sent to: everyone (slightly forward dated early morning, first day of event)

[youmiscalculated]

[ Adora's still shaking a little when she closes her eyes and tries to focus on sending her message. At first the words come across shaky, but they even out. On one side, Catra's holding her hand, and it gets a little easier. ]

ᓮ ᖱᗝﬡ'𝜏 𝜏ᖺ⫯ﬡⲕ ᓰ'𝓿∈ ⲙ∈𝜏 ᨆ∈ᖇႸ ⲙᎯﬡႸ 𝖮⨍ Ⴘ𝖮υ.

[ A deep breath, and it all smooths out. ]

𝐌𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞❜𝐬 𝐀𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐚. 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈...𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐈❜𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞❜𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐭: 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧. 𝐈❜𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞. 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. 𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧❜𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐬𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐈❜𝐦 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰.

𝐀𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬? 𝐈𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭—𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭—𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞; 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫. 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞, 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝❜𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭...𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧❜𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰. 𝐈𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐬, 𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝.

𝐈❜𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲. 𝐈❜𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧❜𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

[ She's genuinely distressed by this, and she swallows hard, looking over at Catra before going on. ]

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭; 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧❜𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭❜𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲. 𝐈𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥. 𝐈𝐟 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐭, 𝐈❜𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲.

[ It isn't always up to her, she knows that, it's a lesson she had to learn the very, very hard way. But old habits are hard to let go of, and it was her vision. She feels responsible, and she can't even give a better description of who she saw to try and warn them better. Adora isn't sure how to end her thoughts, so it takes a lengthy pause for the last bit to come through. ]

𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧❜𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭...𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥.

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🔒 Adora

[princessvegas]

[ Julie has been awake since the wee hours of the morning, her own vision having woken her up. After talking to Stephen, she hasn't been able to fall back to sleep. She reads the writing that scrawls over the ceiling, brows knit. Other people saw things too? Why? How many more beasts can possibly break through?

The description is too vague. She can think of at least four tall people with long pale hair who might be in the desert. ]

Hi Adora. My name is Julie, and I live in Cadens. You said you've had visions before? Here in Abraxas?

Can you tell me anything else about the person you saw? Their build or if they were holding anything? We have a few people who it could be.

[youmiscalculated]

[ Adora closes her eyes, tries to think and put herself back in the vision. Seeing through the beast's eyes and then- ]

𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤. 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈❜𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞.

[ She tries to make out a face, but things like eye color aren't clear enough. ]

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭...𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞?

[princessvegas]

Can you tell if they're a man or woman? Lots of muscles or more slim? Sorry, I'm not trying to be a dick. You would be shocked at how many tall, light haired fighters we got out here.

[ Mark on the cheek pings Julie hard, but she needs to be as sure as possible before she makes any moves. ]

Do you think it was happening now, or that it'll be something coming soon?

How do your visions usually work? Like, are they random or do you channel them? That kind of thing.

[flagrates]

This was in the Free Cities, you say? Did you see anything else? Identifying marks or any other people?

[ He's going to have to reach out to Cid on this one. ]

[youmiscalculated]

𝐈❜𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞❜𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐈 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧?

[flagrates]

What does the mark look like? If you can't tell, it's alright. You've done a lot alerting us already, thank you.

Not-A-Tag

[the_keeper]

[ Another girl lingers on the message, before reaching out to someone else. ]

[itookashot]

There's a lot of sand in the area, that sounds like it could be the Badlands, some of our hunters go out there. I'll make sure one of them sees this.

[righteously]

Hey, Jes. I see it. We'll check it out.

Thanks for the heads-up, Adora.

[youmiscalculated]

𝐘𝐨𝐮❜𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐈❜𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐭❜𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

[itookashot]

I messaged Ciri, just in case the very light long hair means something.

Yes WE will check it out.

[ He's going out whether he goes with other people or not. ]

[youmiscalculated]

𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥. 𝐈𝐭❜𝐬...𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

[ She can still see the way the rift opened and sand sprayed into the air up and outward; it's so big, what if it catches someone off guard? ]

Take Two: Public & Anonymous

[the_keeper]

[ There is no handwriting,
only typed-appearing words. ]

I had a dream like that, as well.

A vast forest and a stone shrine that might be Solvunn.

I was not coming from the ground,
but tumbling through a portal.

Massive and made of bone, copper wire, and carved runes.
I was ravenous, and headed toward the smell of living blood.

[youmiscalculated]

[ Someone else had a vision? Adora has a lot of thoughts before one comes across as a message. ]

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮...𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝?

[ushiri]

[ Copper wire and runes...

He does not know what kill bill sirens are but they are going off in his head right now.

There's hundreds of-if-not-more worlds, though. Has to be a coincidence.

Right? ]

private.

[wiedzminka]

[ Close to an hour later, after the initial post (which Ciri did not see because she tends to cut off these communications; apparently, this time she'll just have to deal with the distraction while information must be shared), Ciri tries to reach out to this 'Adora' using only her will directed at the unfamiliar name.

Somehow, it works. ]

Adora?

My name is Ciri.

I'm told you had a vision concerning me. Something about a monster in the desert. Can you give me any further details on the landscape you saw?

[youmiscalculated]

[ Adora's seen this name floated as she looks up at the ceiling, and she swallows, not wanting to let this person down. ]

𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠.

[ Yet again, she cycles through the nightmare-slash-vision, trying to see at the edges of the beast's visions, trying to capture what was on the peripheral. The beast rises from the sand, shakes it off, and— ]

𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬? 𝐎𝐫...𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝?

[londonbound]

I saw something too. The same way as you describe.

As if through the eyes of the beast itself, but aware of another.

My vision was a place in Solvunn: a platform in a forest, surrounded by three rounded stone pillars.

[ And then, privately to Adora: ]

I felt the Singularity's distress too. Still feel it, in fact.

It may be trying to warn us. I know it's early, but if you could dress and meet me outside of my room, I would prefer to speak in person. If you need more time, just let me know when.

[ He'll tell her, of course, which room is his. If she wouldn't mind making the trip, whenever she is free. ]

; private

[youmiscalculated]

[ Someone else with a vision, and someone she knows, too. ]

𝐈❜𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬.

[ That's all she says for now, because she's eager to get this solved, eager to help people, anyone, with what's happening. ]

→ Public & Anonymous

[the_keeper]

Two for Solvunn, then.

Do you have contacts there you can warn directly?





Did you see someone there, as well?

private

[funbreaker]

Are you alright, Rhy? Has this ever happened to you before?

[boltaction]

[ so he's not the only one. that's both reassuring... and not. the fear from adora's message is almost tangible; he wonders if it's entirely her own, or if like him, the singularity's own dread lurks under her skin. ]

Hey there, Adora. I'm Vash. I live in Solvunn. I had a vision, too, just like you described. You're not alone.

I saw through the eyes of something... tentacled. It fell into a lake, near a port city I couldn't place.

[ then, thinking better of it, the remainder of his message is privated for adora's eyes only. ]

I felt the fear, too. I still do. Has anyone told you about the Singularity yet?

[youmiscalculated]

𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐧❜𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩.

[ She looks at the wall, thinking before sending out a response to the question. ]

𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨. 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐫. 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞, 𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥. 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬𝐧❜𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭...𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐦𝐞? 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦?

[funbreaker]

[ Thancred doesn't know this "Adora," but she must have been one of the people who attended the gathering for newly Summoned. It's not as if he spoke to everyone, consumed as he was by his conversation with Jill. ]

Hello, Adora. My name is Thancred and I am also one of the Summoned of Thorne, though I do not live in the castle.

It seems that you are far from the only one who had such a vision. However, you said you experienced something similar back home?

[ He'd like to know if there's anything that ties all these people together, and if Himeka might have suffered the same. ]

[youmiscalculated]

𝐇𝐢, 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝.

[ If messages can come across as weary, hers does. ]

𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈❜𝐦 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨.

[ She pauses a beat. ]

𝐈 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧❜𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩?