𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐄 .ᐟ

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝗦 𝗠𝗬 𝗦𝗜𝗡 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗢 𝗠𝗬 𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗪𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗦. . . 𝗠𝗬 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗𝗡'𝗧 𝗞𝗘𝗘𝗣 𝗨𝗣 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗜𝗚𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗚𝗔𝗣 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀

⠀ ❝ I'd advise you 𝓱𝙚𝙚𝙙 such words, my intentionally behind them 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 you. Thus, I cannot claim you've 𝓶𝙞𝙨𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙, but I have no motive for anything aside 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲. ❞ ⠀

⠀ 𝓦𝙝𝙮 have you sought me, 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘰𝘯𝘦? ⠀

⠀ 𝓔𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝓭 within solemn nightfall inflections, brown irises glinting groundward. Peacefulness articulated, in spite fickle 𝓶𝑒𝓂𝑜𝒾𝓇𝓈. How 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘭 he can appear. ⠀

⠀ 𝓛𝙞𝙛𝙚 . . . . it is 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴. ⠀

⠀⠀⠀ I was hopefully feigning lackluster knowledge, yet I needn’t acquire a map to traverse that route. 𝓕𝙖𝙩𝙚 guides me towards the scarlet apex, finally on the path less traveled. ⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀ Guilt aches, it passes, it resurfaces. Dissipates again. Though it 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 within my mind occasionally. Thus, could it be unbound again if our paths intertwined more? We should. . . visit a cafe. To chat. I'm sure Magnolia sports many. ⠀⠀⠀

⠀ Act upon indeed, whilst I teeter on the verge between doing or not. Maybe the constrictions which bind me should loosen. Maybe. ⠀

⠀ ⠀ 𝙀𝙧𝙯𝙖 𝙎𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙩. . . 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳? ⠀ ⠀

Well he shall be damned. Back in Magnolia.