𝘚𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘕𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘴. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘦𝘵𝘤. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬. 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴 22 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 23 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳, 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘎𝘶𝘻𝘮𝘢𝘯.

𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 2𝘱𝘮 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘻𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘺.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘐 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰, 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯, 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘚𝘰 𝘐 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴.

𝘏𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 "Hi how can I help you?" 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦, 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘥𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 "𝘚𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩?" 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦, 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘧 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘐 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘐 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘈𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵, 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘶𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘴.

𝘐 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯. 𝘈𝘴 𝘐 𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘶𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵. 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬.

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥, 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸...𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥...

Lucy POV

𝘐 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦. 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘮𝘦, 𝘐 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮, 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳? 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘱 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺.

[Name: Lucy Frey

Race: Human

Age: 8

Gender: Female

Height: 4"

Sexuality: Straight

Health:8/8

Mana:0/0

Level: 1

Class: None

Exp: 0

Strength: 2

Vitality: 2

Intelligence: 3

Agility: 3

Dexterity: 2

Defense: 2

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𝘚𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘐'𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐'𝘮 𝘐? 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘍𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦. 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳, 𝘐 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘣 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩.

𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘧 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩, 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 80𝘴. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘰. 𝘐 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐'𝘮 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦.

𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘺. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦.

"Eat up, you need to regain your strength." The Elder woman said 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘬. 𝘐 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘶𝘱. 𝘐 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥.

𝘐𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭. 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴. 𝘐 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘸𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘵𝘩.

"Eat until you're full dear, there's plenty more." The Elderly woman said 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘯𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘳𝘶𝘣 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘵. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.

𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭? 𝘐 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘶𝘱 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵.

"Now that you gotten something to eat. Why not tell me what you were doing out there in the cold rain by yourself?" The elderly woman asked.

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺. 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘔𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸.

𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦. 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴, 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦.

𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭, 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵. 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦.

"I… I lost my parents. People attacked our carriage, my mom..she led them away while I was hiding in a bush." I said.

𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭'𝘴 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘐'𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯.

"That's horrible, I'm glad I found you when I did. Don't worry dear, I will take care of you. For now though, why don't we get you dressed for the day." The elderly woman said.

𝘐 𝘯𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘱, 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘸𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘫𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘦, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺, 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦. 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳, 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯. 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭, 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘐 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨.

"My, what you look lovely in that dress." The Elder woman said 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺.

"Thank you, um what's your name ma'am?" I asked 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘐 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯.

"𝗢𝗵 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗺𝗮, 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗲?" 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘮𝘢. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭. 𝘚𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘮𝘢.

"𝗠𝘆 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝘆, 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗺𝗮." 𝗜 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵. 𝘚𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦. 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘮𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘶𝘴.

𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯.

"𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝘆 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁. 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸." 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗺𝗮𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱. 𝘐 𝘯𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦.