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ℬℴ𝓃𝒿ℴ𝓊𝓇

𝒴ℴ𝓊 𝓂𝒶𝓎 𝒶𝒹𝒹 𝓂ℯ 𝓉ℴ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒸𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓏ℯ𝓃 𝓁𝒾𝓈𝓉 𝒶𝓈 𝒜𝓁𝓅𝒽ℴ𝓃𝓈ℯ 𝒹´𝒜𝓋𝒶𝓇ℯ𝒶𝓊, 𝓂𝒶𝓁ℯ 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃;
𝒷ℴ𝓃 𝓋𝒾𝓋𝒶𝓃𝓉, ℊ𝒶𝓂ℯ𝓈𝓉ℯ𝓇, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒹ℯ𝒶𝓁ℯ𝓇 𝒾𝓃 𝓋𝒶𝓁𝓊𝒶𝒷𝓁ℯ𝓈, 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒾𝒸𝓊𝓁𝒶𝓇 ℴ𝓇𝒹ℯ𝓇.

𝒴ℴ𝓊𝓇𝓈 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝓁𝓎,
~ 𝒜𝓁𝓅𝒽ℴ𝓃𝓈ℯ 𝒹´𝒜𝓋𝒶𝓇ℯ𝒶𝓊 ~

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