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A¸w Njnªv AkapsX fp¼n tZknhv N®pNÄ Sp_¶p.
“”Hm, f½nt]m? F´m f½n?””
Ak³ D_¡¨XtkmsX tImUn¨p.
“”H¶pfnà tfmtW, f½n sk_psS k¶Sm. tfm³ D_§nt¡m, f½n tbmNpkm.””
“”CÃ f½n, Ct¸mÄ hf]w B_^]m]ntÃ? CWn D_§p¶nÃ.””
AkÄ H¶pw b_]msS AksW tWm¡n.
“”f½n]v¡v F´v bän?””
N®pNÄ Sn^p½ns¡m*v tNm«pkm]n«psNm*v tZknhv tImUn¨p.
“”tfmtW, ASv…””
hqhWv F§sW b_]\sf¶v A_n]nÃm]n^p¶p.
“”F´m f½n CSv? f½n]v¡v Ft¶mXv F´v Nm^ykpw b_]¯ntÃ? F´nWm b_]m³ H^p kngfw?””
“”tfmtW ASv Wo C¶s` ^m{Sn Fs¶, ^mtKgn³s_ NqsX…””
tZknhv bp©n^nt]msX hqhsW tWm¡n. Ak³s_ fWÊns`´ms\¶v hqhWv kntkIn¡m³ bän]nÃ.
“”tfmWv Ft¶mXv tUgyfp*v Fs¶Wn¡_n]mw. Mm³…””
Ak³ A¸hf]w NqXn sfuWw SpXÀ¶p.
“”f½n,””
Ak³ knan¨p,
“”Mm³ Ct¸mÄ H^p F©nWo]_nwPv ÌpsZ³äv B\v. FWn¡v f½n S¶Sv Gäkpw Wà knUymeymhfm\v. Gäkpw Wà e£\kpw khv{S§apfm\v. Cu shuN^y§sams¡ FWn¡v Nn«m³ Nm^\w f½n]p*m¡n] b\fm\v. KoknS¯ns` Gäkpw WÃsSms¡ FWn¡v Nn«m³ Nm^\fm] f½n]psX sSmjn`nsW Mm³ SÅn¸_]pw F¶v f½n¡v tSm¶p¶pt*m?””
hqh³ knhvf]t¯msX fNsW tWm¡n.
“”N®p fnjn¡pNs]m¶pw tk*,””
Ak³ AkapsX tSman bnXn¨p,
“”f½n FWn¡v F¶pw dipfmWy]m]n^n¡pw. f½n sI¿p¶Sv fsäÃm N¼nNp«³.sWäv