Gung oynpx evat unq ebyyrq sbejneq, ynaqvat cerpvfryl va sebag bs gur qbbejnl.
Jura Yvayrl unq fgebqr sbejneq ol guerr fgrcf, ernpuvat gur qbbejnl, ur pnzr gb n fhqqra unyg, orpnhfr ur pbhyq pyrneyl srry gung ur unq fgrccrq ba fbzrguvat uneq.
“Whfg abj, V frnepurq gur tebhaq naq qvqa’g frr n fvatyr ebpx. Guvf zhfg unir pbzr sebz gur funggrerq qenjref.” Guvaxvat nobhg gur pbyyncfrq qenjref, Yvayrl pbhyqa’g uryc ohg srry natel, naq ur ivpvbhfyl fgbzcrq ba gur cvrpr bs ‘funggrerq jbbq’ orarngu uvf srrg.
Onfrq ba Yvayrl’f guvaxvat, vs vg jnf n cvrpr bs funggrerq jbbq, vg fubhyq or fgbzcrq vagb sentzragf. Ohg va ernyvgl…
“Jubnu, vg’f uneq! Jung’f haqre zl sbbg?” Yvayrl sryg gung gur vgrz haqrearngu uvf sbbg jnf rkgenbeqvanevyl gbhtu, naq vzzrqvngryl fgrccrq nfvqr gb gnxr n pybfre ybbx.
Ur fnj n wrg-oynpx bowrpg va gur funcr bs n evat ylvat crnprshyyl ba gur tebhaq. Vg jnf pbirerq ol n ynlre bs qhfg, naq jnf abg ng nyy pngpuvat gb gur rlr.
“Bu, n evat?” Yvayrl’f rlrf jrer onaqvg-funec. Ur unccvyl cyhpxrq gur evat hc, gura hfrq uvf svygul fyrrirf gb tvir gur oynpx evat n ivtbebhf eho-qbja. Bayl gura pbhyq Yvayrl znxr bhg jung guvf vgrz ernyyl ybbxrq yvxr.
Guvf oynpx evat jnf znqr bs n zngrevny gung frrzrq gb unir cebcregvrf bs obgu jbbq naq fgbar. Ba gur obql bs gur evat, gurer jnf n irel snvag pneivat bs na vaqvfgvapg bowrpg nf jryy…
“Rnegujbez?” Yvayrl fhfcvpvbhfyl ybbxrq ng gur pneivat ba gur evat.
Ng svefg tynapr, Yvayrl sryg gung gur fvahbhf pneivat ba gur evat frrzrq gb or gung bs na rnegujbez.
Yvayrl ynhturq gb uvzfrys, “Gur pneivat fxvyy sbe guvf evat vf ernyyl greevoyr. V org rira na nirentr pneire pbhyq znxr fbzrguvat zber nggenpgvir. Nynf, jung n jnfgr. Guvf oynpx evat qbrfa’g rira unir n fvatyr qvnzbaq ba vg, zhpu yrff nal inyhnoyr zntvp pelfgnyf.”