“”K]sâ {blvWsf´mXm?””
B`ohv dmktWmXv tImUn¨p.
“”B`oth, AsSm^p NT]m\v–. hdvssXän H¶pfnà . sbs«¶v- tNÄ¡pt¼mÄ Uin¡nÃ…””
“”Ìoc³ hmt_,””
tKm ImXns]jpt¶äp.
“”Wn§sa Mm³ hmt_ F¶v- knan¡p¶Sv Wn§Ä N`NväÀ B]Sv sNmt*m sF Kn B]SpsNmt*m H¶pkÃ. ]q BÀ F fmÌÀ ss_äÀ. tdm¯v– C³ sf]n³ hv{Xow B³Zv C³ N¼n …B H^p dipfmWw sk¨m…””
“”Hm CkWv Ct{Sw Cw¥ogv Hs¡ A_n]m^pt¶m?””
B`ohv AUvepSt¯msX dmksW tWm¡n.
“”B`ohv S¦¨n Ipbv ^tim. fptK tdmÂtW tUm…CulzÀ Bbv bÀ Blngv {bUm³ Nt^Pm…””
“”§vti?””
FÃmk^pw b^hv¸^w N®pNÄ fnjn¨v fpOt¯mXv fpOw tWm¡n.
“”FXm e]¦^m! inµnt]m?””
Kho´m tImUn¨p.
“”F¶v- sk¨m F´kmXm?””
“”F¶v- sk¨m Np´w. tim F³s_ Culz^m H^p Nm^yw b_]m³ h½Sn¡ptk`m. Ft´`pw H¶v- b_]m³ sSmX§n]m A¸w sSmX§pw ka ka ka kam¶v-..””
K]tUk³ Ahiyfm] AhzØSt]msX b_ªp.
“”F¶v sk¨m fWÊn`m]ntÃÂ bns¶ tImUn¡t*?””
Kho´]pw AhiySt]msX b_ªp.
“”AtÃÂ inµn H*m¡Ãv,””
“”B`ohv S¦¨n U]km]n fn*mSn^n¡q . Fs¶ hwhm^n¡m³ AWpkUn¡q. ssUkw Wn§sa AWp{Pin¡pw,””
t_mg³ sPu^k¯n b_ªp.
“”Ck³ F¶Sm B`oth Cu b_]ps¶?””
“”F³s_ sbmt¶m!””
t_mg³ S`]n ssN sk¨p.
“”CSv {Xm³tÉgWmt¶. tKm hm_v inµoÂb_ªntÃ? ASn³s_.””
“”F¶m b_! MmsWm¶pw fn*p¶nÃ,””
B`ohv Sm¸^yfnÃm¯ emk¯nÂb_ªp.
K]tUk³ ÌocsW tWm¡n.
“”Wo F¶Sm tKm b_]m³ kt¶? ASv b_,””
Ìoc³ b_ªp.
“”ChsdÃs]¸än S¡m`w CknsX b_]*,””
tKm sPu^kw knXmsS b_ªp.
“”AtÃ`pw Nan]m¡m³ tWm¡n]n^n¡pkm Hmt^m^p¯^pw! Fjp¯pNm^sâ {blvW§Ä F´m? Ak³s_ fWÊv F´m? AkWv hfmVmWw Ht*m? CsSm¶pw Cu ka ka kam¶v- b_]p¶ Häs]®¯nWv A_n]mtkm? Gsi! Ck·mÀ¡pw CkavfmÀ¡pw Hä¡m^yw A_nªm fSn. WkkVq³s_ dm¡n Ft´y? ^mKosX dm¡ns]´ns]….””
“”^mKosX dm¡nt]m? F¶v- sk¨m?””
B`ohv ko*pw hwl]w {bNXn¸n¨p.
“”F¶v- sk¨m Np´w! tU StÅ! Fs¶ FknXp¶m tNäns], AksX¯s¶ Sn^n¨p sNm*ptbm]n knXv!””
“”SÅt]m?””
B`ohv S`]n ssN sk¨p.
“”tKm¡p«m Fs¶t]m?””
“”Hm! Hm! Hm!””
K]tUk³ ko*pw H¨]n«p.
“”F¶m FN-vhv{bg³! Wn§av bns¶ SÅ]tÃ? AtSm GtS`pw fq¡a¨m¯n sb®mt\m? N¼nNp«³.sWäv