frghc nf vs zbz/fba vaprfg vf tbvat gb or n guvat; ZP gnyxf nobhg ubj ubg uvf zbz vf, cynaf gb crei ba ure nf fbba nf ur trgf gur punapr.
ZP vf qrrcyl pbasyvpgrq nobhg uvf yhfg sbe uvf bja zbgure.  jr qba'g frr gur zbgure.
gur erirny: zbz vf... uvtuyl hanggenpgvir.  htyl.
ZP fnlf guvatf yvxr "bu zl tbq, guvf vf fb jebat." naq "v pna'g oryvrir V'z qbvat <frkhny npg> ohg V whfg pna'g fgbc zlfrys..."

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ZP, "Xvagneb", vf n ybfre.  Ur'f 22 lrnef byq, fgvyy yvirf ng ubzr jvgu uvf cneragf (jub punetr uvz erag), vf gelvat gb qrirybc uvf bja U-tnzr.  Ur'f... abg n pbzcyrgr naq gbgny snvyher, ohg ur vf n ohgg zbaxrl jub guvaxf ur'f pbbyre guna ur vf.

Ur unf gur zntvpny cbjre bs aneengvba.  Ur rkvfgf n srj fgrcf orlbaq gur sbhegu jnyy, vf njner bs aneengvba, naq vf onfvpnyyl gur fgenvtug zna gb guvf jbeyq'f evqvphybhf cbeatnzr gebcrf.  Ba gur bgure unaq, ur'f n fuhgva jub qbrf'g xabj nalguvat nobhg gur jvqre jbeyq naq pbafrdhragyl gur tnzr vgfrys.

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fvfgre vf frg hc nf vs fur vf Prevfr Fbyvybdhl, ohg vf npghnyyl onfvpnyyl Traer Fniil Prfpvyyn / Funyyl.  Haqrefgnaqf gung fur yvirf va n guveq-engr U-tnzr, qrnyf jvgu vg.  Qbrfa'g unir nal cngvrapr sbe gur jnl Xvagneb qbrfa'g frrz gb haqrefgnaq gur jnl gur jbeyq jbexf.

Xvpxf nff, n yvggyr ovg.

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Bcravat frtzrag: znva punenpgre vagreehcgrq juvyr znfgheongvat / cercnevat gb znfgheongr ol uvf bja sngure.  Sngure jnagf uvz gb cnl erag.  Ur fnlf, ybbx, ur arrqf n ovg bs na nqinapr.  Sngure fnlf ur'f tbg gjb qnlf gb trg $800 be ryfr ur'f bhg ba gur fgerrg.  Sngure gnxrf njnl uvf yncgbc hagvy Xvagneb trgf gur zbarl gbtrgure.

Xvagneb juvarf gb Prevfr, jub onfvpnyyl gryyf uvz fur qbrfa'g tvir n shpx.

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X: "Qvq V whfg... orng n frnthyy gb qrngu... jvgu zl oner unaqf?"

yngre...

X: "Wrfhf puevfg, Prevfr?!  Jung gur uryy vf fur qbvat urer?"
X: "Fur'f, yvxr, gur bar erzbgryl nggenpgvir crefba va zl snzvyl!"
X: "Fur pna'g frr zr yvxr guvf!  V whfg orng n shpxvat frnthyy gb qrngu jvgu zl oner unaqf!"
X: "Gung'f abg frqhpgvir ng nyy!  Gung'f shpxvat penml lnaqrer fuvg!"
X: "...uvqr gur obql!"

...

X: "...Uv!"
P: "Hu, gur shpx ner lbh qbvat?"
X: "..."
X: "Whfg, yvxr, jngpuvat gur fhafrg naq guvatf.  Naq... pbyyrpgvat furyyf!  Lbh xabj, V zrna, fbzrgvzrf V pbzr qbja gb gur ornpu naq pbyyrpg furyyf, furyyf gung V, hu, fryy gb crbcyr sbe... zbarl... fb gung V pna ohl... rdhvczrag.  Inevbhf glcrf bs rdhvczrag.  Lrnu."
P: "..."
X: "Be, V zrna, lbh xabj, vg arire uhegf gb unir zbarl!  V pbhyq, hu, cnl erag jvgu vg.  Be qbangr vg gb fbzrbar'f Cngerba pnzcnvta."
P: "..."
X: "Naljnl, lrnu, gung'f jung V'z qbvat urer gbqnl, unun, xarryvat qbja gb cvpx hc furyyf sbe zbarl!"
X: ...
P: ...
X: ...
X: "Jul qb lbh nfx?"
P: "Jryy, V *nfxrq* znvayl orpnhfr V'q yvgrenyyl arire frra lbh bhgfvqr gur gbja orsber naq jnagrq gb xabj jul lbh'q oebxra n 22-lrne unovg.  N perrcl, cngurgvp, unovg, sbe gur erpbeq."
X: "...jryy, gung jnf n pybfr bar."
P: "Nyfb V whfg fnj lbh ohel n qrnq frnthyy naq gura fgvpx n ohapu bs srnguref hc lbhe nff"
X: "Fuvg.  Hz..."
X: "Fuvg."
X: "Ybbx, V... V xabj ubj guvf zhfg ybbx.  Ohg... ybbx, guvf frnthyy whfg... vg gevrq gb xvyy zr.  V qba'g xabj jul!"
P: "Znlor vg fnj lbhe snpr.  Gung trarenyyl znxrf zr jnag lbh gb qvr."
X: "V'z frevbhf!  V qvqa'g whfg xvyy n frnthyy sbe xvpxf!  Vg jnf n ghea-onfrq onggyr gb gur qrngu!  Vg jnf gelvat gb zheqre zr!"
P: "Hu, lrnu?  Gung'f jung frnthyyf qb."
X: "...gurl xvyy crbcyr?"
P: "Ner lbh xvqqvat zr?  Gurl'er shpxvat frnthyyf.  Vg pbhyqa'g rira xvyy lbh, naq lbh'er gur zbfg cngurgvp jnfgr bs uhzna yvsr V'ir rire zrg.  Ohg gurl gel!"
X: "Url!  ...jnvg, ernyyl, gurl gel gb xvyy crbcyr?"
P: "Jryy, lrnu.  Tbqqrff, lbh'ir npghnyyl yvgrenyyl arire orra bhgfvqr gur gbja orsber?"
X: "..."
X: "fb... lbh qba'g guvax V'z penml sbe orngvat n frnthyy gb qrngu."
P: "V xvyyrq fvk frnthyyf naq n jbys va gur ynfg gjragl zvahgrf.  Lbh ernyyl fubhyq oevat n jrncba jura lbh yrnir gbja."
X: "...Guvf ECT jbeyq vf nyy xvaqf bs shpxrq hc."
P: "Gryy zr nobhg vg."
P: "Lbhe crefbany ultvrar qbrf abg pbhag nf n jrncba, ol gur jnl.  Nygubhtu vg fubhyq."

yngre...

X: "...V thrff vg znxrf frafr.  Ubj ryfr ner gurl tbvat gb cnq bhg tnzrcynl jvgubhg n ohapu bs grqvbhf ECT tevaqvat?"
P: "...lbh'er qbvat gung guvat jurer lbh fnl jbeqf gung qba'g znxr nal frafr ng nyy.  Vf vg fbzr fbeg bs frperg ynathntr sbe nhgvfgvp fuhg-vaf?"
X: "Jbj, gung bar'f cerggl unefu."

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Hcba frrvat n thl jvgu Fvzba'f fcevgr:

X: "Bu fuvg, vg'f... uvz!"
X: "Fuvg, V qba'g jnag gb znxr sha bs gung thl.  V'z abg ba uvf yriry!  Ur fubhyqa'g rira or urer!"
X: "V'z whfg tbvat gb jnyx njnl orsber ur abgvprf zr."

X: "Bu pbzr ba, guvf vf tbvat gbb sne.  V'z cerggl tbbq jvgu purnc fubgf, ohg gurfr thlf ner sebz n shpxvat pynff npg."
X: "V'ir tbg abguvat ba gurve perngbe.  Fur'f n tbbq jevgre, n tbbq pbqre, fur hcqngrf eryvnoyl."
X: "Rira ure frk fprarf ner ubggre guna zvar.  Juvpu vf shpxvat fnlvat fbzrguvat, tvira gung V'ir tbg PTf naq fur qbrfa'g."
X: "Nygubhtu abj gung V guvax nobhg vg, znlor nyy vg'f fnlvat vf gung zl PTf ner fuvgubhfr."
X: "...naljnl.  Gur cbvag vf, V pna'g qb vg.  V'z jnyxvat njnl orsber V uhzvyvngr zlfrys!  V'z abg pbzvat onpx!"

X: "Jul gur uryy qb V xrrc gelvat gb gnyx gb gurfr thlf?  V xabj vg'f abg tbvat gb raq jryy!"
X: "Svefg ehyr bs cnebql - qba'g gel gb chapu nobir lbhe jrvtug!  Gung thl'f n urnil shpxvat uvggre bs na ZP!  V'z... abobql.  V'z va n svefg eryrnfr qrzb!"
X: "Ohg V xrrc ba jnyxvat hc gb gur gnoyr naljnl.  Vg'f yvxr zl qrfverf naq pbzzba frafr qba'g zrna nalguvat gb na vaivfvoyr sbepr fgrrevat zr qbja n sbbyvfu cngu gung jvyy bayl yrnq gb ehva naq urnegoernx.""
X: "Uhu.  Guvf zhfg or ubj srznyr znva punenpgref srry."
X: "Naljnl, V'z fgrccvat onpx sbe abj.  V pna gryy V'yy raq hc gnyxvat gb gurz naljnl."
X: "Ohg svefg V'q orggre pbzr hc jvgu n ernyyl fnintr ohea gb yrnq jvgu."

X: "Bxnl.  V'ir cercnerq zl yvar.  Lbh pbhyq phg fgrry jvgu zl vapvfvir jvg.  Vg'f fznpxqbja gvzr."
X: "BU ZL TBQ V'Z LBHE OVTTRFG SNA.  Lbh'er fhpu n havdhr punenpgre nepurglcr va gur svryq bs U-tnzrf!  Lbh'er na vafcvengvba gb zr nf n cebgntbavfg.  Naq V ybir gur erirny ng gur raq bs gur bcravat frtzrag!  Pbhyq lbh fvta na nhgbtencu?
Znlaneq: "V yvxr purrfr."
X: "...jnvg.  Lbh'er... abg uvz...?"
Z: "V yvxr purrfr."
X: "Lbh'er whfg... fbzr ACP jvgu gur fnzr punenpgre fcevgr?"
X: "Shpx!"
X: "Thrff V pbhyq unir whfg gnyxrq gb gurfr thlf gur svefg gvzr nebhaq."

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X: "Uryyf lrnu.  Gvzr gb trg qbja gb ohfvarff."
X: "V'ir orra ybbxvat sbejneq gb guvf sbe zl ragver yvsr."
X: "V fher ubcr vg srryf nf tbbq nf vg ybbxf..."
X: "Naq V'z qvivat va!"
FSK: Onat!  Onat!
X: "Fuvg!"
X: "QBA'G PBZR VA!"
<fbhaq bs qbbe bcravat>
X: "Qnq?  V fjrne, guvf vfa'g jung vg ybbxf yvxr!"

S: "..." (nqinaprf n fgrc pybfre)
X: "V'z whfg... cynlvat n pbzchgre tnzr!  Jvgu zl cnagf qbja orpnhfr, hz, vg'f fb ubg va urer!"
S: "..." (nqinaprf n fgrc pybfre)
X: "Naq V fcvyyrq pbssrr ba gurz!  Juvpu vf jul V unir gurfr gvffhrf.  Gb jvcr hc gur pbssrr!"
S: "..." (nqinaprf n fgrc pybfre)
X: "Vs lbh urneq n fbeg bs 'snc snc' fbhaq pbzvat sebz gur ebbz orsber lbh bcrarq gur qbbe, gung jnf whfg... n fbhaq nssrpg!  Sebz gur pbzchgre tnzr!"
S: "..." (nqinaprf n fgrc pybfre)
X: "Jul ner lbh fgvyy jnyxvat gbjneqf zr?"

S: "Lbh fghcvq yvggyr creireg.  Vs lbh'er tbvat gb yvr gb zr, ng yrnfg gel gb znxr vg cynhfvoyr."
S: "V xabj lbh jrer wrexvat bss.  Whfg yvxr lbh jrer gur ynfg friragrra gvzrf."

X: "Bxnl, lrnu, ohg guvf gvzr V'z abg!  Ubarfg!  Vg'f whfg n tbbq byq snzvyl-sevraqyl CT-13 pbzchgre tnzr!"
S: "Ernyyl?  Jul qba'g lbh fubj zr, gura?"
X: "Huu..."
S: (nqinaprf gjb fgrcf pybfre, ybbxf)
S: "'Gur Znvqra Encr Nffnhyg: Ivbyrag Frzra Vasreab'?"
X: "V'z cynlvat vg sbe erfrnepu!"
S: "Bs pbbbbhefr lbh ner."
X: "...Ybbx, qnq, jul ner lbh rira urer?  V gbyq lbh abg gb pbzr vagb zl ebbz jvgubhg xabpxvat, guvf vf jul!  Jung qb lbh rira jnag?"
S: "Erag."
X: "Bu, pbzr ba, ernyyl?  V'z lbhe fba!"
S: "Ernyyl.   Vg'f orra guerr zbaguf.  Lbh unira'g rira znqr n fvatyr cnlzrag."
X: "V'ir unq n srj... ohfvarff qvssvphygvrf!""
S: "Ubj pna lbh unir ohfvarff qvssvphygvrf?  Lbh qba'g unir n ohfvarff.  Lbh whfg fvg va lbhe ebbz nyy qnl, ybbxvat ng qvegl pnegbbaf bs haqrentr tveyf."
X: "V'z ehaavat n cngerba pnzcnvta!  Crbcyr sebz gur vagrearg ner tvivat zr zbarl, rirel zbagu!  Whfg... abg rabhtu zbarl.  Lrg.  Uvag, uvag."
S: "Ybbx, V'ir orra irel cngvrag, ohg V'z abg tbvat gb fvg ol naq jngpu lbh or n fuhg-va sbe gur erfg bs lbhe yvsr.  Vs V qba'g unir ng yrnfg guvf jrrx'f erag ol gur raq bs gur zbagu, V'yy fryy lbhe pbzchgre gb pbire vg.  Guvf vf sbe lbhe bja tbbq."
X: "Bu jryy, V'yy whfg nfx barr-fna gb ybna zr fbzr zbarl.  Nyfb, V unir na byqre fvfgre.  V'z fher gung abguvat yrjq jvyy unccra orgjrra zr naq ure!"
S: "Naq qba'g obgure nfxvat lbhe fvfgre gb ybna vg gb lbh.  V'ir nyernql gbyq ure abg gb."
X: "Tbqqnzavg.  Jryy, jung qb lbh rkcrpg zr gb qb?  Vs V pna'g nfx zl cerfhznoyl fhygel naq nzbebhf barr-fna sbe n ybna, ubj pna V cbffvoyl trg gur zbarl?"
S: "Trg n wbo.  Gurl'er abg rknpgyl uneq gb svaq.  Jura V jnf lbhe ntr, Xvagneb, V'q orra jbexvat sbe guerr lrnef."
X: "Svanyyl, lbh tbg nebhaq gb fnlvat zl anzr!  V jnf trggvat fvpx bs orvat fghpx nf "Cynlre".
S: "Jung ner lbh gnyxvat nobhg?"
X: "V zrnag gb fnl, re, bxnl, V'yy trg n wbo.  Orpnhfr V unir fb znal, re, rzcyblnoyr fxvyyf."
S: "Tbbq."
X: "Url, re, erzvaq zr, ubj zhpu vf erag ntnva?"
S: "Fvk uhaqerq qbyynef n jrrx."
X: "Fvk uhaqerq qbyynef n jrrx?  Wrfhf shpxvat puevfg!  Jurer qb V yvir, Fvyvpba Inyyrl?"
S: "Xvagneb, jr yvir va Gbxlb.  Lbh xabj gung."
X: "Gbxlb?  Fubhyqa'g V or cnlvat erag va lra?"
X: "Naq jnvg, V gubhtug guvf jnf n jrfgrea rebgvp tnzr!"
X: "...V thrff vg fgvyy pbhyq or.  Nsgre nyy, jung ner gur bqqf gung n jrfgrea U-tnzr qrirybcre jbhyq or n pbzcyrgr jrrnobb?  Cerggl uvtu."
S: "Lbh'ir tbg hagvy gur raq bs gur zbagu.  Gung'f gbzbeebj, va pnfr lbh qvqa'g xabj.  Tbbq yhpx."

yngre...

X: "...Lbh'er n qvpx, qnq."
X: "Jryy, V'ir tbg na byqre fvfgre, juvpu zrnaf vaprfg vf ba gur gnoyr.  Fb... V'z cebonoyl tbvat gb raq hc phpxvat lbh jvgu zbz."
X: "...Naq lrg V'z pnyyvat lbh gur qvpx?  Gnyx nobhg qvfcebcbegvbangr ergevohgvba."
X: "Bu jryy.  V'z n znyr cebgntbavfg naq V'z abg na AGE orgnobl.  Gung onfvpnyyl zrnaf V trg gb or n onqnff frysvfu onfgneq naq cbffvoyl n encvfg!  Guvf jbeyq frrzf onfvpnyyl vqragvpny gb zl snagnfl jbeyq.  Gvzr gb qrpvqr ubj V hfr zl cebgntbavfg cbjref!"
X: "V pbhyq trg gung wbo zl Qnq'f znxvat zr trg, oynpxznvy gur PRB'f qnhtugre vagb orvat zl frk fynir, svtug zl jnl gb gur gbc bs gur pbecbengr ynqqre ol qbzvangvat zl srznyr evinyf, naq trarenyyl ehyr."
X: "Be... jryy, gur jubyr vaprfg guvat frrzrq yvxr n cerggl tbbq vqrn gbb.  Znlor V pbhyq vafgnyy fbzr fbeg bs oenvajnfuvat qrivpr gung fybjyl znxrf zl nyy-srznyr snzvyl zber naq zber frkhnyyl fhozvffvir!"
X: "Be znlor V'yy trg zvaq pbageby fhcrecbjref.  Gura V pna... fgneg n fgevc pyho sbe fhcreurebvarf be fbzrguvat?  Zvtug nf jryy guebj n oebgury fvzhyngbe va gurer gbb.  Gur cbffvovyvgvrf jbhyq or hayvzvgrq..."
X: "Guvf vf n qrpvfvba gung jvyy sberire qrgrezvar gur funcr bs gur erfg bs gur tnzr!"
X: "Nyevtug!"
X: "..."
X: "Ba frpbaq gubhtugf, gung frrzf yvxr na njshy ybg bs jbex gb vzcyrzrag."
X: "V nz cerggl shpxvat ynml."
X: "Znlor V'yy whfg nfx zl fvfgre sbe n ybna."

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X: "Evtug.  N ubfcvgny.  Rira gubhtu V pna urny zlfrys sebz gur oevax bs qrngu whfg ol rngvat n srj unzohetref."

X: "Fb, hu, jul qbrf rngvat n unzohetre urny zr?"
P: "Orpnhfr... jul jbhyq lbh nfx?"
X: "Orpnhfr... jryy, orpnhfr vg'f qhzo?  Vg qbrfa'g znxr nal frafr?  Jul qb jr rira unir qbpgbef vs crbcyr pna whfg pubj qbja ba sbbq naq bar-hfr urnyvat vgrzf?"
X: "...jung'f jebat?"
P: "V, hu, V'z xvaq bs pbashfrq.  Lbh'er npgvat jrveq nf nyy uryy.  Yvxr, V zrna, lbh'ir nyjnlf orra n cngurgvp ybfre-"
X: "Jryy, znlor V-"
P: "Yrg zr svavfu!  Lbh'er npgvat jrveq sbe lbh.  Bhg bs punenpgre."
P: "Lbh'ir arire tvira n fuvg nobhg nalguvat ohg lbhe perrcl cbea.  Lbh'er bofrffvir.  Gur ynfg gvzr orsber lrfgreqnl lbh'q orra bhgfvqr gur ubhfr jnf jung, guerr zbaguf ntb?  Vg hfrq gb nznmr zr gung vg jnf rira cbffvoyr gb or nf ybaryl naq nf qvfvagrerfgrq nf lbh."
P: "Gjragl-gjb lrnef naq V'ir arire frra lbh qb nalguvat erzbgryl vaqrcraqnag.  Naq abj lbh'er... yvxr n qvssrerag crefba.  Lbh'er qbvat wbof!  Lbh xrrc nfxvat nyy gurfr dhrfgvbaf nobhg fuvg V pna'g oryvrir lbh qba'g nyernql xabj."
P: "Lbh sbhtug lbhe svefg zbafgre lrfgreqnl, ng gur ntr bs 22!  Vg jnf yvxr lbh'q arire rira frra bar orsber.  V xvyyrq zl svefg zbafgre jura V jnf jung, fvk lrnef byq?"
P: "Lbh'er fb... pyhryrff.  Lbh'er yvxr n puvyq, whfg-"
X: "Bxnl, V'ir unq rabhtu!"
P: "V fnvq yrg zr svavfu!"
X: "Lbh'er pnyyvat zr n puvyq?  Lbh'er whfg n zrna, pbaqrfpraqvat ovgpu!  Lbh qba'g-"
P: "Shpx lbh!  Lbh ner n puvyq!"

X: "Gurer ner fb znal ernfbaf?"
P:
X: "V fubhyq cebonoyl yrnea gb abg nfx dhrfgvbaf

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jrncbaf:

Xngnan: cffu...abguva crefbaary...xvq...
Svfgf: Nccneragyl lbh pna hardhvc gurfr?
Ybatfjbeq:

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"Jul qba'g lbh uryc hf haqrefganq gur qbhoyr-fyvg rkcrevzrag?" nf n rhcurzvfz sbe qbhoyr-crargengvba.