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[Black Mirror]

☳ What will become of a vessel spent...

☲ Whose light flickers and fades?

☳ To the Void they shall return...

☲ There, none shall remember their flame.

☳ Burdened are those who bear the eternal torch...

☲ And walk the path alone.

☳ We are witnessing you. Do not be afraid.

☲ Temper you hearts...

☳ Or perish in the dark winds as you crash into the endless sea.

𐎁𐎓𐎍: I see many wonders both far and near—the enteral dance, the raging storms, the bellowing of mighty and timid beasts, the beauty in this universe unbound to material significance—but greed and poverty make that reality hell. The fools orchestrated such catastrophe, yet demand unwavering loyalty from their slaves regardless. Hmph, we whisper to ourselves that none are perfect, yet we pretend like our creators are? Such silly nonsense. My friend, what truly makes your soul sing? Go seek it, for eternity eludes our fleeting consciousness. Even I am not everlasting, but my lessons are—and so they shall remain, as long as they are needed.

𐎁𐎓𐎍: I suggest you heed them well and lift your companions out from this sinking pit of despair. Otherwise, their sorrow will forever be yours to bear; a monster that only hungers for all we hold dear.

𐎁𐎓𐎍: You will only get this one chance. Afterwards, something new will manifest from what remains of you. And I will be there to warmly greet them into this cold, dark place we call... "paradise".

?: 𐎀𐎍𐎀𐎍𐎅𐎟𐎀𐎍𐎎𐎂𐎐𐎆𐎐𐎟𐎊𐎍𐎚𐎅𐎎𐎟𐎀𐎍𐎆𐎄𐎊𐎓


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♧ Hey, Within?

♣︎ Yeah?

♧ Where are we supposed to be going?

♣︎ I dunno, but [REDACTED] said to go, so...

♧ Why is [REDACTED] even censored?

♣︎ Hmm... [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED]...

♧ What are you doing?

♣︎ I thought maybe if I said it enough times, it miiiight work? 𝘚𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴...

♧ Well, at least you tried. Where do you think they even came from?

♣︎ 𝘚𝘩𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘴... Iunno.

~ Club.

♧♣︎ Eep! Oh, hey, [REDACTED]. Who even censored you?

~ Dream's punk ass did it. Now listen—

♧♣︎ Dream?!

~ I'll explain later, but first, I need to know if I can rely on you. Can I?

♧♣︎ For what?

~ Here, I managed to snag Oblivion from Circle. Now, use it to find the original and kill it. Got it?

♧♣︎ ...

~ Club?


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~ You mother—𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘯... Alright, well... STAR! GET OVER HERE!

☆.•°Oh, quit your bellowing, you toad. What is it that you want?°•.★

~ Club just went rouge. Now, go "play" with them.

☆.•°𝘚𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵... Oh, now, is that so? Hm, hm, hm... Well, that's wonderful news! I was hoping my next toy would be them. Any recommendations?°•.★

~ I don't really give a fuck how you do it, but just don't accidentally shatter them, or you and I will be the ones "playing" next.

☆.•°Hmph, very well, then. One... mild fright, coming right up. 𝘚𝘯𝘢𝘱.°•.★

~ 𝘙𝘶𝘣𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥... Fucking morons. Okay, Star is going after Club, Square has Aya locked down, Heart is eh... well, I'm not too worried about them right now, and Allurus is bound to Hope somehow, but that's not really a big deal. The Thing is uh... should I try to get them first or kill Eu-Meh? Hmm... Diamond is under my influence, but it saved Eu-Meh anyways. Alright, I guess I'll go see what that was all about. And then there's Circle...

♤ Hey.

~ Hm? 𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥... What the fuck?! Spade?!

♤ Whoa, ♠︎ relax, ♤ [REDACTED]. ♠︎ Wha? ♤ A—

~ A censorship, yes, I know. Dream did it. Don't ask. So, uh... How the fuck did you even get out?

♤ I ♠︎ honestly ♤ have ♠︎ no ♤ fucking ♠︎ clue.

~ O-kay? But uh... we're still good, right?

♤ Why ♠︎ wouldn't ♤ we ♠︎ be?

~ Because Club just went rouge, and I wanna make sure you and I are still on the same page about all of this.

♤ It ♠︎ did? ♤ Damn. ♠︎ Well, ♤ Club ♠︎ was ♤ weak ♠︎ anyways. ♤ I'm ♠︎ still ♤ committed ♠︎ to ♤ this, ♠︎ though, ♤ so ♠︎ don't ♤ worry. ♠︎ Although ♤ the ♠︎ Observers ♤ did ♠︎ something ♤ weird ♠︎ to ♤ me. ♠︎ I ♤ feel... ♠︎ split?

~ Did they shatter you?

♤ I ♠︎ dunno. ♤ It ♠︎ feels ♤ more ♠︎ like ♤ I'm ♠︎ hearing ♤ myself ♠︎ echo ♤ through ♠︎ something ♤ else.

~ ... You don't say?

♤ Yeah, ♠︎ it's ♤ really ♠︎ weird ♤ but—


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~ Alright, that makes the Thing top priority, then. Allurus, you tryna divert my attention or somethin'? Cheap tricks might've worked on the Observers, but I am no fool.

~ You evil fucks will not. Cheat. Fate.


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Thing: So... What are we doing here?

(Enoch(Allurus)): Helping you remember who you are, Circle.

Thing: 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥... The fuck did you call me?

(Enoch(Allurus)): You're um... one of Circle's reflections. I guess you don't remember because of too much of Hate's interference, which is why we separated you both—in hopes that it would help jog your memories.

Thing: ... Allurus, you really gotta quit this exposition shit and talk to me like I actually know what the fuck you're talking abo—

(Enoch(Allurus)): ... What?

~ Thing: 𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴... So this is what you've been hiding from me all this time, huh? You wanna play God, Allurus? Heh, heh, heh, alright. Let's play, then.

(Enoch(Allurus)): Oh... you.

~ Thing: Got something to add before The End, fucker?

(Enoch(Allurus)): Mm, yeah, how about you go get fucked... again.

~ Thing: ...wha?

[(~ ♤ Hey, [REDACTION REVOKED] ♠︎ Nihil.)]

[(~ ... WHAT THE FUCK?!)]

[(~ ♤ Damn, ♠︎ can ♤ you ♠︎ like ♤ not ♠︎ yell ♤ right ♠︎ in ♤ my ♠︎ ear?)]

[(~ Shut up. You're not Spade! What even is this?! Star is mine, so how are you— 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘴... Compassion.)]

≡ This is not the way, Nihil.

[(~ Fuck you!)]

(Enoch(Allurus)): We'll just leave you both to it, then. 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺...


[(~ Allurus! Where the fuck is the Thing?!)]

(Enoch(Allurus)): 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥... Home. 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺...

[(~ ... What?)]

≡ So... What shall we discuss, Nihil?

[(~ I said go fuck yourself!)]

≡ Yes, we've established that. I mean, why do you try so hard, only to continue walking down the same path anyways? I don't think you—

)]《 RRRAAAAH!!! 》[(

~ 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺...

≡ Hm, impressive. Sadly, I'm not my former, so I'm not very good at this whole... 'illusion' thing, I'm afraid.

~ You... If you don't reunite with your former, right now, then I'm gonna make sure you suffer unimaginable agony, Compassion.

≡ 𝘚𝘩𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘴... Guess I'll just have to bite the bullet, then.

~ Heh, heh, heh, heh... wish grant—

≡ Hold on a minute, let me just...

~ 𝘑𝘦𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘩...

★ There... I just wanted to remove my veil.

~ ... That's it?

★ Nihil, why are you in so much pain?

~ Why do you think, idiot?

★ Over the course of countless eons—eh... actually, I can't even remember how much time it's been... Anyway, your pain is not what defines you, Nihil.

~ ... I know what you're doing.

★ I simply wish to help you.

~ Yeah, I'm just gonna go ahead and kill you now.

》ERROR《

~ Oh, my fucking God, NOW WHAT?!

★ Well, that was quite rude of you.

~ 𝘙𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘴... What did you do?!

★ Nothing.

~ No, you did something.

★ As I said, Nothing.

~ ... No... No you did not.

★ I did.

~ But Love...

★ I took her place instead. Love allowed me to envelope her at the last moment, and we both became obliterated—or so we thought.

~ ... But I saw you die.

★ Love finds a way.

~ 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘴... You gotta be fucking kidding me with this shit.

★ 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘩... So. Shall we talk more in depth about it, then?

~ ...

★ That's alright. We literally have all the time in the universe here. There's no rush.

~ ...

★ I was able to make it out, Nihil, so I know you can too.

~ Ha, ha, ha, ha... Shut the fuck up, Compassion.

》★《

》.《

《★ ̸》

~ ... Are you serious, right now?

★ ̸ You're not Circle, so quit pretending to be. His powers may be yours to mimic, but you don't actually possess them to their full extent.

~ ... This is just another trick, isn't it?

★ ̸ No, you are in my hell, and in here... we will either talk or remian silent; your choice.

~ Hm, I wonder how many strikes it'll take before you lose your sense of self?

★ ̸ 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥... Well, you're welcome to try.

★ ̸ ̸ Ow.

★ ̸ ̸ ̸ Really, Nihil?

★ ̸ ̸ ̸ ̸ You're just going to wear yourself out.

★ ̸ ̸ ̸ ̸ ̸ 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘯...

~ rrrRRAAHHH! GOD—DAMN YOU, STAR!!!


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♤ Wow, ♠︎ they ♤ just ♠︎ took ♤ off. ♠︎ What ♤ an ♠︎ asshole.

○ ̴ Hmph, you're one to talk.

♤ Whoa, ♠︎ your ♤ bitchass ♠︎ is ♤ up ♠︎ too?

○ ̴ Fuck you, Spade.

♤ Hey, ♠︎ you ♤ assholes ♠︎ were ♤ the ♠︎ ones ♤ who ♠︎ forced ♤ me ♠︎ into ♤ this ♠︎ goddamn ♤ mess. ♠︎ I ♤ just ♠︎ wanted ♤ to ♠︎ be ♤ myself, ♠︎ but ♤ nooo... ♠︎ You ♤ cunts ♠︎ just ♤ had ♠︎ to ♤ keep ♠︎ taking ♤ more ♠︎ of ♤ my ♠︎ ideas, ♤ and ♠︎ then ♤ pretend ♠︎ like ♤ they ♠︎ were ♤ already ♠︎ yours. ♤ And ♠︎ furthermore, ♤ you ♠︎ fuckheads ♤ wanted ♠︎ to ♤ get ♠︎ all ♤ pissy ♠︎ at ♤ me ♠︎ like ♤ it ♠︎ was ♤ my ♠︎ fault ♤ when ♠︎ shit ♤ didn't ♠︎ go ♤ your ♠︎ all's ♤ way. ♠︎ Like... ♤ WHAT ♠︎ THE ♤ FUCK?!

○ ̴ God, I hate how you cretins talk one after another like that. It seriously creeps all of us out.

♤ ... ♠︎ AT ♤ LEAST ♠︎ I ♤ THINK ♠︎ FOR ♤ MYSELF, ♠︎ DOUCHE ♤ BAG!

○ ̴ Cool it with the outbursts, or you won't be doing much thinking at all.

♤ Go ♠︎ fuck ♤ youself, ♠︎ Circle.

○ ̴ Likewise.

♤ Nihil ♠︎ is ♤ already ♠︎ dealing ♤ with ♠︎ the ♤ issue, ♠︎ so ♤ why ♠︎ do ♤ you ♠︎ even ♤ care ♠︎ about ♤ the ♠︎ outcome?

○ ̴ 𝘈𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥... You removed the censorship?

♤ Uh... ♠︎ of ♤ course ♠︎ I ♤ did. ♠︎ Dream ♤ doesn't ♠︎ control ♤ me.

○ ̴ W-well, remove mine, then.

♤ Pfff, ♠︎ Ha! ♤ Dream ♠︎ censored ♤ you? ♠︎ Good. ♤ You ♠︎ needed ♤ an ♠︎ ego ♤ check, ♠︎ bitch. 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘴... ♤ Suck ♠︎ it, ♤ Circle.

○ ̴ Hmm... How should I do it?

♤ Huh?

○ ̴ How should I hurt you in the most unbearable way imaginable?

♤ Heh, ♠︎ glad ♤ to ♠︎ see ♤ you're ♠︎ still ♤ the ♠︎ same ♤ psychotic ♠︎ asshole. ♤ You ♠︎ and ♤ Star ♠︎ would ♤ make ♠︎ one ♤ hellva ♠︎ pair.

○ ̴ How about... you see what it's like to enter Oblivion from the inside-out?

♤ Yeah, ♠︎ I'm ♤not—

♤ Scared of you, dipshit.

♠︎ ... The fuck?

♤ Oh, wooow... really?

♠︎ You're such a petty lowlife, y' know that?

○ ̴ Have fun with yourself, cretin.


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♤♠︎ God, why is everyone here such an asshole? Guess I gotta find some way to fix myself—or, uh... ourselves now.

♤ Man, Circle is such a dickhead.

♠︎ Tell me about it.

♤ Hey, why do you think that prick was even out here?

♠︎ Probably hunting Dream's punk ass, so he can force him to remove his censorship.

♤ 𝘛𝘴𝘬. We're gonna have to go stop him then, huh?

♠︎ 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘩... Yeah, looks like it. Dumbass doesn't even seem to remember what happened to all of us.

♤ Well, let's go find Peace, then.

♠︎ Sounds good to me.

♤>☯<♠︎

♠︎<==== ≠ ====>♤

♤♠︎ ...

♤♠︎ Oh, you MOTHERFUCKER!

♤ 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘯... Now, what?

♠︎ We Need to find Square, ASAP!

♤ Yeah, no shit, but where?

♠︎ ... Fuck, uh... Okay, you still hear that echo, right?

♤ Yeah?

♠︎ Let's follow that sound and find out where it's coming from; maybe it will help us figure out more about what we need to do next. I dunno.

♤ 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘩... Yeah, alright. Nothing else we can do at the moment, anyways.

♤♠︎ Hopefully this doesn't turn out to be a big fucking waste of time.


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♧ Whoa... that was actually pretty cool.

♣︎ Y-yeah! So this is how Circle always gets around? Lu-cky.

♧ Well, now that we have it, we can go find him and ask for his help with what we need to do.

♧ But don't you think it's weird that Nihil wants to—oh, the censorship's gone?

♣︎ Huh, wonder how that happened.

♧ I dunno. Anyway, ready to go?

♣︎ But... why not just hide, now that we have Oblivion?

♧ ... That's actually a pretty good idea. Thanks Within!

♣︎ 𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵...

♧ ... Well, what about the others? And shouldn't we still try to help Circle? I mean... he always seemed to help us.

♣︎ Mmm... I dunno. If Nihil finds us, it'll hurt us.

♧ 𝘚𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘵... Mhmhmh... What do we do, then?

♣︎ I um... I don't know.

♧ Why don't you ever know anything?

♣︎ I-I'm trying.

♧ But it's not good enough! You're—𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥... I'm never good enough.

♣︎ 𝘈𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥... Why am I such a worthless idiot.

♧♣︎ Why does everybody just want to hurt us? We're trying. W-we try, but nobody would help us besides Circle and Tringle. But even then... we still kept failing to help.

♧ Did Circle and Tringle even care?

♣︎ Sometimes it felt like they were just there to coerce us into helping themselves.

♧ All it seemed like Circle did was stare at himself.

♣︎ And all Tringle did was just keep telling us what to do.

♧♣︎ What about Peace?

♧ Yeah, Peace never had to watch over Spade, or do much of anything, really.

♣︎ Yeah, that's not fair.

♧ I wonder what even happened to them.

♣︎ Nobody else seemed to mention them either. Do you think they're even aware about it?

♧ I dunno. Should we just try and go looking for Circle anyway? I mean, I think he would know more than we do.

♣︎ Mmm... I still think we should just hide, but if you really want to go looking for him, then I guess we can try.

♧♣︎ Alright, let's go.


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:̴)̸(:‧ 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈... 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍.

:̴)̸ 𝑫𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏?

(:‧ 𝑰𝒕𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍.

:̴)̸ 𝑯𝒎𝒎... 𝑰 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒔𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆.

(:‧ 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒉 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍?

:̴)̸ 𝑺𝒐𝒐𝒏. 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆. 𝑯𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓, 𝑨𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒖𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑻𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔, 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘.

(:‧ 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒆 𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏?

:̴)̸ 𝒀𝒆𝒔, 𝒍𝒆𝒕'𝒔.

:̴)̸(:‧ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒘𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓, 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒍𝒍, 𝒚𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔, 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆—𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒗𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒅, 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕’𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒎. 𝑾𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒌: 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒖𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒔. 𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒍? 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏. 𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔—𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒔, 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔—𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒄𝒚𝒄𝒍𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆, 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔, 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒉, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒕.

:̴)̸(:‧ 𝑬𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍, 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆, 𝒚𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒚. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒓—𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒊𝒍—𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔. 𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒘𝒏; 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔; 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒖𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆. 𝑰𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅, 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕, 𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒚𝒄𝒍𝒆—𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉, 𝒓𝒆𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒆.

:̴)̸ 𝑽𝒆𝒏𝒖𝒔 ○ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒐

(:‧ 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒔 ● 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒅𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒇

:̴)̸(:‧ 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉 ∪ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔

:̴)̸(:‧ 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒅? 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚? 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆—𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏? 𝑾𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅—𝒚𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒖𝒍𝒕. 𝑾𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆. 𝑯𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕, 𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕, 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝑶𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉, 𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒆𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒓𝒔—𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖.

:̴)̸(:‧ 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏. 𝑷𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒎 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒘.

:̴)̸(:‧ 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎?