saraga’s

Seventy-five

“𝖬𝖺𝗂, 𝗆𝖺𝗎 𝗍𝗎𝗄𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗇 𝗌𝖺𝗆𝖺 𝖳𝗈𝗀𝖾 𝗀𝖺?” 𝖴𝖼𝖺𝗉 𝖸𝗎𝗎𝗍𝖺 𝗍𝗂𝖻𝖺-𝗍𝗂𝖻𝖺 𝗒𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝖾𝗆𝖻𝗎𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝖾𝗆𝗎𝖺 𝗒𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝖽𝖺 𝖽𝗂 𝗌𝖺𝗇𝖺 𝖬𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗍𝗈𝗍 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝖺𝗍𝖺𝗉 𝖸𝗎𝗎𝗍𝖺. “𝖳𝗎𝗄𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗇, 𝗄𝖾𝗇𝖺𝗉𝖺 𝖸𝗎𝗍?”

“𝖮𝗁 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗌𝗎𝖽 𝗀𝗎𝖾, 𝖳𝗈𝗀𝖾 𝗂𝗄𝗎𝗍 𝗆𝗈𝖻𝗂𝗅 𝗀𝗎𝖾 𝖬𝖺𝗂 𝗂𝗄𝗎𝗍 𝗆𝗈𝖻𝗂𝗅 𝗇𝗒𝖺 𝖬𝖾𝗀𝗎𝗆𝗂.” 𝗃𝖺𝗐𝖺𝖻 𝗇𝗒𝖺 𝗌𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗂, 𝗒𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝖾𝗆𝖻𝗎𝖺𝗍 𝗆𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗄𝖺 𝗌𝖾𝗆𝗎𝖺 𝖡𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗎𝗇𝗀.

“𝖣𝗎𝗁 𝖸𝗎𝗍, 𝗀𝗎𝖾 𝗈𝗀𝖺𝗁 𝖽𝖾𝗄𝖾𝗍 𝖽𝖾𝗄𝖾𝗍 𝗌𝖺𝗆𝖺 𝗆𝖺𝗄 𝗅𝖺𝗆𝗉𝗂𝗋. 𝗅𝗈 𝖺𝗃𝖺 𝗒𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗄𝗎𝗍 𝗆𝗈𝖻𝗂𝗅 𝖬𝖾𝗀𝗎𝗆𝗂 𝗒𝖺.” 𝗃𝖺𝗐𝖺𝖻 𝖬𝖺𝗂 𝗌𝖺𝗆𝖻𝗂𝗅 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝖺𝗍𝖺𝗉 𝗍𝖺𝗃𝖺𝗆 𝖬𝖺𝗄𝗂.

“𝖳𝖺𝗄𝗎𝗍𝗇𝗒𝖺, 𝗆𝗈𝖻𝗂𝗅 𝗀𝗎𝖾 𝗄𝖺𝗅𝗂𝖺𝗇 𝖻𝖺𝗐𝖺 𝗄𝖺𝖻𝗎𝗋. 𝗌𝗂𝗁” 𝗃𝖺𝗐𝖺𝖻 𝖸𝗎𝗎𝗍𝖺, 𝗌𝖺𝗆𝖻𝗂𝗅 𝗆𝖾𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗄𝖺𝗇 𝗄𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗂 𝗆𝗈𝖻𝗂𝗅 𝗇𝗒𝖺 𝗄𝖾 𝖪𝖺𝗆𝗈.

“𝖭𝗀𝖺𝗉𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝗃𝗎𝗀𝖺 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀.” 𝗃𝖺𝗐𝖺𝖻 𝖪𝗈𝗄𝗂𝖼𝗁𝗂 𝗌𝖺𝗆𝖻𝗂𝗅 𝗆𝖾𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗄𝖺𝗇 𝗃𝖺𝗋𝗂 𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗀𝖺𝗁 𝗄𝖾𝗉𝖺𝖽𝖺 𝖸𝗎𝗎𝗍𝖺.

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“𝖫𝗈 𝗇𝗀𝖺𝗉𝖺 𝗆𝗂𝗌𝖺𝗁, 𝖸𝗎𝗍? 𝖴𝗇𝗍𝗎𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝗈𝖻𝗂𝗅 𝖬𝖾𝗀𝗎𝗆𝗂 𝗆𝗎𝖺𝗍.” 𝖳𝖺𝗇𝗒𝖺 𝖬𝖺𝗄𝗂 𝗌𝖺𝗆𝖻𝗂𝗅 𝗆𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖺𝗇 𝗄𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗄𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖺𝗆𝖺 𝖭𝗈𝖻𝖺𝗋𝖺.

“𝖸𝖺 𝗀𝗂𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖺 𝗒𝖺, 𝗀𝗎𝖾 𝖽𝗂 𝖼𝖾𝗇𝗀𝖼𝖾𝗇𝗀𝗂𝗇 𝗌𝗂𝗁 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖺𝗇𝖺. 𝖲𝖺𝗆𝖺 𝗀𝗎𝖾 𝗉𝖾𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗇 𝖽𝖾𝗄𝖾𝗍 𝗌𝖺𝗆𝖺 𝖳𝗈𝗀𝖾.” 𝗃𝖺𝗐𝖺𝖻 𝗇𝗒𝖺 𝗅𝖺𝗀𝗂 𝗅𝖺𝗀𝗂 𝗌𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗂, 𝗇𝖺𝗆𝗎𝗇 𝗄𝖾𝗆𝖻𝖺𝗅𝗂 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝖽𝖺𝗉𝖺𝗍 𝗉𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗍𝗈𝗍-𝖺𝗇 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗂 𝗌𝖾𝗆𝗎𝖺 𝗒𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝖽𝖺 𝖽𝗂 𝗆𝗈𝖻𝗂𝗅.

“𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗌𝗎𝖽 𝗅𝗈, 𝗅𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗎 𝗉𝖽𝗄𝗍-𝗂𝗇 𝗇𝖺𝗄 𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝗀𝗎𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗍𝗎?” 𝖯𝖾𝗋𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗒𝖺𝖺𝖻 𝖬𝖺𝗄𝗂 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝖽𝖺𝗉𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝗀𝗀𝗎𝗄𝖺𝗇 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗂 𝖸𝗎𝗎𝗍𝖺.

“𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗎𝗆 𝗌𝖺𝗆𝗉𝖾 𝖾𝗇𝖺𝗆 𝖻𝗎𝗅𝖺𝗇. 𝖠𝗇𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀.” 𝖻𝗂𝗌𝗂𝗄 𝖭𝗈𝖻𝖺𝗋𝖺 𝗄𝖾𝖺𝗋𝖺𝗁 𝖽𝗎𝖺 𝗈𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝖾𝖽𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝗎𝖽𝗎𝗄 𝖽𝗂 𝗄𝗎𝗋𝗌𝗂 𝖽𝖾𝗉𝖺𝗇.

“𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗁. 𝖳𝖺𝗉𝗂 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗎𝗆 𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗎 𝗄𝖺𝗄 𝖳𝗈𝗀𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗎, 𝖱𝖺.”

𝖠𝗇𝗒𝗐𝖺𝗒, 𝗄𝖺𝗅𝖺𝗎 𝗄𝖺𝗅𝗂𝖺𝗇 𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗒𝖺 𝖳𝗈𝗀𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗍𝖺𝗎 𝖾𝗇𝗀𝗀𝖺𝗄 𝗒𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝗅𝖺𝗀𝗂 𝖽𝗂𝗈𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗀𝗂𝗇 𝗆𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗄𝖺. 𝖩𝖺𝗐𝖺𝖻𝖺𝗇 𝗇𝗒𝖺, 𝖾𝗇𝗀𝗀𝖺𝗄.

𝗄𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝖺 𝖳𝗈𝗀𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗇𝗀𝗌𝗎𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝖾𝗉𝖺𝗋, 𝗌𝖾𝗄𝖺𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝗂𝖺 𝗅𝖺𝗀𝗂 𝗍𝗂𝖽𝗎𝗋 𝖽𝗂 𝖻𝖺𝗁𝗎 𝗇𝗒𝖺 𝖸𝗎𝗎𝗍𝖺. 𝖬𝖺𝗄𝖺𝗇𝗒𝖺, 𝖸𝗎𝗎𝗍𝖺 𝖻𝗂𝗌𝖺 𝗇𝗀𝗈𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗍𝗎.

𝖪𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝖺 𝗈𝗄𝗇𝗎𝗆 𝗒𝖺𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝗂𝗈𝗆𝗈𝗇𝗀𝗂𝗇, 𝗅𝖺𝗀𝗂 𝗍𝗂𝖽𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝗅𝗂𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝖾𝖻𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗋𝗇𝗒𝖺 𝗄𝖾𝖼𝖺𝗉𝖾𝖺𝗇.