リᒷ. ⍑ᒷ ꖌリᒷ∴ リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣ 𝙹⎓ ⍑𝙹∴ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᓭᒲᔑꖎꖎᒷ∷ !¡ᒷ∷⎓𝙹∷ᒲᔑリᓵᒷᓭ ∴𝙹∷ꖌᒷ↸ - 𝙹∷ ᔑリ|| !¡ᒷ∷⎓𝙹∷ᒲᔑリᓵᒷᓭ ╎リ ⊣ᒷリᒷ∷ᔑꖎ.

"Prvw olnhob dovr dq HaWuD vwdii phpehu wR khos xv rXw," ⍑⚍ᓭ⍑ ᓭ⍑∷⚍⊣⊣ᒷ↸, リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ᑑ⚍╎ℸ ̣ ᒷ ᓭ⚍∷ᒷ ᔑʖ𝙹⚍ℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ╎リ⎓𝙹∷ᒲᔑℸ ̣ ╎𝙹リ.

ᔑリ↸ ᓭ!¡ᒷᔑꖌ 𝙹⎓ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ↸ᒷ⍊╎ꖎ, ᔑ リᒷ∴ !¡ᒷ∷ᓭ𝙹リ ∴ᔑꖎꖌᒷ↸ - ∴ᒷꖎꖎ, ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ᓵᔑᓭᒷ: ⎓ꖎ𝙹ᔑℸ ̣ ᒷ↸ - ╎リℸ ̣ 𝙹 ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ℸ ̣ ᒷリℸ ̣ ∴╎ℸ ̣ ⍑ ᔑ ᓵ⚍!¡ 𝙹⎓ ᓵ𝙹⎓⎓ᒷᒷ ╎リ ⍑ᔑリ↸. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ꖎ╎ℸ ̣ ᒷ∷ᔑꖎ ⊣∷╎ᒲ ∷ᒷᔑ!¡ᒷ∷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹𝙹ꖌ 𝙹リᒷ ꖎ𝙹𝙹ꖌ ᔑ∷𝙹⚍リ↸ ʖᒷ⎓𝙹∷ᒷ ᒲᔑꖌ╎リ⊣ ⍑╎ᓭ ∴ᔑ|| ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ ᔑリ↸ ⍑⚍ᓭ⍑, ↸ᒷᓵ╎↸╎リ⊣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ|| 𝙹⚍⊣⍑ℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ʖᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ʖᒷᓭℸ ̣ ∴⍑ᒷリ ╎ℸ ̣ ᓵᔑᒲᒷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ᓭ𝙹ᓵ╎ᔑꖎ╎ᓭ╎リ⊣ 𝙹リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᒲ𝙹ᒲᒷリℸ ̣.

"Wklv lv dq lqwhuhvwlqj olqh-ws, qrzkhuh qhdu zkdw L hashfwhg," ∷ᒷᔑ!¡ᒷ∷ ⍊𝙹╎ᓵᒷ↸ ⍑╎ᓭ ℸ ̣⍑𝙹⚍⊣⍑ℸ ̣ᓭ ╎ᒲᒲᒷ↸╎ᔑℸ ̣ᒷꖎ||. "D qhz shuiruphu, d voljkwob glvdeohg shuiruphu, zkrvh pdlq irfxv lvq'w hyhq shuiruplqj, dqg wzr eurnhq shiruphuv. L zrxog olnh wr nqrz zkdw zdv jrlqj rq lq wkh Ulqjpdvwhu'v eudlq zkhq kh pdgh wklv ghfhvlrq," ⍑ᒷ ᓭ!¡𝙹ꖌᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑𝙹⚍⊣⍑ℸ ̣ ⎓⚍ꖎꖎ||, ᓭ╎!¡!¡╎リ⊣ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ⍑╎ᓭ ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷᔑᒲ╎リ⊣ ᓵ𝙹⎓⎓ᒷᒷ ᓵ⚍!¡. "Qrw wkdw lw'v edg," - ⍑ᒷ ∷ᔑ╎ᓭᒷ↸ ⍑╎ᓭ ⍑ᔑリ↸ᓭ - "Mxvw xqhashfwhg frplqj iurp wkh Ulqjpdvwhu zkr dozdbv zdqwv kykubwklqj wr eh shuihfw." ∷ᒷᔑ!¡ᒷ∷ ⍑ᔑ↸ ᔑ ⎓ꖎᔑᓭ⍑ 𝙹⎓ ᓭ⚍ᓭ!¡╎ᓵ╎𝙹リ 𝙹リ ⍑╎ᓭ ⎓∷𝙹∴リ ∴⍑ᒷリ ⍑ᒷ ⊣ꖎᔑリᓵᒷ↸ ᔑ∷𝙹⚍リ↸ ᔑ⊣ᔑ╎リ, ʖ∷𝙹∴ʖ𝙹リᒷ ∷ᔑ╎ᓭᒷ↸ ⚍!¡.

"Vrphwklqj'v d elw RiI derxw wKlV.." ⍑⚍ᓭ⍑ ᔑ↸ᒲ╎ℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ᒷ↸, ⎓⚍∷∷𝙹∴╎リ⊣ ⍑╎ᓭ ʖ∷𝙹∴ʖ𝙹リᒷᓭ.

"Zkdw'v kh sodqqlqj.?" ∷ᒷᔑ!¡ᒷ∷ ᔑᓭꖌᒷ↸ 𝙹⚍∷ ꖎ𝙹⚍↸ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ リ𝙹リᒷ ╎リ !¡ᔑ∷ℸ ̣ ╎ᓵ⚍ꖎᔑ∷ ᔑᓭ リ𝙹リ 𝙹⎓ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷᒲ ᓵ𝙹⚍ꖎ↸ ꖌリ𝙹∴ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᔑリᓭ∴ᒷ∷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᑑ⚍ᒷᓭℸ ̣ ╎𝙹リ.

ᔑリ↸ ᔑᓭ ╎⎓ ᓭ⚍ᒲᒲ𝙹リᒷ↸ ʖ|| ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ᑑ⚍ᒷᓭℸ ̣ ╎𝙹リ, ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ℸ ̣ ᒷリℸ ̣ ⎓ꖎᔑ!¡ ⎓ꖎᒷ∴ 𝙹!¡ᒷリ ᔑリ↸ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ∷╎リ⊣ᒲᔑᓭℸ ̣ ᒷ∷ ⍑╎ᒲᓭᒷꖎ⎓ ∴ᔑꖎꖌᒷ↸ ╎リ, ᓵ⍑╎リ ⍑╎⊣⍑ ᔑリ↸ ⍑ᔑリ↸ᓭ ʖᒷ⍑╎リ↸ ⍑╎ᓭ ʖᔑᓵꖌ, ᔑ ᓵ𝙹ꖎ↸ ᔑリ↸ ᓵᔑ∷ᒷꖎᒷᓭᓭ, ᒲ||ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷ∷╎𝙹⚍ᓭ ᓭᒲ╎∷ꖌ 𝙹リ ⍑╎ᓭ ℸ ̣ ᒷᒷℸ ̣ ⍑. ⍑╎ᓭ ᓵ||ᔑリ ᒷ||ᒷ ꖎ╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣ ∷ᔑリ 𝙹⍊ᒷ∷ ᒷ⍊ᒷ∷||𝙹リᒷ ╎リ ᓭ⚍ᓵ⍑ ᔑ ⋮⚍↸⊣╎リ⊣ ᒲᔑリリᒷ∷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ╎ℸ ̣ ᒲᔑ↸ᒷ ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ' ᓭ!¡╎リᒷ ᓭ⍑╎⍊ᒷ∷.

"Olqh xs hyhubrqh, zh kdyh vrph wkljv wr glvfxvv!" ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ∷╎リ⊣ᒲᔑᓭℸ ̣ ᒷ∷'ᓭ ᓭᒲ𝙹𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ ⍊𝙹╎ᓵᒷ ᓵ⚍ℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ⍑∷𝙹⚍⊣⍑ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᓭ╎ꖎᒷリᓵᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑ↸ ⎓ᔑꖎꖎᒷリ 𝙹⍊ᒷ∷. "Huuru, uhwxuq wr brxu vrxqg errwk, brx duhq'w qhhghg khuh uljkw qrz." ⍑ᒷ ⎓ꖎᔑᓭ⍑ᒷ↸ ᔑ ∴ᔑ∷リ╎リ⊣ ᓭᒲ╎ꖎᒷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹∴ᔑ∷↸ᓭ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ↸⋮, ∴⍑𝙹 ⍑ᔑ↸ ᔑꖎ∷ᒷᔑ↸|| ∷ᒷᔑᓵ⍑ᒷ↸ ⎓𝙹∷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ↸𝙹𝙹∷ 𝙹⎓ ⍑╎ᓭ ᓭᔑ⎓ᒷℸ ̣ ||.

"Vr, dv brx fdq vhh iurp wklv txlwh txhvwlrqdeoh olqhxs, wkh krvw ri wkh ihvwlydo lvq'w txlwh xqghuvwdqglqj zkhq lw frphv wr wkh sulfhv ri rxu vkrzv dqg wkhuhiruh zh fdqqrw jlyh klp dqbwklqj ri rxu qrupdo ohyho. Ri frxuvh zh'oo eh jlylqj klp d vkrz, exw mxvw d elw ehorz klv hashfwdwlrqv vr kh zloo vhh wkdw klv exgjhw vkrxog kdyh ehhq ehwwhu zkhq wklqnlqj derxw klulqj xv. Qrz, ri frxuvh wkh dxglhqfh fdqqrw qrwlfh wkh orzhu txdolwb ri wklv shuirupdqfh, brx'oo eh grlqj brxu devroxwhob ehvw dqg orrnlqj dv surihvvlrqdo dv brx fdq jhw, xqohvv brx zdqw wr vxiihu iurp pb sxqlvkphqw. Lw mxvw zrq'w phhw wkh ohyho ri klv hashfwdwlrq dv kh'v hashfwlqj d ixoob surihvvlrqdo vkrz zlwk txlwh d orw ri hawud." リ╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣ ᒲᔑ∷ᒷ ᒷ ̇/!¡ꖎᔑ╎リᒷ↸ ╎リ ᔑ ∴ᔑ|| ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ᓵ𝙹リ⎓⚍ᓭᒷ↸ ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ ᔑ ꖎ𝙹ℸ ̣. Hᒷ ↸╎↸リ'ℸ ̣ ᑑ⚍╎ℸ ̣ ᒷ ⚍リ↸ᒷ∷ᓭℸ ̣ ᔑリ↸ ∴⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ∷╎リ⊣ᒲᔑᓭℸ ̣ ᒷ∷ ᒷ ̇/ᔑᓵℸ ̣ ꖎ|| ∴ᔑᓭ ℸ ̣ ∷||╎リ⊣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ᔑᓵ⍑╎ᒷ⍊ᒷ, ʖ⚍ℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ !¡∷𝙹ʖᔑʖꖎ|| ∴ᔑᓭリ'ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ !¡∷𝙹ʖꖎᒷᒲ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リꖌ ᔑʖ𝙹⚍ℸ ̣.

"Dv reylrxv: Oxvw, brx'oo eh grlqj dfuredwlfv rq wkh jurxqg, wkhb grq'w kdyh dqbwklqj kljkhu. Kxvk, iluh euhdwklqj, Gxvw, pdjlf, dqg Furvv, nqlih wkurzlqj. Uhdshu, brxu mre lv wr nhhs dq hbh vrfnhw rxw iru hyhubwklqj dqg zrun dv wkh dqqrxqfhu vlqfh L zrq'w eh frplqj zlwk brx," リ╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣ ᒲᔑ∷ᒷ ᓵ𝙹リℸ ̣ ╎リ⚍ᒷ↸, ᒲ𝙹⍊╎リ⊣ ⍑╎ᓭ ⊣ᔑ⨅ᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ !¡ᒷ∷⎓𝙹∷ᒲᒷ∷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ᔑリ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷, ᒷ⍊ᒷ∷||𝙹リᒷ ᓭ⍑∷╎リꖌ╎リ⊣ ⚍リ↸ᒷ∷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᓵ𝙹ꖎ↸, ⋮⚍↸⊣╎リ⊣ ⊣ꖎᔑ∷ᒷ.

ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷリ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ∷╎リ⊣ᒲᔑᓭℸ ̣ ᒷ∷ ∴ᒷリℸ ̣ 𝙹リ ᒷ ̇/!¡ꖎᔑ╎リ╎リ⊣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᔑᓵℸ ̣ ᓭ ╎リ ↸ᒷℸ ̣ ᔑ╎ꖎ. ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ ⎓ᒷꖎℸ ̣ ꖎ𝙹ᓭℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ∴⍑𝙹ꖎᒷ ℸ ̣ ╎ᒲᒷ. ⍑ᒷ ↸╎↸リ'ℸ ̣ ꖌリ𝙹∴ ᔑリ||ℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣ ᔑʖ𝙹⚍ℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ↸╎⎓⎓ᒷ∷ᒷリℸ ̣ リᔑᒲᒷᓭ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ|| ⍑ᔑ↸ ⎓𝙹∷ ↸╎⎓⎓ᒷ∷ᒷリℸ ̣ ᔑᓵℸ ̣ ᓭ, ʖ⚍ℸ ̣ ᒷ⍊ᒷ∷||𝙹リᒷ ᒷꖎᓭᒷ ᓭᒷᒷᒲᒷ↸ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ꖌリ𝙹∴ ∴⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ∴ᔑᓭ ⊣𝙹╎リ⊣ 𝙹リ.

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𝙹リᓵᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᒲᒷᒷℸ ̣ ╎リ⊣ ∴ᔑᓭ ⎓╎リᔑꖎꖎ|| 𝙹⍊ᒷ∷ ᔑリ↸ ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ ᔑʖ𝙹⚍ℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ꖎᒷᔑ⍊ᒷ, ⍑ᒷ ⍑ᒷᔑ∷↸ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ∷╎リ⊣ᒲᔑᓭℸ ̣ ᒷ∷ ᓵᔑꖎꖎ 𝙹⚍ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ リᔑᒲᒷ. "Frph zlwk ph," ⍑ᒷ ᓭᔑ╎↸, ꖎᒷᔑ↸╎リ⊣ ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ 𝙹⚍ℸ ̣ 𝙹⎓ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ℸ ̣ ᒷリℸ ̣.

"Pr, Furvv," リ╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣ ᒲᔑ∷ᒷ ᓭℸ ̣ ᔑ∷ℸ ̣ ᒷ↸ 𝙹リᓵᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ|| ⊣𝙹ℸ ̣ 𝙹⚍ℸ ̣ 𝙹⎓ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᓭ╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣ 𝙹⎓ ᒷ⍊ᒷ∷||𝙹リᒷ ᒷꖎᓭᒷ, ⍑╎ᓭ ⊣ꖎ𝙹⍊ᒷ↸ ⍑ᔑリ↸ ᓭꖎ╎!¡!¡ᒷ↸ ⚍リ↸ᒷ∷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᒲ𝙹リ𝙹ᓵ⍑∷𝙹ᒲᒷ ᓭꖌᒷꖎᒷℸ ̣ 𝙹リ'ᓭ ᓵ⍑╎リ, ꖎ╎⎓ℸ ̣ ╎リ⊣ ╎ℸ ̣ ⚍!¡.

ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ╎∷ ℸ ̣ ᒷᒷℸ ̣ ⍑ ᓵꖎ╎ᓵꖌᒷ↸ ℸ ̣ 𝙹⊣ᒷℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ ᔑリ↸ ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ ⎓ᒷꖎℸ ̣ ᔑリ ᔑ∷ᒲ ᓭリᔑꖌᒷ ᔑ∷𝙹⚍リ↸ ⍑╎ᓭ ∴ᔑ╎ᓭℸ ̣ , !¡⚍ꖎꖎ╎リ⊣ ⍑╎ᒲ ᓵꖎ𝙹ᓭᒷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ∷╎リ⊣ᒲᔑᓭℸ ̣ ᒷ∷. ⍑╎ᓭ 𝙹∴リ ⍑ᔑリ↸ᓭ ᒲ𝙹⍊ᒷ↸ ᔑ⊣ᔑ╎リᓭℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ∴╎ꖎꖎ, ∴∷ᔑ!¡!¡╎リ⊣ ᔑ∷𝙹⚍リ↸ リ╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣ ᒲᔑ∷ᒷ'ᓭ リᒷᓵꖌ.

∴⍑ᒷリ ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ ⊣ᔑᓭ!¡ᒷ↸ ⎓𝙹∷ ʖ∷ᒷᔑℸ ̣ ⍑, ⍑ᒷ ⎓ᒷꖎℸ ̣ リ╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣ ᒲᔑ∷ᒷ'ᓭ ℸ ̣ 𝙹リ⊣⚍ᒷ ᓭꖎ╎!¡!¡╎リ⊣ ╎リ. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ℸ ̣ ᔑᓭℸ ̣ ᒷ 𝙹⎓ ᔑ!¡!¡ꖎᒷᓭ ⎓╎ꖎꖎᒷ↸ ⍑╎ᓭ ᒲ𝙹⚍ℸ ̣ ⍑ ᑑ⚍╎ᓵꖌꖎ||. ╎ℸ ̣ ∴ᔑᓭ ᒲ𝙹∷ᒷ ʖ╎ℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ᒷ∷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑリ ∴⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ∴ᔑᓭ ⚍ᓭᒷ↸ ℸ ̣ 𝙹, ʖ⚍ℸ ̣ ᓭℸ ̣ ╎ꖎꖎ ᔑ↸↸╎ℸ ̣ ╎⍊ᒷ, ᔑᓭ ⍑ᒷ ⍑ᔑ↸ ᓵ𝙹ᒲᒷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ╎ᓵᒷ.

ᔑ ᑑ⚍╎ᒷℸ ̣ ᒲ𝙹ᔑリ ᒷᓭᓵᔑ!¡ᒷ↸ !¡ᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ℸ ̣ ᒷᒷℸ ̣ ⍑ ᔑᓭ リ╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣ ᒲᔑ∷ᒷ ↸𝙹⍊ᒷ ʖᔑᓵꖌ ╎リ ⎓𝙹∷ ᔑリ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ ꖌ╎ᓭᓭ ᔑ⎓ℸ ̣ ᒷ∷ !¡⚍ꖎꖎ╎リ⊣ 𝙹⚍ℸ ̣ ⎓𝙹∷ ᔑ ᓭᒷᓵ𝙹リ↸ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ⊣ᒷℸ ̣ ᔑ╎∷. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ╎∷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹リ⊣⚍ᒷᓭ ∴ᒷ∷ᒷ ↸ᔑリᓵ╎リ⊣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹⊣ᒷℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ ᔑᓭ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ|| ᒷ ̇/ᓵ⍑ᔑリ⊣ᒷ↸ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ╎∷ ᓵ𝙹ꖎ𝙹⚍∷⎓⚍ꖎ ᓭᔑꖎ╎⍊ᔑ.

ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ' ʖᔑᓵꖌ ᓭꖎᔑᒲᒲᒷ↸ ᔑ⊣ᔑ╎リᓭℸ ̣ ᓭ𝙹ᒲᒷℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣ ʖᒷ⍑╎リ↸ ⍑╎ᒲ, ᓵᔑ⚍ᓭ╎リ⊣ ᔑリ𝙹ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ ᒲ𝙹ᔑリ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ᒷᓭᓵᔑ!¡ᒷ ⍑╎ᓭ ᒲ𝙹⚍ℸ ̣ ⍑. リ╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣ ᒲᔑ∷ᒷ ∴ᔑᓭ !¡∷ᒷᓭᓭᒷ↸ ℸ ̣ ╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣ ꖎ|| ᔑ⊣ᔑ╎リᓭℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᒲ, 𝙹リᒷ ꖌリᒷᒷ !¡∷ᒷᓭᓭᒷ↸ ʖᒷℸ ̣ ∴ᒷᒷリ ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ' ℸ ̣ ⍑╎⊣⍑ᓭ, ∴ᔑ|| ℸ ̣ 𝙹𝙹 ᓵꖎ𝙹ᓭᒷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ⍑╎ᓭ ᓵ∷𝙹ℸ ̣ ᓵ⍑.

ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷリ リ╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣ ᒲᔑ∷ᒷ !¡⚍ꖎꖎᒷ↸ ᔑ∴ᔑ||. ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ ꖎᒷᔑリᒷ↸ ᔑ⎓ℸ ̣ ᒷ∷ ⍑╎ᒲ, リ𝙹ℸ ̣ ᑑ⚍╎ℸ ̣ ᒷ ∷ᒷᔑ↸|| ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ꖎᒷℸ ̣ ⊣𝙹 ||ᒷℸ ̣. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ∷╎リ⊣ᒲᔑᓭℸ ̣ ᒷ∷ !¡⚍ᓭ⍑ᒷ↸ ⍑╎ᒲ ᔑ∴ᔑ||, ᓭ⍑ᔑꖌ╎リ⊣ ⍑╎ᓭ ⍑ᒷᔑ↸, ᔑ ᓭꖎ|| ⊣∷╎リ 𝙹リ ⍑╎ᓭ ℸ ̣ ᒷᒷℸ ̣ ⍑.

"L zloo qrw eh wdnlqj wklv dqb ixuwkhu," ⍑ᒷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹ꖎ↸, ᒷ||ᒷ ꖎ╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣ ⊣ꖎ╎ᒲᒲᒷ∷╎リ⊣ ∴╎ℸ ̣ ⍑ ᔑ ⍑╎リℸ ̣ 𝙹⎓ ᓭ𝙹ᒲᒷℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ ∴ᔑᓭ ℸ ̣ 𝙹𝙹 ᓭꖎ𝙹∴ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ╎↸ᒷリℸ ̣ ╎⎓|| ʖᒷ⎓𝙹∷ᒷ ╎ℸ ̣ ∴ᔑᓭ ⊣𝙹リᒷ. "Exw," - リ╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣ ᒲᔑ∷ᒷ ꖎᒷᔑリᒷ↸ ᓵꖎ𝙹ᓭᒷ∷ - "li brx vkrz xs wr pb whqw uljkw ehiruh fxuihz zlwk brxu oryhob hfwr vxpprqhg, pdbeh brx'oo jhw d uhzdug~"

ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ ⎓ᒷꖎℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ ᓵ⍑ᒷᒷꖌʖ𝙹リᒷᓭ ↸⚍ᓭℸ ̣ !¡⚍∷!¡ꖎᒷ. リ╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣ ᒲᔑ∷ᒷ ᓵ⍑⚍ᓵꖌꖎᒷ↸, ꖎᒷᔑリ╎リ⊣ ╎リ ⎓𝙹∷ 𝙹リᒷ ꖎᔑᓭℸ ̣ ꖌ╎ᓭᓭ ʖᒷ⎓𝙹∷ᒷ !¡⚍ꖎꖎ╎リ⊣ ᔑ∴ᔑ|| ᔑリ↸ ᒲ𝙹⍊╎リ⊣ ⍑╎ᓭ ⍑ᔑリ↸ᓭ ʖᒷ⍑╎リ↸ ⍑╎ᓭ ʖᔑᓵꖌ.

"Nloohu zloo eh vkrzlqj dfw wr brx. Jr ilqg klp," ⍑ᒷ ╎リ⎓𝙹∷ᒲᒷ↸ ʖᒷ⎓𝙹∷ᒷ ℸ ̣ ⚍∷リ╎リ⊣ 𝙹リ ⍑╎ᓭ ⍑ᒷᒷꖎᓭ ᔑリ↸ ∴ᔑꖎꖌ╎リ⊣ ᔑ∴ᔑ||.

"Brx'uh uhdoob wxuqlqj lqwr d zkruh, duhq'w brx?" ⍑╎ᓭ ᓵ⍑ᔑ∷ᔑ ᓭᓵ𝙹⎓⎓ᒷ↸, ᓭ𝙹⚍リ↸╎リ⊣ ↸╎ᓭ⊣⚍ᓭℸ ̣ ᒷ↸. "Brx xvhg wr eh dq krqrxuhg vroglhu, qrz brx'uh mxvw d gluwb zkruh!" ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ╎∷ ∴𝙹∷↸ᓭ ∴ᒷ∷ᒷ ⍑ᔑ∷ᓭ⍑ ᔑリ↸ ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ ∴ᔑリℸ ̣ ᒷ↸ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ᓭリᔑ!¡ ʖᔑᓵꖌ ᔑℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷᒲ, ʖ⚍ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᓵ𝙹⚍ꖎ↸リ'ℸ ̣. ⍑ᒷ ᓵ𝙹⚍ꖎ↸リ'ℸ ̣ ʖᒷᓵᔑ⚍ᓭᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ|| ∴ᒷ∷ᒷ ∷╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣.

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ꖌ╎ꖎꖎᒷ∷ ∷ᔑ╎ᓭᒷ↸ ⍑╎ᓭ ⊣ᔑ⨅ᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ꖌリ╎⎓ᒷ ⍑ᒷ ⍑ᔑ↸ ʖᒷᒷリ ╎リᓭ!¡ᒷᓵℸ ̣ ╎リ⊣ ∴⍑ᒷリ ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ ᒲᔑ↸ᒷ ⍑╎ᓭ ∴ᔑ|| ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ∴⍑ᒷ∷ᒷ ⍑ᒷ ∴ᔑᓭ ᓭ╎ℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ╎リ⊣ 𝙹⚍ℸ ̣ ᓭ╎↸ᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ʖ╎⊣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹!¡.

"Vr, Qljkwpduh zdqwv bd wr shuirup ilqdoob," ⍑ᒷ ⍑⚍ᒲᒲᒷ↸, ᓭꖎ╎!¡!¡╎リ⊣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ꖌリ╎⎓ᒷ ᔑ∴ᔑ||.

"Bhdk," ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ リ𝙹↸↸ᒷ↸, ᓭ╎ℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ╎リ⊣ ↸𝙹∴リ リᒷ ̇/ℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ⍑╎ᒲ. "Gr brx nqrz wkh dfw L'p vxssrvhg wr gr?" ⍑ᒷ ᔑᓭꖌᒷ↸, ∷ᔑ╎ᓭ╎リ⊣ ᔑ ʖ∷𝙹∴ʖ𝙹リᒷ.

"'Frxuvh L gr! Qljkwpduh ohpph nqrz zkdw lw 'v dqg lw dlq'w wkdw kdug. D suhwwb vlpsoh rqh, hvshfldoob li bd nqrz zkdw brx'uh grlq' zkhq lw frphv wr nqlyhv," ꖌ╎ꖎꖎᒷ∷ ᔑリᓭ∴ᒷ∷ᒷ↸, ᓭᒲ╎∷ꖌ╎リ⊣. ⍑ᒷ ᓭᒷᒷᒲᒷ↸ ᒷ ̇/ᓵ╎ℸ ̣ ᒷ↸ ᔑʖ𝙹⚍ℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᓭ, ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ ∴ᔑᓭリ'ℸ ̣ ᓭ⚍∷ᒷ ╎⎓ ⍑ᒷ ᓭ⍑𝙹⚍ꖎ↸ ʖᒷ ᓭᓵᔑ∷ᒷ↸ ʖᒷᓵᔑ⚍ᓭᒷ 𝙹⎓ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣. "F'prq, ohw'v jr jhw vwduwhg!"

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ᔑꖎꖎ 𝙹⎓ ꖌ╎ꖎꖎᒷ∷'ᓭ ╎リᓭℸ ̣ ∷⚍ᓵℸ ̣ ╎𝙹リᓭ ꖎᒷ⎓ℸ ̣ ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ ⍊ᒷ∷|| ᓵ𝙹リ⎓⚍ᓭᒷ↸, ʖ⚍ℸ ̣ ᔑℸ ̣ ꖎᒷᔑᓭℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ リ𝙹∴ ⍑ᔑ↸ ᓭ𝙹ᒲᒷ ꖌ╎リ↸ 𝙹⎓ ╎↸ᒷᔑ ᔑʖ𝙹⚍ℸ ̣ ∴⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ∴ᔑᓭ ᓭ⚍!¡!¡𝙹ᓭᒷ↸ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ↸𝙹. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ∷ᒷ ∴ᔑᓭ ᔑ ꖎ𝙹ℸ ̣ 𝙹⎓ !¡∷ᔑᓵℸ ̣ ╎ᓵ╎リ⊣ ꖎᒷ⎓ℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ↸𝙹.

⍑ᒷ ᓭ╎⊣⍑ᒷ↸, 𝙹!¡ᒷリ╎リ⊣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ⎓ꖎᔑ!¡ 𝙹⎓ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ リᒷ∴ᓵ𝙹ᒲᒷ∷ᓭ ℸ ̣ ᒷリℸ ̣. ᓵ⍑ᔑ∷ᔑ ∴ᔑᓭ ꖎᔑ||╎リ⊣ 𝙹リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ╎∷ ʖᒷ↸, !¡ꖎᔑ||╎リ⊣ ∴╎ℸ ̣ ⍑ ᓭ𝙹ᒲᒷℸ ̣ ⍑╎リ⊣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ↸╎↸リ'ℸ ̣ ∷ᒷᔑꖎꖎ|| ᒲᔑꖌᒷ ᓭᒷリᓭᒷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ, ʖ⚍ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᓵ𝙹⚍ꖎ↸ ╎ᒲᒲᒷ↸╎ᔑℸ ̣ ᒷꖎ|| ℸ ̣ ᒷꖎꖎ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ╎ℸ ̣ ∴ᔑᓭ ᒷ!¡╎ᓵ'ᓭ ⍑ᔑリ↸∴𝙹∷ꖌ.

"Zkdw'v wkdw?" ⍑ᒷ ᔑᓭꖌᒷ↸, ᓭ╎ℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ╎リ⊣ ↸𝙹∴リ 𝙹リ ⍑╎ᓭ 𝙹∴リ ʖᒷ↸, ꖎ𝙹𝙹ꖌ╎リ⊣ 𝙹⍊ᒷ∷ ᔑℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷᒲ ᓵ⚍∷╎𝙹⚍ᓭꖎ||.

"L'p qrw hadfwob vxuh," ᓵ⍑ᔑ∷ᔑ ᓭ⍑∷⚍⊣⊣ᒷ↸, ℸ ̣ ⚍∷リ╎リ⊣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ∴𝙹𝙹↸ᒷリ 𝙹ʖ⋮ᒷᓵℸ ̣ ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ╎∷ ⍑ᔑリ↸ᓭ, "Vrph wbsh ri zrrghq vwuhvv wrb, L jxhvv. Suhwwb hqwhuwdlqlqj. L jrw lw iurp Lqn, dssduhqwob vrphwklqj wkdw zdv mxvw odblqj durxqg wkh surs whqw," ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ|| ᒷ ̇/!¡ꖎᔑ╎リᒷ↸.

"L vhh," ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ ⍑⚍ᒲᒲᒷ↸. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹|| ∷ᒷᒲ╎リ↸ᒷ↸ ⍑╎ᒲ 𝙹⎓ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ 𝙹リᒷᓭ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ᒷ!¡╎ᓵ ⍑ᔑ↸ ᒲᔑ↸ᒷ ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ !¡ᔑᓭℸ ̣ , ʖ⚍ℸ ̣ ╎ℸ ̣ ᓭᒷᒷᒲᒷ↸ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ʖᒷ ᒲᒷᔑリℸ ̣ ⎓𝙹∷ ᓭ𝙹ᒲᒷ𝙹リᒷ ᔑ ʖ╎ℸ ̣ 𝙹ꖎ↸ᒷ∷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᔑリ ᔑ ℸ ̣ ∴𝙹 ||ᒷᔑ∷ 𝙹ꖎ↸ 𝙹∷ ᔑ リᒷ∴ʖ𝙹∷リ.

⍑╎ᓭ ᒷ||ᒷ ꖎ╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣ ᓭ ᓭ⍑╎⎓ℸ ̣ ᒷ↸ ℸ ̣ 𝙹∴ᔑ∷↸ᓭ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ∴╎リ↸𝙹∴. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ 𝙹ᓵᒷᔑリ 𝙹⎓ ꖎ╎⊣⍑ℸ ̣ ᓭ 𝙹⚍ℸ ̣ ᓭ╎↸ᒷ ∴ᔑᓭ ᓭℸ ̣ ᔑ∷ℸ ̣ ╎リ⊣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ↸╎ᒲ. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᓵ⚍∷⎓ᒷ∴ ∴𝙹⚍ꖎ↸ ᓵ𝙹ᒲᒷ ᔑ∷𝙹⚍リ↸ ᓭ𝙹𝙹リ. ╎⎓ ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ ∴ᔑリℸ ̣ ᒷ↸ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ⊣𝙹 ᓭᒷᒷ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ∷╎リ⊣ᒲᔑᓭℸ ̣ ᒷ∷, ⍑ᒷ 𝙹⚍⊣⍑ℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ꖎᒷᔑ⍊ᒷ ᓭ𝙹𝙹リ.

⍑ᒷ ⍑ᒷᓭ╎ℸ ̣ ᔑℸ ̣ ᒷ↸, ᓭℸ ̣ ᔑ∷╎リ⊣ 𝙹⚍ℸ ̣ 𝙹⎓ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ∴╎リ↸𝙹∴ ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ᓭ╎↸ᒷ 𝙹⎓ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ℸ ̣ ᒷリℸ ̣. ↸╎↸ ⍑ᒷ ∷ᒷᔑꖎꖎ|| ∴ᔑリℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ⊣𝙹 ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ∷╎リ⊣ᒲᔑᓭℸ ̣ ᒷ∷?

"Brx gr uhdolvh wkdw Qljkwpduh zloo qhyhu eh wkh vdph dv klp?" ⍑╎ᓭ ᓵ⍑ᔑ∷ᔑ ᔑᓭꖌᒷ↸, ᔑ ∴ᔑ∷リ╎リ⊣ ℸ ̣ 𝙹リᒷ ╎リ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ╎∷ ⍊𝙹╎ᓵᒷ. "Mxvw ehfdxvh wkhb'uh-"

ᓵ∷𝙹ᓭᓭ ᓵ⍑𝙹ᓭᒷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹 ╎⊣リ𝙹∷ᒷ ∴⍑ᔑℸ ̣ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ|| ∴ᒷ∷ᒷ ᓭᔑ||╎リ⊣ ᔑリ↸ ⊣𝙹ℸ ̣ ⚍!¡. ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ⍑⚍ᒲᔑリ !¡ᒷ∷⎓𝙹∷ᒲᒷ∷ ∷ᔑ╎ᓭᒷ↸ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ╎∷ ⊣ᔑ⨅ᒷ ⎓∷𝙹ᒲ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹|| ᔑリ↸ ∷ᔑ╎ᓭᒷ↸ ᔑリ ᒷ||ᒷʖ∷𝙹∴ ᔑℸ ̣ ⍑╎ᒲ, ᓵ⚍∷╎𝙹ᓭ ᔑʖ𝙹⚍ℸ ̣ ∴⍑ᒷ∷ᒷ ⍑ᒷ ∴ᔑᓭ ⍑ᒷᔑ↸ᒷ↸. ⍑╎ᓭ 𝙹∴リ ᓵ⍑ᔑ∷ᔑ ⊣ᔑ⍊ᒷ ⍑╎ᒲ ᔑ ꖎ𝙹𝙹ꖌ 𝙹⎓ ↸╎ᓭʖᒷꖎ╎ᒷ⎓ ᔑリ↸ ↸╎ᓭ⊣⚍ᓭℸ ̣.

"Wkhuh'v vrphwklqj L vwloo kdyh wr gr. L'oo wub wr pdnh lw edfn ehiruh wkh fxuihz, exw L fdqqrw surplvh dqbwklqj," ⍑ᒷ ꖎ╎ᒷ↸ ʖᒷ⎓𝙹∷ᒷ ᓭꖎ╎!¡!¡╎リ⊣ 𝙹⚍ℸ ̣ 𝙹⎓ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ℸ ̣ ᒷリℸ ̣ , ⎓ᒷᒷꖎ╎リ⊣ ⊣⚍╎ꖎℸ ̣ ᔑリ↸ ᓭ⍑ᔑᒲᒷ ∴ᔑᓭ⍑ 𝙹⍊ᒷ∷ ⍑╎ᒲ.

⍑ᒷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹𝙹ꖌ 𝙹リᒷ ↸ᒷᒷ!¡ ʖ∷ᒷᔑℸ ̣ ⍑ ʖᒷ⎓𝙹∷ᒷ ᓵ⍑ᔑリ⊣╎リ⊣ ⍑╎ᓭ ᓵ𝙹⚍∷ᓭᒷ ℸ ̣ 𝙹∴ᔑ∷↸ᓭ ℸ ̣ ⍑ᒷ ∷╎リ⊣ᒲᔑᓭℸ ̣ ᒷ∷'ᓭ ℸ ̣ ᒷリℸ ̣ , !¡⚍∷!¡ꖎᒷ ᒲᔑ⊣╎ᓵ ℸ ̣ ∷ᔑ⍊ᒷꖎꖎ╎リ⊣ 𝙹⍊ᒷ∷ ⍑╎ᓭ ʖ𝙹リᒷᓭ, ∷ᒷᔑ↸|| ℸ ̣ 𝙹 !¡𝙹!¡ ╎リℸ ̣ 𝙹 !¡ꖎᔑᓵᒷ.

Words: ???

[1.4.2023]

The Standard Galactic Alphabet, or the Minecraft enchanting table language, and Caesar Cipher. Two of my favourite languages, good luck reading this one.

I wrote most of the Caesar Cipher by myself instead of using a translator, so there might be some mistakes, plus there's a part where I had to write Galactic from memory by just copying the right alphabets from the previous writing, but I trust my Galactic skills more than I trust my Caesar Cipher skills- Galactic is my favourite language.

Anyways, have fun reading. I surely had a lot of fun writing this.