𑐠𑐣 𑐣𑑄 𑐩𑐡𑐸, 𑐀𑐣 𑐣𑑄 𑐩𑐡𑐸 𑑋 𑐕 𑐐𑐣 𑐰𑐣𑐵 ?

𑐳𑑀𑐦𑐵𑐫𑑂 𑐣𑑄 𑐩𑐡𑐸 𑑋 𑐏𑐵𑐟𑐵 𑐟:𑐮𑐫𑑂 𑐣𑑄 𑐩𑐡𑐸 𑑋

𑐧𑐵𑐎𑐳𑐫𑑂 𑐡𑐸𑐣𑐾 𑐣𑑄 𑐩𑐡𑐸 𑑋 𑐖𑐶𑐩𑐶 𑐎𑐾𑐴𑐾𑑃𑐫𑐵 𑐮𑑄 𑐟:𑐮𑐫𑑂 𑐣𑑄 𑐩𑐡𑐸 𑑋

𑐦𑑂𑐰𑑄𑐐𑐵 𑐟:𑐮𑐫𑑂 𑐣𑑄 𑐩𑐡𑐸 𑑋 𑐖𑐶𑐐𑐸 𑐩𑑂𑐴𑐶𑐔𑐵𑐫𑑂 𑐡𑐸𑐣𑐾 𑐣𑑄 𑐩𑐡𑐸 𑑋 (𑐳𑐸𑐎𑐸𑐳𑐸𑐎𑐸) 𑐕 𑐐𑐣 𑐰𑐣𑐵 ?

`𑐖𑐶𑑄 𑐡𑐎𑑂𑐰 𑐎𑑂𑐰𑐠𑐵𑐫𑑂 𑐳𑑂𑐰𑐫𑐾 𑐢𑐸𑐣, 𑐖𑐶𑑄 𑐡𑐎𑑂𑐰 𑐳𑐦𑐹 𑐡𑐸𑐣𑐾 𑐳𑑂𑐰𑐫𑐾 𑐢𑐸𑐣 𑑋

𑐖𑐶𑑄 𑐩𑐾𑐔 𑐟:𑐮𑐫𑑂 𑐣𑑄 𑐳𑑂𑐰𑐫𑐾 𑐢𑐸𑐣, 𑐖𑐶𑑄 𑐥𑐶𑐬𑐎𑐵 𑐟:𑐮𑐫𑑂 𑐣𑑄 𑐳𑑂𑐰𑐫𑐾 𑐢𑐸𑐣 𑑋 𑐕 𑐐𑐣 𑐰𑐣𑐵 ?

𑐄𑐑𑑂𑐬𑐶𑐩𑐫𑑂 𑐀𑐖𑐶 𑐔𑐵:𑐴𑐶𑐮𑐵: 𑐮𑐶𑐴𑐵𑑄 𑐰𑐮 𑑋 “𑐳𑑂𑐰, 𑐖𑐶𑑄 𑐎𑑂𑐫𑐧𑐫𑑂 𑐕𑐸 𑐮𑐸𑐂𑐎𑐵 𑑋”

“𑐠𑐸𑐎𑐶𑐫𑐵𑐟: 𑐳𑑄𑐎𑐾 𑐖𑐶𑐄, 𑐟𑐶𑑄 𑐣𑑂𑐴𑐸𑐂𑐎𑐾 𑐖𑐶𑐄 𑑋 𑐠𑐸𑐎𑐶𑐫𑐵𑐟: 𑐴𑐶𑐂𑐎𑐾 𑐖𑐶𑐄, 𑐠𑐸𑐎𑐶𑐫𑐵𑐟: 𑐫𑐏𑐵𑐫𑑂 𑐖𑐶𑐄 𑑋 𑐴𑐵𑐴𑐵, 𑐴𑐶𑐴𑐶,” 𑐀𑐖𑐶𑑄 𑐣𑑂𑐴𑐶𑐮𑐵: 𑐣𑑂𑐴𑐶𑐮𑐵: 𑐢𑐵𑐮 𑑋

𑐫: 𑐀𑐖𑐶 ! 𑐫𑐎𑑂𑐰 𑐫𑐎𑑂𑐰 𑐳𑐸𑐨𑐵𑐫𑑂 𑑋 𑐕𑐶𑑄 𑐖𑐶𑐟: 𑐫:𑐐𑐸 𑐫𑑀-𑐫𑑀 𑐮𑐸𑐂𑐎𑐵: 𑐧𑐶𑐮 𑑋

“𑐫𑑀-𑐫𑑀 ? 𑐐𑐖𑑂𑐫𑐵:𑐐𑐸 𑐴𑐶𑐳𑐶 𑐡𑐹𑐐𑐸 𑐣𑐵𑑄 ! 𑐐𑐖𑑂𑐫𑐵:𑐐𑐸 𑐴𑐶𑐳𑐶 𑐡𑐹𑐐𑐸 𑐣𑑂𑐴𑑂𑐫𑐧:𑐳𑐵 𑑋 𑐖𑐶𑐟: 𑐣𑑄 𑐠𑑂𑐰 𑐩𑑂𑐴𑐶𑐟𑐾 𑐩𑐵𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐶𑐰𑐮 𑑋 𑐠𑐸𑐎𑐶𑑄 𑐖𑐶 𑐟𑐳𑐎𑑄 𑐮𑐫𑑂‌𑐟𑐵𑐮 𑑋”

𑐣𑑂𑐴𑐶𑐮𑐵: 𑐣𑑂𑐴𑐶𑐮𑐵: 𑐖𑐶𑐩𑐶 𑐀𑐖𑐶𑑄 𑐖𑐶𑐐𑐸 𑐣𑑂𑐴𑑂𑐫𑐰:𑐳𑐵 𑐣𑑂𑐴𑐶𑐔𑑂𑐕𑐶‌ 𑐩𑑂𑐴𑐶𑐟𑐵𑐡𑐶𑐮 𑑋

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