b̶̧̡̢̛̛̛̩̭̣̠͍̰͎̞͎̗̯̼̐͑͊̃̆̒̆̿̅̒r̴̖̘͔̗̩̪͎͊̿̄̀̈́͝i̸͕̼͙͎̣̔̋͗̏͊̀͆̈́́̕̚ǹ̶̫͇̜͇̪̈́̈́͑̅͌͋̓g̸̛̥̻͔̎̀͘͠ ̷̛̛͓̗̈̏̃͌́͂̈́͋̓̚f̷̢̠̞͂̀́͌͐́̓͛̒̊͊̏̈́͘͠o̴̲͙͇͂͆̆̉͌͊̄͘̚ͅŕ̴̨̨͓̱̼̖̯̯̝̳̘̤̭̽̐̕̚t̵͓̹͚̤̟̳͆́̑̀͂̈́̑͒̈̀̚̕͜h̵̩̱́̈́̄͛͆̌ ̶̡̡̛̝͔̪̮̜̭͙̰̺͈̤̳͒̑̊͑̈́̈̑̅̎͆͘͜͝t̶̹̘͓̞̳̖̉̃̂ḫ̴̤͔̣͚̙̹̮̠͋́͆̀̓͊̈́̈́̿́̀̔̐́͐͜e̸̢͔͚̩̞̰̮̬͉͉͉̓̀͜ ̸̢̜̺͖͍̳̘͙̹̬̅̓̈́͌̿̂̿͐̿̓͠a̵̝̮͔̬̭̘̮͂̈̄̎̾̈́̏̕͠ͅn̴̰̦͇͉̐͊͊̍̇̓̈́́̃͌͑̕͠ć̸͇͍̼͔̫̝̰̼͚̗͚͙̊͐̿͋i̵̡̧̖͖̩̣͔̯̙̝̺̰̬͙͔͆̈́̎̏͗̆̒͘͝ę̷̧̢̫̹̟̗̖̞̩̪̠̪̇͌͛̍̎͂̏̾̃͆́ͅṇ̴̛̭̻̗̾̾̆̿͌͘ť̸̬̏͊̿͂̔̓͠͝ ̷̫̪̬̉̅̚ŏ̷̢͉̲͔͇̩͎̞̉̾̆̉͊̄͐͘͝ͅn̶̮̦̎̓̑̋e̷̢̧̡̞̲̰͍̱̞̝͎̘̦̖̻̿̇̔̈́̽͆̓̊͆͝

̷̧̛̞͎̠͈̰̤̫̲͚̲̣́̊̇̔̈t̶̖̰̮̜͙̣̾h̶̗͕̊͌̏̽̀̍͘e̷̱͒̊͒͒ ̷̫̺̹͙͎̼͉̈́͗̕o̷̠̙̻͓̰̣̠̠͗̍͂͊̐̃̃͗̅n̵̢̛̺̣͈̼̯̤̦͚͓͍͕̺̈́̀̓͒̏͌̊̆͛͆͘̚̚e̵̢̞̤͕̬͈̯̯̜͖͒͒͗̽̍͆͊́͒ͅ ̷̧̛͙͔͓̘̲͙̻̿̂̊͊́͑̈́͊͋͛͠͝͝ͅw̴̖̃̐͗͌̃̈́h̴̢̼̤̺͎̻̯͌̄͂̈́̅͊̽̋́̿͘͘̕͘o̶̤͍̱̫̯̯̬̦̞̲̳̫̥͂̽́̂̎̓͒͗̑͝͝ͅͅ ̵̯̝̗̭͕͉̠͖̼̽̍̈́̋̃͋̒̑̈́̋̌̚͘w̴͍̠̳͈̝͂̂̏̈́̋̈́̏͒͑̚̕͠͝í̴̧̞̠̬͈͖͗͋͂͐̒͝͠l̷̺̻̝͎̰̠͂̈́̏̄́̾̚͘͝ļ̸̽͛̽̅̇̓ ̸̯͙̘̳͇̬̫̆ḑ̴̧̡̻̮̼̪̣̺̦̪̦̦̫͌̀̐̌̈̐̅̈̅̈́̔̓̾͠ͅë̶̹͓̹͖́̑͜s̴͕͗͆̄t̵̢̢̨̧͖̻̣̩͚̳̹͈̬̗̭̆̓͘r̵̺̞͇͉̖̞̳͖̤̜̺̺̋̑̉̕ơ̷̲̖̗̤̠̯̹̈́̈́̋͑̾̆́͘͜͜͜y̵̞͉̤̲̠̭̺͊̊̃̈́̈̒̈́̄̑̐ ̵̧̮̖̱̳͕̮̠͓͕͂̐̅́͛͛͜ê̵̡͚̳̣̻̬̺̼̺̥̩̗̔̏v̸̢̛͕̮̠͖͓͖͕͇͖̖̤̠̞̬̈̽̆́͠͠͝ē̷̩̝͍͔̼̰͎̩̟̪̽̋̍̈́̿̚͝r̴̢̹̈́̾̀̾̋̆̕͝y̶̻̻̳̙̓̇͆̿̍̑͗̿̋́̀̒͘͘͜͠ ̸̡͇͍̫̥̻̳̞̭̦̩͇̔̈́ͅk̴̨̮̹̯̙͈̞̤̬͚̓̄̀̑̎̔̽͋̎̆̓́̍͘͠ï̸̧͇̙̰͚͈̮̯͉̞͌͑̆̃͂̀̀̽̇́̐͊̕̚ͅǹ̶̞̫̞̳͙͛͊̄̍̾͒̒̓̕͝g̸̢̮̘̗̳̳̖̫̤̯̯̘͂̈̆̽͋͋̚͜͠ͅd̴̨̢͉̠̳̍̉̽̑͝͠ȯ̴̡̧̳̝͕̞̦̟̥̭̘͇̠͎̌̈̂̓͝m̸͎͇̪̭̺͉͕̌̒͋̚ ̷̭͙̑͛̒̇̚à̵̺͎̈́̎̅͘͝n̷̢̨̩̝̝̫̮̺̪̼̗̜̞͐̅͌̾͛̐͑̂̄̽̎̕̚͜ͅḓ̶͙̙̫̐̽̅̄͑͋̓̅̀̔͑̇̃ ̷̛͕͓͖̾͐́ḗ̶̢̩̣̹̤̱̥͖̖̰̰̯̣̏̎̋̄͋͒̈͛̃̎̈́̚͜͜͠ḿ̴̡̬͎̻̤̤͈͔̥̲̬̬̩̳̆̅̌̽͑͗͘p̴͇̥̜͊̾͌̓̋͊̈́̍̿͛̈́̏̏̈́į̷̥̝̫͙̭̝̠̒̿̅̽͗̎̎́͐̏̌͂͝ṛ̵̨͚͇̼̋͂̀͒̂̑̈̓̈́̒̚͘e̵̡̛͖̱̪̝̦̪̗͚̥̍̊̈́̓͂͂̐͘͜͝͠͝

̶̨̻̯̟̦̺̠̜̑̓̉̽̈͌͑̄̑͋̊̎̆͜͝͝t̴̗̮̯̻̰͐h̵̢̛̝̥̩̤̘̫̗̭̊͋̽̓̔̎̃̃̄̓̕ę̶̞͚̼͉͕̟͛ ̶̡̦̤͓̲͉̦̩͍̥̫̑̀̌̐̈́͘̕͘͠͝͝͠l̸̬̙̅́̅̇̋̔̍͂̋̑ơ̸̢̡͕͓͎̳̭͙̮̗̂́̓͛̾͑̇͑̾̕͜͝ͅŗ̶̻͙͌̃͋͛̈̍̃͌͋͐̇̕͠d̷̩̮̭͔͇̺͚̺̹̘̓̑̑̕ͅ ̶̢̡̗̫͚̻̦̻̼̭̾̌̀̒̔́̈́̈́͛̍̈́̕̕̚͝ö̷̫̬͕̱͔̳͓̐͒͐̈́̑͛͠f̷̧̢̲̥͗̏͛̽͘͘ ̷̺̖̱̂̀͐͋̑̐̒̀̅́̒̋̍̈́̕m̸̨͓̫͖̳̜̪̭̺͕͒́͛̚͘ͅǫ̷̘̣̩̯̳̦̰̣̙̻̪͔͍́ů̴̡̘̗͉͕͚̭͉̗̙̣͕̓̂̈́̒̆͗͐̒͘n̵̙̹̰͔͔̩̩̥̼̻̭̓̆̆̀̍̄̇̚̕͝ͅͅt̸̨̰̹̲̰̥̠̟̟̗̤̐̒̏̎̿̀ä̶̧̙̲̮į̶̟̲̦̥̙͗̄͑ǹ̶̨̛͈͕̹̜̀͊̿̒̾̔͐̽͘̕s̴̛͚͋͗ ̷̧̦̉̀͋͋͑̌͐́͝a̸̽͜n̵̨̩͙̰̒̇̃͌͑̿̈̈́͋̅͝͝͝͝͝d̸̨̛̥̥̻͈͊̅̽͛̅̍̀͜ ̵̰͆̐ņ̵̞̲̖̱̒̑̄̈͋̒̒̓͘̚͝a̴͎̱͇̫͙͚̩̗̘̪̅̽͛́̉̆̿́́͆̽̕t̴̢̨͕̲͇̥̣̝͈̯̜̤͕͑́̈́͋̋̇̌̕͘͝u̵̢̡̡̺̩̪̭̤̖̘͒́͐̄͂͐̀͆͗̋́̕͠͝r̷̛̟͊̀̔͑̃́̈́̌̂̔̈́̊͋̓e̴̡̙̼̜̠̐̋͆̄͒̓͛͂͗͋̌̌̄͘͘

̵̢̣͚̼̟͖̯̲̀́̌͆͊͆̎̏̈́͜t̸̨̙̠̰̬̉̂͋̓͌̇̌͊̂͐͌͒̏͘ḩ̷̠͓͍͚̻͉̼͓͉̙̀̾͝ę̴̛̲̳̪͍̟͉̪̤͓̖͋̀̌́ ̷̠̙̠̖͂̋̓ë̶̯̱̭̹͇̃̄̀͛̈̊̈́̀͌̑̅̚t̵̼̠̟̗̭̺̻̾̊̄̈́͒͗͑̂̿̄ę̵͇̺͓̔͆̔̇̽̿̉̀̉̓r̷̡̞̗̦̯̜͔͈̮̫̹̾͒̃̎͊̉n̷̛̮̞̟ǎ̴̛̖͚͚̥̞̘̮̰̌͂̏́̓̅͂͗̔͘͠͠͠ḻ̷͔͖͘͝͝ ̴̣̰̙̗̳̯̀̈̎̕̕g̵͓̼̱͇̞̬̲̩̞̮͖͐̀́́̊̕o̸̗̖̙͋ͅľ̸̡̛͚̗͕̬̟̼͚̗̠̀͛͛̅̿͐͆͂́̈́͋̚ȩ̴͍̫̲͉̐̈͗́̕̕͘m̴̜̍̈́͐͂̽̅̌̊̽ ̶̨̣͙̤̜̲̭͖̱͉̱̪͕̗̅͑͂͊̇̊̑́̂̽̋ọ̵͖͓̗͎̫̣͎̺̘̐̋̅̕͝ͅf̴̼̯͌͊͛̾̐̈́̒̀͗̽̾͠ ̴̨̧̜̜̹͔̭̀͑̎̈́̓ņ̴̛͖̞̗̤͚̋͗̆̇͐̈́̎́͊̾̽͆̄̕͜à̶̡͕͔̦̲̳̭̜͉̭̮͚͑̌̐͂̃͗́̿̆͜͠͝͠t̴͕̹̻̲̦̼̯͔͍̗̙̪̥̫̩̏̽̏u̷̱̜͉̙̫͕͎̪͈͍͆̇̆̊̓̽͆̇r̷̛̲̙̞̲̤̥̣̪͎̳̰͉̲̾̊̕͜ͅȇ̸̢̧͈̜̜͎̩̦͖͙̩̼̀̓̑̍̇̇̚͠

̴͚̮̟̫͔͖͖͙͑m̸̛̛̫̲̺͈͙̗̮̫̬̈̌͋̒́̂̈̈͐̚̚̚̕a̵̻̼̳̭̠͑͗̑̊̈́͛̈́̀̕͝d̴̨͇͓͙̪̜̯̫̟̬͑ę̷̞̯̠̭̮̠̘͇͖̬̾̿̉̇̄̌̄̀̉͛͑́͌̕͝ͅͅ ̸̡̛̪̠̳̪̮̠̣͕̙̦̩͍̦̅̊͌̉̑̔͂͑̾͘͠͝ö̸͓͓̳̥͎͓̝́͗͗̎̀̆́͑͌͠f̶̡͗̊̉͌̌̎̈́͠ ̷̡̱̄͘ͅr̸͈̺͔͙̲̙̺̭͕͎̜̍̈́͐̽͋̐̋̕͝͝͝o̵̖̻̖̱̤̯̦͙̯͈͑̅̾̋͜c̷̯͚͖̼̬̣̝̟̠̫̽͐͗̈́k̸̯͐̂̅́́̅̉̒̂̉̍̐͠ ̴̨̛̗̞̖̩̦̲͕͐̏̄̃͑̂͗͜͝,̴̧̳̳͈͑͑̋ͅ ̷̫̣̙͎̻̝̫̮̫̻̂̈́͂́͋̔͛̽̃͝p̵͈̖̣͚̦̞̗̋l̵̼̝̰̗̇͛̓̈́̆̽͋̈́͛ͅͅā̸͕̱͓͙̹̞̭̙̲̖̳͖̳̩̰̉̑̋̏͌̍n̷̡͇͔͈̻̻̜̯͎͇̜͍̺̲̈́̉͌͠ͅẗ̸̗̠̟̬́̏͊͠͠s̴̨̨͚͍̘͕͕̥̘̺̩͔̭̎̏̔̿͋͌̚͠ ̴͙͔̟̞̩̀̾̏̒̃͌a̴̙͉̥̗̯͙͝ͅn̶̡̩͓̹̓́̍́̀̈̒̾͝d̷̢̳̬̓́̈́̈̓͋́̉͐̌̎̊͝͝͠ ̵̧̯͈͕͖͊̃̈́̅̇̾̀̓̒̎͗̚̚͠į̸̧͕͖͓̝͎̼̟̘͉̫̻͛̏̄̾̀̈́͘̚̕͠r̷̢̭͙̫͔̘̬̝̍̽̆̅̃ö̸̢̠̥̼̗͍̞̹̳̰́͗̄̍͆͆̿͠n̵̻͙̟̣̞̖͖͔̯̖͂̒̒̾

̶̰̽̉̍͑͊̋̋ǐ̴̦̥̥̖̭͍̜̗̜͙̼͕͔̥̂́͌̌m̴̢̧̻̻̦̰̥̩̣̪̊̔̋̊̈͊͋̓̃̍̾͝p̸̡̛͖̭̟̯͓͕̳̫̩̙͔̮͚̍̀̆͋͠ḛ̴̢̢̧̭̤͉̖̺̫͔̹̤͙̹́̄̋̍̓̔̌̃̔͊̐͘̕͝n̵̬̤̓͂̀̽̐̽ḙ̵̢̩̫̭̗̮͉̫͓̻̞͈͖̌̒̀̐͆t̶̰̪͍̘̹̳̪͈̞̳͛̉̓̄̈́̌͝r̶̼͈̮͇̣̀̈́͌̆̀̋͆̕͘͠ȃ̵̛̬̗̤̮͖̙̠̗̈́̾́̽̓́͆̓̅͘͜͝ͅb̷̪͓̍͋̐ͅl̴̟͔͔̝̼͉̈́̈̆̈͆̂̀̊͆͠é̶̡̧̪̻̲͙̝͎̤͚̣͉͔̹̯͝ ̷̡̧̥̹͈̻͉̣͔̖͔̓͗̔͐͂̈́̓̓̑͘͝e̴̢̛̠̯̗̞͖̮̥͖̺̫͕͈̰͗͐̆̈́̋̾̿̚͜͠v̷̨̧̧͙̥̖̞̰͉̙̯̅̂̎̇̾̈́́͘͜͜ě̸̜̖̣̯̲̯̩́̐̒̀̃͒́̕̕̕͜͠͝r̴̩̬̿̈́̏̈́͌y̷̧̢̛̼͈̬͍͇̐͂͛̒̎̈́͆͘͝ẁ̵̧̛̳̐́͐̒́͐̊́̿̀͘͠h̴̢̢̨̛̭̠̉̄͆̂͛̂͗̂͘͜͜͝͝ę̴̞̫̺̦̎̈́̎̌͊͘͜r̵̡̟̜͕̯̬̥͈̿̋̓̅̑͆̈́͆͐̈́͘͠ͅe̴̺̖̬͇̼̲̗̰͕̺̭͕͉͑͋̓̔͌̈́̐̏͜ ̸̟͍̞̞̮̦̍̈́̂̈͛̾̈́͋͝ḙ̴̩̥̱̥̲̞̪̣̝̤̯͋̏͝ͅx̵̺̝͉̱̟͇̰̯̿͛͑̃̈́̌̒ͅç̷̡̝̙̖̜̬̟̩̦͇͙̝̾̌͆̊̍͌̐̍̀͒̈́͑̎͊ͅͅe̸̛͎̫͖̺̜̣̤̻͇͈̻͙̮̐̈́̿̍̃́͌͆̀̊p̷̡̹͎̠̫̦̬̰̘͎̤͐̏͊͜͠t̴̨̗̟̳͕͖̜̭͐̉͆̎̾̋̄̾̇̚̚͜͝ ̵̡̗̹̳̼̱̱͛̎̾̐̐͠͠͝i̵͍͓̹͕͖͛̆͌̈͑̐͐̽̄͘͜͝ț̷̢̢̲͇̬̤̠͗̒̀̐̅̌̿̀̚'̸̧̛͖̬̝̫̣̮̤͙͖͍͎̜̗͗̀ͅs̴̨̘̟̹͓̪̰̦̦͒̍̂̍͛̈́͒̔̈́͗̌̐̔

̴̬̉̅̒́̊̆̋͝m̵̢̛̖͎̘̬͉͚̱͖̪̟̔̽̀̐̔̆͊́ā̴̧̤̥̱̯̫͙̠̤̹̍̌̐̿̓͌̆̌͜g̸̹̱̱̰̞̣̻̪̖̝̰͋̋͛̓́͘i̵̥̎͑c̷̡͉̦̠̥̼͚̬͚͖̬͆̊͗͐̍͘ ̶̬̘̟̬̫͖̦̹͍͙̆ä̷̧̧͎̬̻͙̜͇̥̥̠̼́̽̌́̿̋̎̆̂̓͒̒͆͜r̴̛̟̳̪͎͓͚͒̽̅͒̀̑͗m̸̧̭̐̄̆ở̸̰̺̻̠̘͚̖̓͌́̅̋̏̐̄̏̉͆̕r̷̫̣͉̠͔̮̺̭͙͛̐̐́͋̿̕͜͝ ̷̨͚͙̔̉͘s̵͇̳͇͓̱̜̩͙̞̪̫̤͋̀͐͜ẗ̶̢͉͚̤͇́͋͐̑͘͝ŕ̸͇͈̖̬̟̈́͌o̶̡͍̹̘̯͈̯͎̪̊̃̋̋͛́̿͗̚̚͝͠ṇ̸͋͋̋͌͗̈̐̐̊̀̍̎͝ģ̶̜̻̰͙̥̩̦͋ͅé̷̥͓͇͎͕̫̺̗̲̪̠͇͒̓ͅr̸̨̧̤̰̻͚̳͑͆̃̆̈́̈́̔͐͝͝ ̷̢̞͎͎͚̣̙̞̅̅̑̒̑͋̊̕ţ̸̧̨̛̱͍̲̹͙̫͒̓̽̔͂̆h̴͓̳̖̯̖̟͉̟̬͕̓̍͂̈́́̅̽͗̕̚ȁ̴̧̡̜̝͈̆͊̇̚n̷̢̛̥̭͇̩͉̟̘̜̩̐͊̾́̅̾̾͐͌̓́̄ ̶̨̛̛̳̟̮̰̦͕͈̬͛̄̔́͂̉͝a̵̡̧̨̠͙̜̜͈̙͇̳̫̣̹͒̒́̈̔͂́͘̚ͅ ̵̧̪͉͇͔̉͜ͅͅͅg̴̟̙̤̬̖̦̍̿̒͝ͅo̴̧͙̙͓̯̊͐͋͝d̶̙̼̦̠͔̗̱̰̹̗͂͐̃̈́͑͋́͆͑͛̈́͌̓̕̚'̸̡̱̪͒̐s̴̢̭̱͓̥̬̥̳̱͙͐̋͒

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̵̨̝͎͓͈̲̯̬̭̥̹̬̞̃̄̄͗͠͝͠t̷̨̯̋̋͗͗͋̈́h̷̏̍͒͜e̸̲̭͖̲̗͚̣̖̱͋̒͑͐̾͑̕ ̵̨̧͖̯̝̣͚̭̜̠̌̐l̴̺̺̫̖̈́͊͘ơ̸͕͇̭̗͈̻̺̜̹̰̤̰͕̻̥̅͑́̑͒̽́͌̓͊͒͝͝r̷̹̟̫̼̖̯̱̟̺̉̊̈̒̓͝͠d̸̡̰͕̤͗͐͗͂͂́̀͒̃̆̋̃͝ͅ ̸̧̜̪͇͍̺͖̺̼̤̟͈̻̠̏̅o̶̧̳̘̦̮̯͙̲̿́̓͐̇̚ͅf̶̢̨̗̳̱̯̠͕̹̫̦̫͓̜̀̌̔͗̉̾͆̏͂̊̈́̽̚̕ ̵̡̮͚͔̫͔͙̯͈͎͓̦̖͎̮͒̒̂m̸̪̙̪̯͙̦̐̓͋͘͝ơ̵̛̻͂̒̄̅̋ư̵̤̖̠̥̝̪͖̂̀̇̓̃̀͑̈́͆̇̕n̸̞̈́̆̒͐̀͘t̴͍̳̥͙́̾̍̄̌a̷̢̢͕͚͈̘͖̼̲̗̩̺̱̾̂͜ͅi̵̢͚̥̞̥͓̻͕̞͖̥͚̒̏͗͋͠ͅn̷̢̺̼̲̻̦̝̩̪̩̫̼̰͈̋̑̈́̐͜s̶͎͖̪̬̜̩̥̹̠̊̈́̈́̈́̏́͐̈́̍̈́͌̕̕͝ ̴͚̟̊̂̒̊́̊̀̔̋̐͊p̷̛̤̖̺͍̳͇̻̳͑́͑̈́̎̀́̿̎͆͒͘͜͝͝ͅļ̶̬̹͔̜̝͉̲̪̦͛̾͐͊͌̊͆̈́͊̑̎̔̈́͌̃ͅͅe̴̢͎͓̫̖̞̪̦̞̪̣͉͍͂̽̉̈́͛ả̶͙͚̺͔͎͒̿͝ṣ̶̨̰͇̝̑̆̍̅̂ͅě̴̺̜̭͓͈̱̭̰͖͓̬͓̟͕͎̉͛̊̍̀̉̿ ̷̡̠̗̺͔͈̗͎̬͓̈́̔͒̔͒̆̈́͐̏̆͘͝a̸̧̝͙̭͓̙͚͈̪͕̽̌̇̍̓̄͐̒̒͗̿͋ͅc̷̨͕̗̝̻̼͓̦̀̋̃͛͜ç̷̧̨̜̰̯̗̬͙͚͔̠͊̈́͊̇̊̈́̐͌̎͘̕͜e̷̺͙͙̬̝̲̬̭͉̥̭͚̠͉͌͑̀̑͋̋͊͠ṕ̶̡͇͔̙̰̟̤̤t̸̛͇͕̩̝̯̦͕̗̀̔́͠ ̴̲̰͙̞͇͙͕̇̒̄o̶̡̨͇̻̗̦̹͉͑̍̽͒͊͊̒̈́̚͝͠͝u̶͍̯̣̺̙̻̣̯͕͐̋̉͋̀̍̈́͋̀̾̐̽́͘͝r̷̛͈̟̥͙̝̻̝̮͚̺̰͚̫̆͛̔ͅ ̵̢̧͕̞̬̼̘̼̟̤̿́̂̌͆͛̈́̒͠͝͠o̶͕̣̅̔f̴̢̯͓̘̤̲͍̺͕̟͓̳͐̀̅͑̒͒̿͑̕͝͝f̶̛̛̛̼̯̞̭̳̗͚͇͉̠̃̊̋͆̐̈̽͌͌̄̄̈́ͅe̶̛̩̹͚͊͋̾͂̊̕͘r̶̨͎̖͓̣̲̟̝̫̠͔͍̝̺̒̅͌̀̈͛̉̄͐͑͐́͘͝͝ͅí̴̧̢̬̰̤̫̞̦̏͗͊͠n̴͇̟̠͔̻̪̭̙̯̰̬͖̾̐̾̍̽̓̍̿̏̓͠͠ͅͅg̴̙͇͈̜̟͚̬̘͉͕͓̟̊͑̃͋

̸̛̳͓͓̯̰̯̓̀̓͂͋͒̓̿̊́͗̕̕͘t̶̡̮͓͔̫̻̩̀͊̍̽̑̉͂́̑̄͂̔͝͠h̸̡̨̛̲̗͉̝͕͍̮̼͔̯͈̱͕̎̋̏̈́̋̂̾̍́̎̓͝͠ȉ̴̛̗̹̱͔̬̋̌͂̎͆̾͝͝ş̷̲̪̥̱͔͙̏̏́̈̀̽͠ ̵̹̳͕͊̍̓͒͂s̸̨̥̐͐̃̎́̽͐͒͊͗̽ą̵̨̺̳̠̞̈́͌͗̔̏͐̆̾̃͑̚͝c̸̛̪̪̩̳̲̣̥̒͑̈́̿̏̎̋͌͐́̊̇̕r̵̡̧͎͙̲̭̦͚͍̲̬͌̌̍̽̌́̀͋̕ͅi̷̱̥͍͆̾̒͒̊͐́͂̉̊̾͝͝͝f̶̮̓͒̔͛́̓͐̊̐̓̚͝ĭ̶̢̧̝͙̦̣̜̣͎̱̜̹͂͊̀̏̅̄̾̅c̸͈͇̟͖̩͆́ ̶̧̤͙̣̬͉̬̘̦͈͉̠̭͕̉͗͆̀̕ō̵̧͕̙̝͓̆͆̓͊͊̈́f̷̡̨̝͖͓̬͈̲̹̞̬̏̄͐́͛͝ ̵̛͇̩͈̞̬̓͊̋͆̈́͂͒̆͒̓̚b̵̨̞̪̗͈̪͙̈̓̏̽͋͑̓͊̀̍̕͝͝l̶̗̱̫̂̉̉̐̇̎̚͠͠ǫ̴͎̍͊́̍̃͐̊͐́͘ờ̴̧̧̢͉̯̣̻̖͔̦̯̥̭͓̻̉̽̀d̷̨̗͙̳̑̒̀̃͘͝ ̸̧̧̱̳̩̠̭͈̄̔̇̔̅̌͑̾̃̇̕͠ă̴̻̖̯̐̍̄̌͘ṋ̷̟͔̗̰̩͕̣̃͂̑̾̒́̅̈́͐̌̓̈͌͌̕ḑ̵̰̼͉͖̽̈́͛̆͌͆̇̆͐̏̔̓́̌ ̴̨̙̺̜̣͎́̈́̓͌͒̀̏̈́́́̎̎̃̕m̴̮̓̍́̌̕e̶̻̰̦͍̥̰̗̖̠̟͌̃͐̀̆͊̿̆͑ͅt̵̢̫̲̗̞̭̹͚̣͍̒͘͜a̵̢̨̡̟̪̺̹̥͎͈͙̞̠̖̒l̴̢̯͎̯̱̳͓͚̙̙̻̰͍̅̎͠ͅ

̸̨͇̫̲̹̹͉̫̥̪̮̫͎̐̈́̾̐͛̚͜͝͠

Of course… getting involved with a cult was a bad idea

And now they want to do sacrifice someone

Everyone looked around before looking at me

I was soon called to the altar and laid down

Guess this is the end

PAIN

AGONY

HATRED

DO NOT

FEAR

THE

ANCIENT

ONES

Blood flowed down the altar as a cult member was sacrificed

…

It’s the end of this story is it?

No

It can’t end like this

There must be more

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Jacob wakes up or at least he thinks he did , but why was he not able to move

He tries to open his eyes but nothing happens until suddenly all of his senses return to him,

Jacob’s body feels different somehow and so tries to look at his body only to find something he wasn’t expecting.

His lower body was akin to a ball with 4 spider legs , his torso rigid and unmovable and his hands were seemingly replaced with claws that moved with surgical precision

Jacob would have freaked out but he didn’t somehow,

He just wanted to know what was going on and so looked around the area he was in.

It was a cave with a crudely drawn ritual circle in the center and the exit clearly in sight

There being nothing in the cave Jacob left.

Only to find a forest of sort with trees barely half his height,

Was this seemingly new body larger than before,

He needed time to think and decided that trying to sleep is probably the best idea maybe he will wake up back at home.