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'in in... I¡^ Cs¸m A]¨ koZnt]m Nt*m?' '½vfv..' 'Cãmt]m?' 'Dw...' 'FWn¡v C§WpÅ koZnt]m B\v Cãw ssf {c*v--hv tim«v tfmw' 'ASv A_n]mw...' 'F§sW?' 'CsSms¡ N*n«m\tÃm Cs¸m C§sW tk*m¯ In´Nsams¡' 'F§sW?' 'At¿mXm... A_n]ntÃ...?' 'CÃ...' 'F¶ A_n]*' 'i b_ I¡t^' 'Wnsâ sdÌv {c*nsâ A½]m\v Mm³ F¶v kà knIm^kpw Dt*m?' 'sdÌv {ct*m? Cu bmÂNp¸nt]m?' 'bmÂNp¸nt]m?' 'Biv Wnsâ tfmsW M§Ä knan¡p¶ tb^m... At½sW Nm\\w F¶v b_ªp N^]p¶ bm¡p¸n' 'tbmXm Fsâ tfmsW Nan]m¡*' 'sl^n, Cs¸m tks_m^p bm¡p¸n D*v CknsX... ASpw KnWpsâ A½s] Nm\\w F¶v b_ªp N^]pkm' '???' Mm³ sbs«¶v dmSv--_qfn N]_n ss`äv C«p. `p¦n fmän Np® sSm`n¨p H^p tcmt«m FXp¯p A]¨p. AkÄ ASv _oZv sI]vSp. ssX¸nwPv F¶v Nm\n¨p. Mm³ irU]fnXnt¸msX Nm¯n^p¶p. 'C§sW N^]p¶ bm¡p¸n Bt\m Fsâ tfmsW Nan]m¡p¶Sv?' B _nss¹ Fsâ Np®s] H¶pNqXn N¼n]m¡n. 'in in... F¦n N^¨n`v fmän Sm...' 'Mm³ F§sW fmämWm?' 'AkWp Wns¶ N*m fm_pw' 'A¿Xm A§Wnt¸m fm_*' Mm³ AtSmsX Np® sSm`n¨p AXn¡m³ SpX§n. 'H¶v Nm\n¨p SmXn... Ck³ Wn`knan¨p N^]pkm' 'A§Wnt¸m Nm\*' FWn¡v At¸mtj]v¡pw £f CÃmSm]n^p¶p. Mm³ AksaNmÄ sI]vSp. AÂb tW^w Njnªm\vAkÄ NmÄ FXp¯Sv. 'F´nWm knan¡ps¶?' FXp¯bmsX AkÄ tImUn¨p. 'H^p tcmt«m A]¨p SmXn Wà fqZn`m Mm³ AXn¡pkm...' 'tU tbms]... tfmlfm CsSms¡' 'CtàWo H¶v WtÃm\w N¼n b_.Mm³ H¶v Na]s«Xn' 'tcm¬ skt¨... KnWp tN«m bns¶ Mm³ Sq§n¨mtk*n k^pw' 'bnt¶... AksW§mW_n]mWm Akâ½t]mXm Mm³ N¼n b_]ps¶¶v' '¨n... Wo sk¨n«v tbm. kr¯nsN«k³' 'ZnH¶v b_s]Xn. Mm³ H¶v AXn¨p Na]s«' 'Dw...' 'Cu Dw tNÄ¡mWà b_, Mm³ Wm«n k¶m At§m«v k^pw. FWn¡v NnX¶v S^qtÃ...?' 'F´nWp?' 'Wns¶ b®m³' 'Wo N¼nNp«³.sWäv