N¼nNp«³.sWäv AkWpw.
“”CWn Cu sb®n³s_ S`]n\]n S`sk¨p NnX¶m B^pw A_n]nÃ,””
bpS¸nWXn]n Ak³s_ ssNNÄ F³s_ fp`Nsa tSXns]¯n.
“”§vti?””
Ak³ AÔmant¸msX Fs¶ tWm¡n.
Mm³ Du_n¨n^n¨p.
“”F´mXm?””
{dm]nsöv N*t¸mjp*m] Ak³s_ AXvepS¯nt`¡v tWm¡n Mm³ ko*pw tImUn¨p.
“”CsSt¸mÄ? B f^¯n³s_ Nosj sk¨v Wo {dm]nXp¶Sv Mm³ N*StÃ?””
“”Wn³s_ ssNs¡m©Â Nn«m³ fp`NÄ Ss¶ b_ns¨_nªpNaªp Nm\pw,””
“”im! b_s]Xo,””
fp`NÄ l^n¡v AfÀ¯n¡pj¨psNm*v Ak³ b_ªp.
“”fp¼n HmXn]Sv Wo]tÃ? Mm³ bn¼n`Ãm]n^pt¶m? HmXpt¶WnX]n Mm³ Ajn¨p…””
“”Umävhv shu*vhv PpZv…””
k`Sv ssNsNm*v SpX]n AfÀ¯n Ak³ b_ªp. SpX]n Ak³s_ ssN fpt¼m«v– Wo§n. Mm³ SpXNÄ AN¯n. sbs«¶v Ak³s_ fpO¯v AXp¯ knhvf]kpw Mm³ N*p.
ASv N*v– MmWpw In^n¨p.
“”CSpw?””
bm³äohn³s_ SXhfnÃmsS knXÀ¶pk¶ F³s_ bq_nt` Wo^p_k]n hvbÀln¨psNm*v Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”ASv f^¯n³s_ tIm«n sk¨v Mm³ C«nÃm^ps¶Xm…””
kn^`pNÄ bq_nt`¡v fpjpk³ N]_nt¸mNp¶SnWp fp¼v Ak³s_ kn^`n bnXn¨v N´n³tf sk¨v AfÀ¯ns¡m*v Mm³ b_ªp.
fn¡km_pw FÃmk^pw Ss¶ D_¡fm\v. dÊnWpÅns` kna¡pNapw A\ªp.
“”FXm..””
N´nWp SobnXn¨p fp_pNp¶ H^p tka]n Mm³ AksW knan¨p.
“”F´mXo?””
fp`s¡mjp¸n DjpSpf_n¡m³ ssN¯`s¯ hzS{´fm]n kn«psNm*v cÀim³ knantN«p.
“”Wo FknsX]m C_§ps¶?””
“”tNm]¼¯qÀ..””
N®pNaX¨v fp`Nan`pw N´n`pw bns¶ Bßmkn`pw Ak³ S^p¶ hzÀ¤o] hpOf_nªp NnX¡tk Ak³ b_ªp.
“”WnWs¡³s_ NqsX tNm]¼¯q^n Smfhn¡mtfmXo? H^p Unkhsf¦n`pw?””
Ak³ tImUn¨p.
“”Wos]´m tImUn¡m³ sskNnt]?””
Ns¿¯n¨v Ak³s_ hnºn ssNsk¨v Mm³ tImUn¨p.
“”Hm…””
hnºv Sp_¶v- bp_t¯s¡Xp¯ Np®]psX IqXn F³s_ kn^ hvbÀlf_nªt¸mÄ Ak³s_ Dgv\w Sna]v¡p¶ Dugvfmkv F³s_ bn³ Njp¯n sSm«p.
F³s_ ssNNÄ Ak³s_ Np®s] k`]w sI]vSp. {boN½n bpSª F³s_ ssN ASv fpNant`¡pw Smtj¡pw bnXn¨Xn¡pt¼mÄ Sma¯n`pÅ lÐw tN«p.
“”im…F³s_ …””
Ahiyfm] hpO¯n Ak³ Fs¶ tWm¡n D^pkn«p.
“”bSps¡ sI¡m…BÄ¡m^v tNÄ¡pw…””
“”tNm]¼¯qÀ F¯p¶SnWv fp¼mt\ …h½Sfmt\m?””
“”fWÊn`m]nÃ…””
“”tPmknµmbp^fntÃ..AknsX N¼nNp«³.sWäv