N¼nNp«³.sWäv tbm]n. t_mhn tI¨n bÃv sM^n¨v Aksa tWm¡p¶Sv N*psNm*v Mm³ ko*pw k^m´]n C^p¶p.
“”””AksW Nt*m? Cu FÔymWns] FknXp¶p Nn«n?” tI¨n ^ihyfm]n, F¶m tNmbt¯msX tImUn¨p.
“”””N*p..Akav dnKpkntWmXm]n^n¡pw hwhm^n¨Sv F¶v MmWktWmXv b_ªp..ASk³ knlzhn¨ f«nÃ..tks_ Bt^mtXm Bs\¶v AkWv WÃ H_¸m” sNkn³ F¶ tb^v skans¸Xp¯m³ FWn¡v Dt±lfp*m]n^p¶nÃ.
tI¨n Ct¸mÄ F§sW]p*v F¶ AÀ°¯n t^mgt¯msX Fs¶ tWm¡n.
“”””tI¨n S¡m`w H¶pw A_nªSm]n WXn¡*..hwPSn Ft´m D*v..In`t¸m dnKqtWmXv Ss¶]mNmWpw fSn..F´m]m`pw Mm³ b^pkw tbms` tImUn¨p fWhn`m¡mw..Np«¸³ Bt^mXpw b_]¯nà F¶v km¡v S¶n«p*v….AtSmÀ¯v tbXn¡*” MmWpw lÐw Smjv¯n b_ªp.
“”””Ak³ hvtWiw HtÅmWm..AtàFt¶mXv k¶p bt_* Nm^yw AkWnÃtÃm; F¶m`pw Cu Wln¨ksa fmt{S AkWv Nn«ns]mÅtÃm” Wn^mlt]msX tI¨n ssNNÄ S`]n k¨p.
“”””Cu H^p tNhÃmsS tks_ kÃSpw CtStbms` tI¨n¡v tSm¶o«pt*m..” Mm³ Aksa¸än NqXpS A_n]mWm]n tImUn¨p.
“”””FWn¡ksa sSmX¡w sfmSt` hwl]w H*v; B\p§sa Nm\p¼w AksX Fa¡w H¶v Nm\\w. b_ªn«v Nm^yknÃ; Hs¡ Fsâ tfm³ tNm´sâ NjnkptNXm.. CksX hm^n¯p¼n`t`ym Ak³.. Akap k^]v¡p¶ k^]v¡{bw Ak³ tbm¯nÃ..F§m*v Wm\w sN«k³…” AkÄ k^p¶pt*m F¶v tWm¡ns¡m*m]n^p¶p tI¨n]psX AfÀgt¯msX]pÅ hwhm^w.
“”””tI¨n¡v tks_ hwl]w H¶pfnÃtÃm? F´m]m`pw Aksa SWn¨p N*v hwhm^n¨mt` H¡q. CknsX tI¨n DÅt¸mÄ Sp_¶v tImUn¡m³ bä¯nÃtÃm” AWnSs] SWn¨p Nn«p¶Spw AkapsX sNmjp¯ tUiw AXp¯n^p¶p fSnk^ptkmaw Nm\m³ hmVn¡p¶Spw hzbvWw N*psNm*v– Mm³ b_ªp.
“”””Mm³ Ft§ms«¦n`pw tbmt\m..F´m]m`pw AkÄsX DÅn`n^n¸v A_n]msS H¡¯nÃtÃm. Fsâ sNm¨sâ KoknSfmt`ym k`pSv..”
“”””tI¨n F§pw tbmN*. ASkÄ¡v hwl]w D*m¡pw. AkapsX Atf^nt¡t`m ftäm DÅ H^p dÔqsâ H^p koXv kn¡mWp*v F¶v b_ªSv HmÀ½]ntÃ? FWn¡Sv tWm¡n]m sNmÅmw F¶v MmW¶v b_ªn^p¶p. Wmsa Mm³ ASp tWm¡msW¶ tbms` Aksa]pw Nq«n At§m«v– tbmNmw..AknXmNp¼w B^pfnÃm¯ sNm*v CSv hwhm^n¡ptkw FWn¡v koXpw b_¼pw N*p tWm¡ptNw BNmw” In` N\¡pNq«`pNtamsX Mm³ b_ªp.
“”””F¶m A§Wm«v; bs£ tfmsW..Akav sbj Bt\Â, W½sat´m sI¿pw?” tI¨n]psX B tImUy¯n H^½]psX Bl¦]pw tkUW]pw N¼nNp«³.sWäv