CAESAR SHIFT 3
Wkhb fdq'w nqrz zkdw zh'uh sodqqlqj.
L nqrz.
Zkdw zloo brx gr zlwk wkhp . . . ?
Kh douhdgb jdyh xv wkh idflolwlhv. Zh mxvw kdyh wr xvh wkhp.
Lqwhuhvwlqj. Brx zrxog jr edfn wr wkrvh fdyhv hyhq diwhu zkdw brx vdz?
L zrxog dqg zloo li lw phdqv L frxog ilqdoob xvxus wkdw frzdug.
Brx'yh douhdgb zrq wkh edwwoh. Brx qhhgq'w zruub derxw Rpr dqb pruh.
Wkh edwwoh, bhv. Lw'v wkh zdu wkdw frqfhuqv ph.
Frqfhuqv brx? Kh'v ghdg. L pdgh vxuh ri wkdw.
Kh'v dolyh, olnh wkh yhuplq kh lv. L fdq ihho lw.
Kpp.
Lw grhvq'w frqfhuq xv iru qrz, exw kh zloo frph edfn dqg wub wr vwrs xv wr "vdyh" ph. Dv li L qhhg vdylqj.
Brx'yh dozdbv ehhq vwurqjhu wkdq klp, brx nqrz . . . exw li kh frqfhuqv brx wkdw pxfk, L fdq-
Qr. Brx pljkw kdyh ehhq deoh wr irro klp, exw lw'v olnh brx vdlg.
L'p vwurqjhu wkdq klp.
Lw zdv zruwk d vkrw.
Shukdsv lqvwhdg ri zrunlqj djdlqvw hdfk rwkhu, zh frxog zrun wrjhwkhu, bhv? Zrxogq'w lw ehqhilw xv erwk wr vhh Wkuhh surshuob ghdg?
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Wklqn derxw lw. Wr olyh, brx'yh nloohg hyhub krvw ehiruh ph, exw L'p qrw olnh wkh uhvw ri wkhp. L ihhg rii wkh yhub wklqj brx qhhg wr vxuylyh: pdjlf. Dqg brx kdyh delolwlhv L kdyh juhdw xvh iru.
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Zh fdq juhdwob ehqhilw hdfk rwkhu li zh sxw dvlgh wkh shwwb vtxdeeohv brx dqg Wkuhh zhuh hqwdqjohg lq. Zh fdq kdyh lw doo, wrjhwkhu. Zh erwk zdqw wkh vdph wklqj.
. . . Frqwlqxh.
Zh douhdgb frqwuro wkh hqwluhwb ri GWF dqg Vkhqpl Frus. Zh fdq hdvlob pryh sdvw fhuhdo. Wkuhh kdg frqqhfwlrqv. Zh frxog hasdqg wkh eudqg dw dq hasrqhqwldo udwh: skdupdfhxwlfdov, uhvwdxudqwlqj, krph hqwhuwdlqphqw, frpphufldo wudyho . . . wkh srvvlelolwlhv duh hqgohvv. Zh grq'w qhhg wr vwduw iuhvk.
Wkuhh kdv douhdgb odlg wkh jurxqgzrun. Zh mxvw qhhg wr xwlolch lw.
Zkdw gr brx vdb?
L wklqn L txlwh olnh wklv sodq.
Exw Rpr vwloo uhpdlqv wrr juhdw d yduldeoh.
Wkhq zh holplqdwh wkh htxdwlrq dowrjhwkhu.
Wkhq L eholhyh zh kdyh d ghdo, Ghwzhqwb.
. . . Vkdoo zh?