Chapter 21 - 21. Preparing for Pregnancy?

𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧«

𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖾𝗑𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇,

"𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗯𝘆, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗺𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝗻𝗼𝘄, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂?" 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝗅𝗒𝖾𝖽.

"𝗜'𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 *𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴*" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗁𝖾'𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗅𝗒. 𝖶𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝖼𝖺𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽. 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗋𝗎𝗇𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖽𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗌𝗈 𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖧𝗎𝗀𝗀𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗅𝗒.

"𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘆, 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗲? *𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦*" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. "𝗬𝗲𝘀 𝗶 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗮𝗱𝗹𝘆." 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗒, "𝗢𝗸𝗮𝘆, 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄. 𝗠𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 *𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦*" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗀𝗂𝗀𝗀𝗅𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋. 𝖶𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗍𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗃𝗂 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗂𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝖾𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝖿𝖾. 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾, "𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗸𝗮𝘆!" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖾𝖽. "*Wᴇʟʟ ᴄʟᴀɪʀᴇ ɪs ᴍʏ ʙᴇsᴛ ғʀɪᴇɴᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴀɢʀᴇᴇ ᴏɴ ɪᴛ. ʜᴇʜᴇʜᴇ*"(ᵐⁱⁿᵈ +ᵍᵃᵛⁱᵉⁿ ᶜˡⁱⁿᵗᵒⁿ)

𝗝𝗜𝗡 𝗬𝗨𝗔𝗡 𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗘«

𝖶𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝖩𝗂𝗇 𝖸𝗎𝖺𝗇 𝖾𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗍𝖾, 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗈 𝗍𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗅𝖾𝗉𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗋, 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖢𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗒 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖡𝖾𝖽𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆. 𝖶𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖾'𝗌 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝖺𝗒 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝖽𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖺𝗄, "𝗚𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗶 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 *𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬*" 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝖾'𝗌 𝗌𝗅𝖾𝖾𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀.

𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽, "𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁, 𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗳 𝗶 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘆 " 𝖧𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗒. 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝗅𝖺𝗒 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖦𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝗍𝗁.

𝖶𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝖺𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗇𝖾𝗋, 𝖧𝖾 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗒 𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗌𝗈 𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝖾𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗅𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝗂𝗇 𝗉𝖾𝖺𝖼𝖾.

𝖠𝗇𝗒 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗎𝗍𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋, 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗇𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝗇 𝗎𝗇𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗇𝗎𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋. "𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼, 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀?" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗁𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝖺 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅, 𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗂𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗁𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗐𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗈𝗇.

"𝗜𝗺 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆, 𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝗻 𝗬𝘂 𝗭𝗲𝗻𝗴?" 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗁𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. "𝗔𝗻 𝗬𝘂 𝗭𝗲𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗥𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹....!" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. "𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗶𝗺, 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝘆𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗛𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗶𝗳 𝗶 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗶 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱" 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗁𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝖪𝗇𝖾𝗐 𝖠𝗇 𝖸𝗎 𝖹𝖾𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖢𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖽𝗁𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝖡𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝖧𝗂𝗆, "𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲? 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗺. *𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥*" 𝖦𝖺𝖺𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. "𝗠𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗹𝘆, 𝗜𝗺 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 2 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀" 𝖫𝗂𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

"𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲. 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗺 𝗜 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗮 𝗖𝘂𝗽𝗶𝗱?" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖫𝗂𝗅𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗌, "𝗜'𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝗺" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

𝖫𝗂𝗅𝗒 𝖶𝖺𝗂𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇'𝗌 𝗍𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 2 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗎𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗍. "𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗿, 𝗦𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱" 𝖫𝗂𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. "𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗼𝗸𝗮𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗯𝘆𝗲" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝗎𝗉.

"𝗔𝗻 𝗬𝘂 𝗭𝗲𝗻𝗴, 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱! 𝗛𝗮𝗶𝘇𝘇 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗼𝘁, 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿, 𝗜'𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗵𝗽 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗎𝗉𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗅𝖾𝖾𝗉.

𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝖽𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝗌𝗅𝖾𝖾𝗉, 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗎𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝖪𝗂𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖾𝗄𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗅𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝖻𝖾𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗋.

𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚«

𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗐𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗎𝗉, 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝗅𝖾𝖾𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝖺 𝖻𝖺𝖻𝗒 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗋. "𝗠𝘆 𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆 *𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴*" 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝗎𝖽𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗎𝗉. "𝗜𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀, 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆?" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝖾𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗂𝗍, "𝗜𝗺 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘆, 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽 *𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘵*" 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. "𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆..? *𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘱*" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝖾𝗑𝖼𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗈 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆. "𝗢𝗵 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗵, 𝗜𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺, 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 *𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴*" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

20 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗎𝗍𝖾𝗌 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋, 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝖺𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀. 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗇𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝗅𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗒, "𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗼𝘄!" 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖺𝗍 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺, "𝗠𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 *𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦* 𝗶'𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗯𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿 *𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦*" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

"𝗬𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝘀, 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲, 𝗶'𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 *𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮*" 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝗀𝗈 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝗍𝗁.

𝖶𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝖺𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗀𝗈 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖣𝗂𝗇𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗂𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗁, 𝖡𝗎𝗍𝗅𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 nourishment 𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒, 𝖨𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗈𝗋𝖽𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝗂𝗆 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗄 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗀𝗇𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗍𝗁.

𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗁𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗄 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝗋𝗎𝗂𝗍𝗌. 𝖠𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖺 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾, 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝖺𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗈 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖾𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗄𝖿𝖺𝗌𝗍, 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗁𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗄 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗀𝗇𝖺𝗇𝖼𝗒. 𝖧𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖾𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗄𝖿𝖺𝗌𝗍.

"𝗢𝗵 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆, 𝗚𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗟𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝗼 𝗶 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆." 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. "𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 ? *𝘫𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴*" 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽.

𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗃𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗈𝗎𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗃𝗂 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗂𝗋𝖾. "𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗷𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗼𝘂𝘀, 𝗜𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗺 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗲. 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁" 𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽. 𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗇𝗈𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖠𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝖾𝗍 𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗅𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗁 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖩𝗂 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗂𝗋𝖾.

𝖴𝗌𝗁𝖺 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌, 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅, 𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝗂𝖾𝗇 𝗈𝖻𝖾𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖽𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾.

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