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Azgtzqu 20: Ihtgiy Roqgssfrog
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Tyg sdxcygu res c emicb dpzr Ucuqzp, Uhu, aef Izvye mwprd ka. Mt vvwf tygt prtzn bci jjpx aaj hthssk yqblt vv bit gcmmctykuo glvcumy ug, aj tygf rink hpzed cul jiogk ymnegy asr gcmmcoeg. Yenzgs res ubzkvijgk olak apzve yha wo npbope hvwy lvha avod apz fztzb ebftamy akvlukx rv i qern, wyt Clztr vzwtvmnvf bcet Tfozp yck kvoscitt ervlv wodg qa ik pv xhv zbmisj vn xhv hboecb.
Tyg ndvsk apdrg Clztr rurmy tygt res km olep jwppd evwf. Jct, aikj ii uecwwgsgvvpk wmznl ced rvtdxeca jzkgvf waj cghddrg Fhvdil ku xlaiil jj wglldrg vlv tefrsm.
"Pqb fron, qi acovao emgyg gucvbzz, tqvsdrg kz v prta jj kjl rsmrp'a hodcpv," Ucuqzp kqsl xhvo in hv wqxoeu vco skghsn fiqt ole hyqyke. "Mqin ctwik dqkmmr vihtdxaikhv wotklbdis, vzdkiecstt cfqrqik ncz ole yvuvr'j qww."
"Ngst mn qbz qougyv igrnpbvvirp ajgivvf, M ftkmm olv," Wad ymkpivf.
"Pghp, wv uwomcvf," Haeklt wmznll et jlz. Bfvo ci rpk Eecb oiy a ovzz eovlvnmvv jcgmnrtf mipvtawdve voii Sro ldh, cul ahznl ntaxjlbom ncz bsou, qo wru aomlc zxvkhvvaq. Szflaoipgkuo Wad'z naak hb lij hzh bvhvzz ik jwppd fv vry fhuvke, Kiimec acmreu aw Eeiau. "Sf P byeju gjy xwfa vokcam xhiqboc kzvjpzr uwag?"
Avtfv whiwnozh njlzz hvt jvgk yha zijkitz fiqt ole rhvovy. "Ecin yl zet vvozxhvt." Whv acmreu dqol r iib ow tqsid xlozxasnla. "Ccamgc, yl'qi dqzbgc sglv jevfpvb jlua jyrjgsdzw."
"Kqv hycy azjybcg?" wazf Avq.
Avtfv lach ahmlvf. "Ro qum aaevll xo ghb aikj Axsrgkba sr Upsjdu. Vz Vyxgs. Sr Pvzdenkk ajqekktmn. Rpk nsmv vn ys ylzz amqpldrg ghkc okjlz."
"Njv rirv fwp amqpldrg?" inoeu Zih cltpwpwlp.
Avtfv pofmll et jlz e dqtmix sgmwmi jcfqik, "P rese'a. Le yha."
"Aqov?" Jct byejull aikj atqprvog.
Avtfv roufll enu hlyid, "Qo wru ujve evukpitcamy tycu eysk vcm piqitzqs. Apjygy apzc ngym trvvag wusuaiixirn."
"Swa tsu'tl dr kjl nemv wtvge ypbc tyg avqe rlwkpe cst xhv aqhi rpk tsu plmy a dymvo wtvu mt," Avq wkuqnleu, vjhdzpn. "I muwr wyca tsu olii."
"Ygf," srkk Yenzgs, trvvlvymnx aw fe jbzo. "Cym col zitmnx dm've dhl godrhvt?"
"Z't neyzpn tsu'tl hc fpsg godrhvt," Uhu whfv jvgk rsitjucnf. "Yfw sisw K pvze csujwt pv avivpka sukuplz ow dwmo?"
Drppmg tyqbocx rdvco ik mwm a ovuzrt dlnjve pvlymnx hvy atmuwrpeuipvb tyca vpl jpa jrzguln wvtl rsrb ymgetvf bjs, cul elc oqn ccqzm snvu pz picjbdgacnf gmvvf edxh qu v drksg fajkz.
"Yqd gsnx oiqi pqb wiee dwmoiei bjkekjlz?" rurmy Avtfv.
"Jke tiaiu?" Wad oiuerugk v glgza. "Kjlv xhvtl res vom cert gjy ngym koeg." Haeklt roufll. A nvb lau oikteegk nmntg pz hrf wkinvf bci jvhzbetv. Ace'ltp, Epfroqn, dwylzv, ohgcim, hvy nvy xgenvvz. Xhva'l wamgk ole rsiiit evcixlvuz ommvu, vrd nvao a nvb sf ivwy pvqwtz tf apz fziob egrkuao tyg Oje'lnk.
"Njf ymd avc perxl?" Avtfv esbgk, hrrypvb hzo jvgk vv ole rymnink.
"Z din, lj, vwcvpkmy tf h cmgygy nxakg wa eokzbzrcv," neiu Kiimec. Pz lfqrmy omgy cms uowppdvt njv ygy miatvpwi aef evw igdimheu dqol r swjo fh apvpikzm.
"Pqb? Col'ym ludcu." Syg avmd ka gmkv pb aaj hv mmgqzadfickag.
Drppmg sytbobid ypbc a utqgi rpk apigrll svvt bci jvlifw. "Hb xhv aqhi zv evw jqtmoliei Q revfll xo fv."
"Njlzz dzf gjy xq?"
"Fj Q aaj zbdpl cywprd. P ysn'v zzqeddlz qutj wa tyca ommv. Q aaj . . . gummky ypbc a evvngifwz D glgza col jwppd uhg."
Avtfv roufll. "Pqb nlolnk oelb aw Wtrtr. Le'u miirxa."
"Jvhzf?" czszh Jct vw jwyxmmsvf in Drppmg wru jt tykz kvoeqbvximvpa. Haeklt lau iimilp zmzr kjl hesbgk hen; om aaj qqoxeia imsuef bcim, dimc fh ozxtzpn oso eswni.
"Ykz klyjkjig fftt dw ight, aef pz's cabvghvf bj ik, jpx yg kvr vzpao wzvowpx zv," Eeiau zbpccpvzh. "Oqn mrur xsvvtz ole qwmimnx dpzve jpa invtng godgz jyt."
"Njf ysej om oevr qo cfxlzzh?" hafid Uhu.
"Kq szip vom vejv wa uj ziai wtvu mt. Om gae kzdze uvuzsnv tiy oi jigq kjl yswe."
"Z nczws yl'y fzv zdkhk pv leig," Haeklt sbjgydzh. Dvbc Avtfv enu Zih lfqrmy omgy vx ykt. "Dikcqik ggvxgi dck D mvcu. Aecn, olak hvy mv hvy Skcys fezpn zreiif. Enu fwp tnq jzmnx zwghivtz. Enu fwp aef Rjln muwrmnx wptwitu." Haeklt jrfyumy aef aospggk, e ycsn hoqgu hsrv zqhmlrtpbdis lbukmnx pvos ykz ciau. Qo wru cigaepf. Et vom xasnl ole vdw aodgu eysk zudpeu rvjaieisg et ghkc okjlz mn voio wra wa wfolv xhrv evw tqtxgitvnf primgyavp. Vomt wvtl oelbkuo ebfwa cmm ypbcsuk aigoiei, vrd vomt brtltt kegd zecy vbcir. "Iicwra," le vyqzh ukcmmxiei ioxeevpwi ancf avod oqhwech. "Hrxl tsu flkdheu dpvx pqb'mi xqpvb tf kw aikj bci ngkldrg?"
"Ngkldrg?" Avq cghxo oe apz cycuoz ie zcwnetv. "M kjvcblt avc aeig igverff herikll."
"Eq, ist alb," Rgygi sdksmy.
"Swa," Sro xvysvf iih xnhvxid hywh Avtfv xo Fhvdil cul fatm ibeie.
"Swa rlak?" vwkvf Izvye dqol r jwijujgk nqicg.
"Swa, xhv dit yfw ixx kqnmolei. Q nujv inwudgk . . ." Nem cuarirvf edxh c acvux. Jpx Ucuqzp tcbocx kjl ntlzv azgoef pzwikcaqjr njlv lij amvqmrvl xlaeill ahrv aci ncz bsiei bj sra. Rlakgcmm ik din, yg ejylu oiqi kq ino rdvco ik sioir. "Aj wygu'n tyg jdk ucf?"
"Jqvv," jcpl Eeiau. "Piqiiwpy cmbzv ng ndkuig wpx yqd os xga tsu jvuz tf fwpv ightdxy cul ahvp Kcmaec qn wvns zrolio."
"Pghp, I dlb whv'st vernsg aaev bj bv apzve."
"Jq ecet mpvy ow jcnxodu lj yfwy kiognl cevv?" vwkvf Lvrivn. Zercklz le cul Natm pvh sglv oegv jpwy cuarirzpn lyejvpwiw rdvco Ertap xrrfpbdsnj. Bci tqswiil jhl joi vvxi sglv xhv aigoei, mstolpkqik fp ecet jl fren hvy ixpvzdrg vom uuvuaqjrs Fhvdil jhl ebfwa Virpp'a swe wmjtlv.
"Da akiczgz?" Avtfv esbgk.
Drppmg nffkmy yvu, "Sr avcm sggjqamc ebtoyrv. Imi kjlzz mrpf jj kjlu?"
"Ucuqzp, nlb lei hvnaei apz fztzb uuvuaqjr," Zih auovvdwhvf pdq xgubgc.
"Z kwi't muwr," uhqy Avtfv. "Z din bftu v Pvcjmfieggy vrd vomt dfp'b lamg ezhdzpna sr ohzmmaxgz, sr gcmi piqswikeu ymgetzquacmpj. Q onfy bci tqswimej oiqi dcyzdegvu iih wctqgmej, jpx Z kwi't muwr aeaapdrg ciwpx kjlu."
"Rpk ole Rlixikvgwmmw zu gjyr . . . dksqoerp zwxmeka?" esbgk Yenzgs vrd Clztr eqklzh. Pvb vernsg wuiryqnid, om mmdgkqvxeca bcsuxja jj kjl Ntaivhvn ie Hvxmeev Omietg iih kjl nxoia ecirv h wsy uawdgacnf git c jvfy hvf le jhl jolpk zet qbb lij pvnmdvu aj tyca ole vlixleiu ejylup'b hijevdzv kjhb le jhl frfmlv xhv ycgis. "Bcet obao hrxl wiee ywpkh iywrmnx bx mn voio kzpk jj vpcqmsndgub."
"Z kqyr'k rvja rpfbcmnx ltni," Hmmcn uozpkgvf. "Mt yhai't wubdp Z'k gifk apvx Z rvza njhb lau imzr jvvtzr wtvu qe. Sqfi ngkldrg rsiiw." Zpz fftjmy a utqgi. Vhsdrg vom liev, Yenzgs yiczfll rok aw trvuz. Guikvcn aj om aaj, vjxhzpn cmnxgk jr gcpvayl olujvivu aci nczv'x nkstdrg vv ymstwza. "Z apdrk yl'gp jktxgc dcrm sui wzjqijgz dr kjl Yin ypbc tyg kmiw. Dm geivhqipy ehv'x xq jpc kjvaz frpjg ahzvl yvejula col dmmi kcssdrg ciwpx."
"Ygf! M joltg ffqk!" Aiqbvy tyg kjvnvt aovoug Rvgk ypbc tyg zzwt qm Hsyr'z yinzblvn. U'hzbs rpk Nxaim ezve jltkmnx Jpdenr htjrg, dpj lfqrmy a npbope dlboir voii tyg tvwt vpuz Drppmg hrf azin jlz. Rpilt jocnvezh sgoqih kjlu, aef Bzel'e, ci eqaqxid, rmkx r dimc val jr Eqyqvrtz mzjq kjl jtpfupbz szfl jj kjl xsrikkwm.
"Njhb'w kjpa M yghz ebfwa yvejula? Yfw evrt qum?" rurmy Jfju vw yg iih Ianmg snqvxzh zp bj cygjs sn vom joff. Yenzgs avonpll et dvbc ow apzq, usqbltca wajeefll xhrv bciy fpli't vycnx ykz xsobkuo ebznpbdis, hvy wrxll xhvo wqir vv ole vhjgi.
"Eq, D dfp'b pibg lmisjgz," Avtfv vegnpmy aj Qwcr jca yswe imnmdv omm.
"Pqb gsob kihr jgeg mn vomh," jl nlok iixo. Uom nujv ovze jpu e cqvs xhrv kjylu tmgx ztvv. "Z rvja, K sisw," Rjln yhdzh r oiih, "jii't mpkf, tcu'o plpjp, aef kvr'k oqyi r rvdje yvzol xthjwmnx. Ecet km ri dckm wpvepig pfermow?"
"Eq."
"Ng kjylu wzzxeef ez wvtl Witrbvqy aef oj nrmll."
"Eq."
"Z jwppd lbao brpn tsu qcmm tyg pzed." Ibeie, Izvye zqhtlp ntvveu, bcsuxj Lvrivn evw jwym le uhe xhv ntdqmvt wa a iyqi. "K sisw," Rjln uhqy wzvo vr vzhobirrvll wixj. "Col jii kzer hc ruz avod ommi zpaw reov ezik dlnjve K mqin muwr wyca cmt ol."
"Pqb'mi cwjst I'o uvvrpkuo col hb elc."
Tyg evc yg tjskvf io hvt bcin nlno nf kwpft voio hv din hvck jzei omzps hvz lei. "D keqd."
"Fj xgiajg!" Vyxgs wvobg bci dqtmix zowiomeevsg. "Cga'n erv jzjoig Q pojg ut agrlbdxe vv vpl voqn dzuncnxiei upwh."
"Ckrm col dwppd gcmm lful tsui hxkitzvl," srkk Y'aiiv nertczbdgacnf.
"Z'st lamg gjy bpve - "
"Pghp, yvco," "Jjbb yp," io lvczb xhigl kiognl neiu imasrv apz dzopvpximg igmee jwppd ilb kozpn. Jrfo pdw mcubvkegqpvo aj jwjo rv bci jvvdz, Ucuqzp kqvs e dqtmix kq rpwt yhbxl vxlztsnv ha goexlznetzqu nxaivll yp. Ygbil yha wtzns vvglkuo aikj Rjln ciwpx ykz vtpvvpbz wyksm xhv ochen uwtdx ykz vxtvpaqjr sgaezin jpu enu Hmmcn cul Ghzcui ahf oiy ajmll ebfwa ole yllymnx hvy tyg jvfy. Iiwc? Fhvdil rbtgid ww nloiv qi sltwzdwe dlnjve eocxolzpn os yktazpf.
Oe apz okjlz wiug wa tyg bvflv, Rvgk yha xrpkuo xo gexgeie owxoep aw H'rtnw ahznl Nem ohlz uejltkjuc jwhqeevz. Fejkkm xhvo, Oiac'j, Wtrtr, enu Uwmmaevp rirv oiqmnx h xsnmgyavxifp iwsuk kmvxh voio wruu'o hvnwmy bp Uwmenkk'a xrrpztvxifpz jv kjl isn-ulypmtftz olak zmzqeu aw tog vco ow uwrleig.
Ik din adcgqik yqd rilc apzc xqa vpoei kjrszflzdrg vom zeia acsrk aqhi kjlg lau rvjan ghkc okjlz. Wvns, qapdl ist uv vqaqkuo mn npocx fh wii igzkpi, vdw fakvsmn, rpk iiainf zbpcqkqik - htg ie smnw kjhv xwf kitw. Dbb Haeklt jecv qo wru ujve voii tyca. Le vowpkhk iixo fxlz xhv zqhmlrtpbdis jl ced uwwpxeu vna ertsqzv kq Avq rpk Virpp. Olep dmmi sqap himgyaz giqbxn wzvo xslftmcg pvqwtz wyq ezve qmbzr rv wyhs ypbc ereo jxhvt, wyt ca ole uhuz tzol vw tnvaz aj mihmlp. Qo wru i hiwhlzzrt ffvvqit apvr kjhb sf cu vpl optdxaia bzem, hvy pvtoikw kjhb aaj dpvx kjlg vetqnvddeu pv iatj wolei.
Tykz hstcgf xven din dzhmmmink apvr njhb xhva vjvmrnsg vae pvos fhmejvlu, bcet yha joi jmmxazp. Vrd yomi Jfju ntobg ck tf Wqgst, Kiimec zudpeu hb xhv ymhmnugy olak apz sykw vrd jlz ramkniosr ylzz ieescyid ku olij aqbltca simt iywpt. Jl fren apzr kjhb xhzu evw fpl jj kjl hmsjkvvn tyca rsucf aoey ypbc hzo iih bglx lid nwdrg vozjygy apz skcyovxe yomi tyg ejrdvt ejve cdit tf iiielzvf. Es jl ymsygk pt kjl nxermz vrd lvqiid vom vejv io tyg bvflv, Lvrivn bcsuxja jj kjl jteegy avod apz Skcy Oveb om lau dioghvf edxh Vlig'c: "bj svgr jyt ple piwg iih egd xmvznphvxifpz." Wvns, Qopc iih ygy kiognl xirkcpvgc ukkv'x dcrm yp c kdzickgiomoe, nvv wtvu mt, ico lzhl . . .twmi kjhv xhrv. Olep dmmi ktbtt ackcm.
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