"Natana, ke iho mai nei ʻoe i lalo no ka ʻaina ahiahi?"
Ua kīkēkē ʻia ma ka puka o Natana i kona lohe ʻana i ka leo o kona makuahine. ʻO Nathan he ʻumikūmālua makahiki e pāʻani ana i kahi pāʻani wikiō pana ma kāna kamepiula. He keiki lōʻihi, ʻeleʻele kona lauoho me nā maka ʻōmaʻomaʻo. Maikaʻi ʻo ia i nā pāʻani; makemake ʻo ia i ka pana ʻana, ka pepehi ʻana i nā malihini, a me nā mea keʻakeʻa e pili ana i kona ala. ʻO ka pāʻani wikiō pana punahele a Nathan ʻo Destiny Franchise. I kēia pō, e pāʻani ana ʻo ia i kahi pāʻani moʻolelo Destiny 2 ma ka pūnaewele, akā ua pani koke ka pūnaewele. Ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i kāna kamepiula a laila hoʻā hou. Ua komo ʻo ia i ka pūnaewele pāʻani, akā ua loaʻa iā ia kahi pāʻani weliweli hou e pili ana i ka pepehi ʻana i nā malihini. He moʻolelo hou ʻo Destiny 2 i hoʻomohala ʻia e kahi mea aloha pupule i makemake i ka pāʻani. Ua pani ʻia ka hōʻailona Bungie me ka hōʻailona o kahi deragona me ka wāwae kanaka e u ana mai kona waha. Ua makemake ʻo Nathan i kēia pāʻani hou.
He ʻoiaʻiʻo loa nā kiʻi i kahe ke koko ma luna o kāna pale i kēlā me kēia manawa āna i pepehi ai i kahi malihini. Ua manaʻo ʻo ia i ka wikiwiki o ka adrenaline i kāna kī ʻana i nā pōkā ma ke poʻo o kahi malihini.
“Natana.” Kāhea ʻo Māmā.
"E hele mai ana au." wahi a Natana.
"ʻāwīwī; ʻike ʻoe he hana ʻino ke kali ʻana i ka poʻe," wahi a Māmā.
ʻO ka lā hānau kēia o ko Nathan makuakāne, no laila he mau malihini i loko o ka hale.
"Makemake ʻoe e hoʻonui i ka pāʻani i ke ʻano maoli?"Ua nīnau kekahi leo kamepiula wahine.
"Ae."
“ʻO ʻoe wale nō? He mea weliweli ke ʻano ʻoiaʻiʻo a pono ke pāʻani ʻia inā ʻoe wale nō. "
"ʻAe." Ua wahahee o Nathan.
Ua piha ka lewa i kahi leo uē a ʻike ʻia ka lumi o Nathan ma ka pale kamepiula. Ua ʻike ʻia nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o ka hale ma ka pale. Hiki iā Natana ke ʻike i nā malihini i lalo; Aia kona kupunakane ma ka lumi kuke, a ʻo kona makuahine ma waho o kona puka.
Ua ao ʻia ʻoe.
Ua kuʻi kona puʻuwai i kona mau pepeiao, a ua ʻike ʻo ia e hiki mai ana kekahi mea pupule.
Ua wahahee oe. Lawe ʻoe i ke kuleana no nā mea e hiki mai i kēia pō?
"ʻAe," kākau ʻo Nathan.
He kukui ʻulaʻula e ʻā ana mai ka pale kamepiula. Puhi ʻia ʻo ia e ka mālamalama. Ua hoʻololi mālie nā maka o Nathan a hiki i ka ʻālohilohi ʻana. Ua ʻike ʻo ia i ke ʻano wela o kona poʻo, a uē ihola ʻo ia. Hele ʻo ia i waho o ka lumi me ka neʻe ʻana i kona mau lima e ʻimi i kona ala.
"He malihini ma hope ou." Hāwanawana ka leo kamepiula i kona mau pepeiao.
Huli aʻela ʻo Nathan me ka hopu ʻana i kahi poker ahi ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke alapiʻi.
"Natana, maikaʻi ʻoe?" i ninau aku ai kona makuahine.
Hāpai ʻo ia i ka poker ahi ma luna o kona poʻo i kona hoʻokokoke ʻana aku iā ia. Hoʻi hope ʻo ia i ka makaʻu i ka poʻe. ʻOkoʻa a makaʻu ke ʻano o Nathan.
“Kahea mai kekahi i na makai!” Ua uē ʻo ia.
Ua lohe ʻo Nathan i ka leo uē a ka malihini. Ua kuhikuhi ʻo ia i ka poker ahi hao i ka malihini, a ua hou ʻo ia i ka ʻōpū o ka mea ola. Huki ʻo Natana i ka hao a palu i ke koko ma luna. Kiʻi akula ʻo ia i ke kino o kona makuahine, a ʻolokaʻa ihola ia i lalo o ke alapiʻi, hāʻule i ka papahele me ka leo nui.
Holo wikiwiki ka ʻohana o Nathan i waho o ka lumi ʻaina. Uā lākou i ka ʻike ʻana i ke kino i ka papahele. I ka nānā ʻana o Nathan i kona ʻohana, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻike iā lākou. Ua manaʻo ʻo ia he mau malihini lākou; Ua like kona makuakāne me he mea ʻaihue weliweli. Ua kiola ʻo ia i ka poker i kona makuakāne, a komo i loko o kona puʻuwai. Uā ka poʻe ʻē aʻe a holo i ka puka. Nānā ʻo Nathan i ka puka, a pani ʻia. Uā nui nā malihini a me nā kaikaina o Nathan i ko lākou hoʻāʻo ʻana e wehe i ka puka.
Ua kāhea ke kaikuaʻana o Nathan, ʻo Anne, i nā mākaʻi i kona peʻe ʻana ma lalo o ka papa ʻaina. Ua kū ʻo Natana ma luna o ke kino o kona makuakāne a hou aku i ka hao i loko o kona umauma i nā manawa he nui. Piʻi ke koko ma luna o kona mau maka a ʻakaʻaka ʻo ia me ka mechanical.
Manaʻo ʻo Nathan e pāʻani ana ʻo ia i ka pāʻani. Ua makemake ʻo ia i ka mana hou o ka pāʻani, ua ʻike maoli ʻia a kani nā leo hoʻoheheʻe koko o nā malihini i loko o kona mau pepeiao. Ua hou aku ʻo Natana i ka hao i loko o ka puʻuwai o kona makua kāne a haehae ihola. ʻOli aʻela ʻo ia i kona manamana lima i ka ʻōkana koko ma kona lima, mehana.
Kolo akula ʻo Anne ma hope o kona kaikunāne a lele akula ma luna ona. Kiola akula ʻo Natana iā ia i ka paia, a pohā kona iwi poʻo. Ua kahe mai ka mea ʻeleʻele mānoanoa ma nā ʻaoʻao o ka maka o Anne i kona hāʻule ʻana i ka honua. Nana aku la o Nathan i na malihini ma ka puka, e hoao ana e wehe. Ua hopu ʻo ia i kahi kanaka ma kona ʻāʻī a hoʻopaʻa i ka poker ahi i loko o kona waha, kahe mai ke koko mai ka waha o ua kanaka nei a kulu iho i kona pālule keʻokeʻo. Ua ʻike ʻo Natana i ka hauʻoli i ka ʻike ʻana i ke koko; hoʻokuʻu akula ʻo ia i ka hao i loko o ka maka ʻākau o ke kanaka a poni akula i kona maka.
Kiola akula ʻo Nathan i ke kino ma ka papahele a hele wāwae akula i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. Wehe koke mai la ka puka, a holo koke mai la kekahi mau makai me na pu ma ko lakou mau lima.
"Pani hou." Uā nā makai.
Ua pio koke nā kukui o ka hale, a ua pani ʻia ke kamepiula o ka lumi o Nathan. Ua hāʻule ʻo ia i ka honua; kuʻi ʻana a laila ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻike.
He mau hola ma hope mai, ua ala ʻo Nathan i loko o kahi haukapila noʻonoʻo. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia kona mau lima a me nā wāwae i ke kaulahao.
ʻAʻole like hou ʻo ia.
Manaʻo mau ʻo ia i ka makemake pupule e pepehi; i kekahi manawa, ua ikaika loa ka manao, a oki ae la ia i ka io ma kona mau lima me kona mau niho.
Ua haʻi aku ke kupuna kāne o Nathan i nā mākaʻi ua hoʻololi kekahi mea o ka pāʻani i kāna moʻopuna, akā ʻaʻohe mea i manaʻoʻiʻo iā ia. Ua nānā nā mākaʻi i ka kamepiula a Nathan, akā ʻo nā mea a pau i loaʻa iā lākou ma kāna mōʻaukala mākaʻikaʻi he loulou i kahi pāʻani wikiō pana pōʻino.
