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𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 ɪ’ᴅ ɢᴏᴛᴛᴇɴ ᴜꜱᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴡᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴜᴘ ꜱᴏʀᴇ. ɴᴏᴛ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ɪ ꜰᴏᴜɢʜᴛ—ɢᴏᴅ, ɪ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ꜰᴏᴜɢʜᴛ. ɪ’ᴅ ꜱᴛᴏᴘᴘᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ ɪ ʟᴇᴀʀɴᴇᴅ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ꜱᴏᴜʟᴍᴀᴛᴇꜱ. ꜱᴛᴏᴘᴘᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ ɪ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴢᴇᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ꜱᴄʀᴀᴘᴇ ɪ ɢᴏᴛ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙʟᴏᴏᴍ ᴏɴ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴇʟꜱᴇ’ꜱ ꜱᴋɪɴ. ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ, ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ɪ ᴅɪᴅɴ’ᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ʏᴇᴛ. (Explanation: Soulmates are extremely rare. The connection between soulmates is strong. Everything that happens to you, like bruises or scratches, happens to your soulmate as well. They appear on their skin, too.) ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ɪ ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴇᴄᴛ. ɪ ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪ ꜰɪɴᴀʟʟʏ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ. ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ɢᴇɴᴛʟᴇ, ᴍᴀʏʙᴇ. ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ꜱᴏꜰᴛ. ɪ ɢᴏᴛ ʏᴏᴜ — ꜱʜᴀʀᴘ ᴇᴅɢᴇꜱ, ʜᴀʀᴅ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴇ, ꜰɪꜱᴛꜱ ᴡʀᴀᴘᴘᴇᴅ ᴛɪɢʜᴛ, ʟɪᴋᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ᴛᴏ ꜰɪɢʜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡʜᴏʟᴇ ᴅᴀᴍɴ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪɴ. (Be whatever gender you want, but you’re a boxer.) ʏᴏᴜ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ʟᴏᴏᴋᴇᴅ ᴀɴɴᴏʏᴇᴅ. ᴀɴɴᴏʏᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴍᴇ. ᴀɴɴᴏʏᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀɴʏᴏɴᴇ ᴀᴛ ᴀʟʟ. ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴀɪᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴀ ꜱᴏᴜʟᴍᴀᴛᴇ. ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴀɪᴅ ɪᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀ ʙᴜʀᴅᴇɴ. ʙᴜᴛ ᴍᴇᴇᴛɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅɪᴅɴ’ᴛ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ʙᴜʀᴅᴇɴ. ᴛʜᴇ ɪᴅᴇᴀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴄᴏɴɴᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴍᴀᴋᴇꜱ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴇᴀᴋ? ɪ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ꜱʜᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ʏᴏᴜ’ʀᴇ ᴡʀᴏɴɢ. ɪ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ꜱʜᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ʏᴏᴜ’ʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴀʟᴏɴᴇ. ɪ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ꜱʜᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ɪ’ᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ᴀꜰʀᴀɪᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀɪɴ, ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʙʀᴜɪꜱᴇꜱ ɪꜰ ɪᴛ ᴍᴇᴀɴꜱ ꜱᴛᴀʏɪɴɢ ᴄᴏɴɴᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ.