N¼nNp«³.sWäv ‘
‘ bnt¶]v Nqkpw! AksW Nqkm³ bns¶ dm¡n sk¡nÃ. ‘
‘B Wà Nm^ym]n, A§sW Nqkp¶ks^ Hs¡ AXn¡m³ tbm]m In`t¸m tNmtaKns` sfNv AÃm¯ FÃmks^]pw AXnt¡*n k^pw ‘
‘ B A§sW Ss¶ tk\w, tNmtaKns` FÃmk^pfm]n AXn D*m¡n WX¶t¸mÄ tI«³fmÀ F´m knIm^nt¨? ‘
A§sW GSv M§apsX IÀ¨NÄ b` Wn`¡v Wo*p. b` bm«pw IÀI¡v ks¶¦n`pw AsSm¶pw l^n]m]nÃ. ASnWnsX Bt^m ImW fmän sk¨v sNm*n^n¡pt¼mÄ B\v GtSm ImW`n _nfn tXmfn bmXp¶Sv Nm\p¶Sv… ssf sW]nw Cuhv go`.. go`m Nn KkmWo….
‘ Xm CSm]mt`m?’
‘B CSv sbman¡pw…’
‘tl- CsSm¶pw tk*..’
‘AsS´mXn, NnXn`³ thmRv AsÃ, WnW¡v Wn_ªmXmw’
‘A¿m.. FWn¡v Wn_ªmXpNs]m¶pw tk*, Np_¨v kr¯n]pÅ thmRv fSn’
kr¯n DÅ thmt§m- CSnsW´m kr¯n Np_kv, tÌKn Bt^`pw Sq_n skt¨m?’
‘ sJ…’
‘CSv fSn… CSnsWm^p Npj¸kpw CÃ, Wo N{SoW ssNcv sW tbms` {Zhv H¶pw CtX*, B bm«nWv Zm³hv sI¿mWtà b_ªpÅq’
‘AsSs¶… tk\sf¦n H¶v kX Nm\nt¨m ‘
‘ Bim… B bqSn fWÊn skt¨m ‘
‘ CWn F´v bqSn, M§Ä Hs¡ N*ntà Wnsâ sW]v kX, dm¡n DÅ bmk§Ä NqsX Nt*ms« F¶v N^pSn, F´v sI¿mWm H^p Wà fWÊp*m]n tbm]n ‘
‘ WnÀ¯ns¡, thmRv F´m]m`pw CSv fSn, tNmÌyqw Hs¡ bn¶s¯ Nm^yw AtÃ, F´m]m`pw A³gnU]v¡v NwtcÀ«v B]Sv fm{Stf tk*SpÅq’
t_mg³ tI«³s_ km¡m]n^p¶p F¶t¯]pw tbms` Ak^psX AkhmW So^pfmWw.
‘ bns¶ Wr¯s¯ Np_n¨v A`vbw F¦n`pw knk^w DÅSv WnW¡m]Sv sNm*v– M§sa bYn¸nt¡* IpfS`]pw WnW¡m\v’
A§sW Ak^psX sNm_nt]m{Pmc_m]n Mm³ GNN\vYfm]n Sn^sªXp¡s¸«p.
‘B..Wfp¡v B koZnt]m Ss¶ tWm¡n, ASns` s̸v Ss¶ tcmtam sI¿mw… B… bns¶… FÃmw AÃt«m..In`Sv fmämw ‘
Mm³ b_ªSn H¶v WnÀ¯n b_ªp. AÃmsS tÌKn N]_n H^p sFäw W¼_ns` FÃmw Nan¡m³ bäptfm…
‘AsS´mXo FÃmw AÃms¯? ‘
^Knt¯«³ B\v. tImUyw tN«m A_n]mw Fs¶ sIm_n] B\v DtUlw.
‘ B.. ASv bns¶ hnWnf AsÃ, ASv tbms` KoknS¯n bäptfm, ASn t_m¸n NnXs¶ms¡ BXp¶p*v, ^Knt¯«³ tkt\ BXnt¡m, Fs¶ sNms*m¶pw bäq`’
‘Dw…’
bpÅn C^p¯n H¶v fqan]t¸mÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv