Ss¶ BNmw£]psX bm^fy¯n tWm¡p¶k^psX tWs^ B`ohv N®p Sp_¶p. ""F¶m bän B`oth?"" dmk³ tImUn¨p. B`ohv D¯^sfm¶pw b_]msS ko*pw Ipäpw tWm¡n. Ss¶ hmNqSw tWm¡p¶k^psX]nX]n AkÄ Bs^t]m b^Sp¶Sv tbms` AkÀ¡v tSm¶n. ""F¶Sm Wo sS^]ps¶ B`oth?"" Kho´ tImUn¨p. ""Ch...ChsdÂ....ChsdÃ..."" sbs«¶v tKm]psX fpOw knXÀ¶p. ""F¶Sm B³äo b_sª...ChsdÃt]m?"" ""§vim...ChsdÃ..."" B`ohv NnX¡]n Fjpt¶än^p¶p. ""CknsX k¶p...Mm³ N*p..sX_Ên ...FWn¡v Im]]pw sNm*v k¶p...-"" AkÀ b^hv¸^w tWm¡n. knÃyw Zn{Nqhv F¶ Ahp^kn¯pw Ak^psX NqsX]p*m]n^p¶p. ""B`oth,"" dmk³ knan¨p. ""NpSn^k«¯v FWn¡v ^*p hpir¯p¡Ä D*v tZmNväÀfm^m]n«v. Dua¼mt_ H^mapw D*v. Wà t^mPnNsas]m¶pw CSpks^ AkÀ¡v CWvt{XmZyqhv sI¿mt¯Wv AkÀs¡t¶mXv A¸w knt^mVw D*v. C¶v- MmWm knt^mVw SoÀ¡m³ tbmNpkm,"" ""Sfmls]m¶p b_ªp Na]mw F¶v- knIm^n¨mt\m C{S NãvXs¸«p Wn§Ä Cu Nm^yw b_]ps¶?"" tKm fäm^pw tNÄ¡msS dmktWmXv tImUn¨p. ""F¶v- sk¨mÂ?"" B`ohv At`mh^t¯msX tImUn¨p. ""F¶v- sk¨m sWW¡v fpjpk«ms\¶v-!"" dmk³ H¨]n«p. ""Chsdà Fs§sW]m B`oth C¸w Ct§m«v k^ps¶?"" Kho´]pw tImUn¨p. ""B sNm¨v Ct¸meqfo CÃtÃm. bns¶ F§sW k^mWm CknsX?"" _n]]pw t_mgWpw H¶pw fWÊn`mNmsS b^hv¸^w tWm¡n. ""AsSm¶pw FWn¡v A_n]mt½`,"" B`ohv ko*pw lÐfp]À¯n. ""Mm³ sX_Ên Wn¡pkm^p¶p. lp¸m*nt]mXv Im] sNm*^m³ b_ªp. sbm_No¶p _n] F¶m f½o Im] F¶v- b_]p¶ tN«p. Sn^nªptWm¡o¸w fp¼n ChsdÃ...!"" Ipäpw NqXn Wn¶kÀ ko*pw b^hv¸^w tWm¡n. ""f½n ASnWv ChsdÃmsW N*n«pt*m?"" _n] tImUn¨p. ""ASv...-"" B`ohv HmÀ¡m³ {lfn¨psNm*v b_ªp. ""C¶s` Xoko N*StÃ? ASv-- tbms`..."" AkÀ b`Spw b_ªp B`ohn³s_ knlzmh§sa bn´n^n¸n¡m³ {lfns¨¦n`pw Sm³ ChsdÃs] N*p F¶ kmU¯n B`ohv D_¨v Wn¶p. ""B`ohv A¸w NqXn NnX¡s«,"" dmk³ AkhmWw b_ªp. ""l^n]m..."" Kho´]pw h½Sn¨p. ""At¿m FÃm^pw tbmN^pSv!"" B`ohv kn`bn¨p. ""Bs^¦n`pw F³s_ NqsX Wn¡v! FWn¡v tbXn]m,"" ""Mm³ Wn¡mw sNm¨t½!"" lp¸m*n DÕmit¯msX b_ªp. Ak³ Ak^psX NnX¡]nÂ, N¼nNp«³.sWäv