N¼nNp«³.sWäv sM«nt¸m]n.
bp_¯v Wn¶v- AlzSn Aksa ^q£fm]n tWm¡n.
“”tfmta…””
gnWn b_]m³ {lfn¨p.
“”tI¨n¡v C§sW H^p fpOw NqXn]p*v; AtÃ?””
“”FWn¡v..tfmsa WnW¡v F³s_ IpäpbmXpNÄ A_n]mkp¶StÃ?…Mm³ thm_n…””
“”F´nWm thm_n? Mm³ A_nsª¶v- sk¨v tI¨n WnÀ¯msWm¶pw tbmNp¶nÃtÃm,””
AlzSn Aksa ko*pw ^q£fm]n tWm¡n.
bs£ bSns]¸Sns] AkapsX emkw fm_n.
AkhmWw ASv H^p bp©n^n]m]n.
“”imkq!””
gnWn Blzmht¯msX b_ªp.
“”WnW¡v tUgyw CÃtÃm,””
“”F§sW sUgys¸Xpw? tI¨n¶v- knan¨ptbm]ntÃ? Dw…hm^fnÃ..Hmt^m^p¯À¡pw Ak^k^psX hzmS{´yw…WX¡s«,””
“”ii…fSn …C§sW Wn³s_ km]o¶v kj¡v tNÄ¡pt¼mÄ H^p hpOfp*v,””
“”kn{Nf³ tZmNväÀ l^n¡pw bp¶m^n¨tbms`]p*tÃm,””
AlzSn tImUn¨p.
“”kn{Nf³ hm_Ã tfmsa,””
“”bns¶?””
AlzSn AUvepSt¯msX tImUn¨p.
“”hpt^gv tZmNväÀ!””
“”F³s_ Culz^m A¸w Cu timhvbnä`ns` hN` tZmNväÀ½m^pw N\¡mt\m?””
“”G]v–, A§sWs]m¶pfnà tfmsa. B sK]nwhv tZmNvä_pw bns¶ ^mwNpfmÀ hm_psfm¶pw B ssX¸v AÃ,””
“”F¶m`pw C§sW fnhv–]qhv BNp¶Sv…””
AlzSn Aksa U]Wo]fm]n tWm¡n.
“”tbmXo F´v fnhyqhv?””
AkÄ {dm]v¡pÅn Wn¶v- b\sfXp¯v AlzSns] Nm\n¨p.
“”H^p fnhyqhpfnÃ. Pnkv B³Zv tXNv. CSnWv H^pbmXv kn`]p*v…F³s_ IpäpbmXnÂ. bns¶ Wfp¡v Ck^psX N¿o¶tà Cu hpOskms¡ Nn«q. W½sa coÂZn Wn`WnÀ¯m³ fmN-vhnfw hpOn¸n¨pS^pw…””
AlzSn AUvepSwsNm*v km]v– sbman¨p.
“”””B D*¡®v- ^*pw fnjn¨pbp_¯v ImXn¡*. NmlnWv sNmXp¡pt¶m^v skXnNÄ B\v F¶_n]mw. skXns]¦n skXn…CWn]n¸w fUÀ sSt^h BNmsWm¶pw bänÃ. tWjvlymkr¯n]m sI¿pt¶¶v- b_ªm`pw sNmj¸knÃ,”
AlzSn bp©n^n¨p.
“”Hm ..Fs¶ SÃnsNmÃm³ k¶ sb®m,””
gnWn AkapsX Nknan AfÀ¯n.
“”C¸w Nt*m! F´m tfmsa ..CsSÃmw tN«v WWtªm?””
“”F´v WWtªm¶v-?””
“”Wn³s_ bq_v. F¶m H¶v- kn^`nXm³ tSm¶p¶pt*m? sbmt¡m dm¯v_qfnt`¡v,””
“”¨n..tbm tI¨n- tI¨ns]´nWm C§Ws¯ Io¯kms¡ms¡ b_]ps¶?””
“”GSv km¡v? bqt_m? AsSm¶pw Io¯km¡Ã! shN-vhv NpÀºmW]À¸n¡pt¼mÄ knNm^n]¨³ eànbqÀÆw b_]p¶ km¡pNam. Atàtimfw WX¯pt¼mÄ S{´n D^pknXp¶ f{´§am,””
Ak^n^pk^pw In^n¨p.
A^f\n¡qÀ N¼nNp«³.sWäv
