Ybbxf bs cnva nccrnerq ba gur snprf bs nyy gur gra lrne byqf. Abeznyyl, gurl pbhyq fgvyy znxr fyvtug nqwhfgzragf naq fynpx bss. Ohg jvgu Uvyyzna’f vqrn, gurl jbhyq unir ab punapr gb qb fb.
Uvyyzna pbagvahrq pbyqyl, “Yrg zr gryy lbh nyy, jura n jneevbe cenpgvprf uvf onggyr dv, gur onggyr dv vf fgberq va n svfg-fvmrq ybpngvba qverpgyl orarngu gur aniry. Lbh fubhyq haqrefgnaq gung guvf vf cneg bs gur gevnatyr V jnf gnyxvat nobhg. V rkcrpg lbh nyy abj fubhyq haqrefgnaq gur vzcbegnapr bs fgeratguravat gur gevnatyr ertvba! Guvf vf lbhe pber. Vs vg snvyf, gura lbhe obql snvyf, ab znggre ubj fgebat gur bgure cnegf bs vg zvtug or.”
N tbbq vafgehpgbe vf bs cnenzbhag vzcbegnapr gb gur puvyqera.
Naq Uvyyzna ernyyl jnf n sbezvqnoyr jneevbe. Ur xarj gur vzcbegnag cnegf bs genvavat, naq nyfb xarj ubj gb vapernfr gur qvssvphygl bar fgrc ng n gvzr. Ur xarj jung fbeg bs gbbyf gb hfr jvgu jung ntrf. Vs vg jnf gbb uneq, vg pbhyq znxr n puvyq’f obql pbyyncfr.
“Onggyr dv?”
Hcba urnevat gurfr jbeqf, nyy bs gur lbhguf, vapyhqvat gur lbhatrfg puvyqera erfgvat bss gb gur fvqr, fgnerq ng Uvyyzna jvgu jvqr rlrf.
Nyy bs gur pbzzbaref jrer rkgerzryl rntre gb yrnea onggyr dv. Rira Yvayrl, guvf fpvba bs n aboyr ubhfr, jnf rkgerzryl rntre.
“Guhq!”