In ? ??s?l?t? c??n?? ?? t?? cit?, ? st??? ??? c?w????, its ?nc? vi???nt s?i?it c??s??? ?n??? t?? w?i??t ?? ???? ?n? mist???tm?nt. C?v???? in ? t?ick, m?tt?? ??m?? ?? ?i?t ?n? sc??s, it ??? l???n?? t? s?i?l? its?l? ???m ? w??l? t??t s??m?? ??t??min?? t? in?lict ??in.

E?c? ??ssin? ??? ??????t ? n?w t????t, ?n? t?? ???’s s??viv?l instincts k??t it ?i???n, s??inkin? ?????? int? t?? s????ws. T?? m?m??i?s ?? ???tin?s ?n? c???lt? lin?????, l??vin? ?n in??li?l? m??k ?n its s??l. It l?n??? ??? ? kin? t??c?, ? ??ntl? w???, ??t ????t?? t?? ?xist?nc? ?? s?c? c?m??ssi?n.

P???l? ??ss?? ??, s?m? c?stin? ?is??in??l ?l?nc?s ?? c??ssin? t?? st???t t? ?v?i? t?? ?iti??l c???t???. T?? ???’s ???s, ?nc? ??i??t wit? ????, n?w ???l?ct?? ?nl? t?? ???t?s ?? its ??s??i?. It ????n?? ??? s?m??n? w?? w??l? s?? ??st its ????? ?xt??i?? ?n? ??c??niz? t?? ??ntl? s??l ?i???n ??n??t? t?? ??m??.

On? ???, ? c?m??ssi?n?t? in?ivi???l n?tic?? t?? t??m?lin? ???, t??i? ????t ????kin? ?t t?? si??t ?? its ??in. T??? ??????c??? sl?wl?, s???kin? in s??t?in? t?n?s ?n? ?????in? ? ??n? ?xt?n??? in ??i?n?s?i?. T?? ??? ??c?il??, ?ns??? ?? t?? st??n???’s int?nti?ns, its t??st s??tt???? ?? ??st ?x???i?nc?s. B?t t???? w?s s?m?t?in? ?i?????nt in t?is ???s?n’s ???s—? ??n?in? ?m??t?? t??t ??n?t??t?? t?? ???’s ????ns?s.

Wit? ??ti?nc? ?n? ???sist?nc?, t?? kin? in?ivi???l ???n?? t?? ???’s t?nt?tiv? t??st. G?????ll?, t??? int????c?? t?? ??? t? ? w??l? w???? l?v? ?n? c??? w??? n?t s?n?n?m??s wit? ??in ?n? s?????in?. T??? ???vi??? n???is?m?nt, ? w??m ?l?c? t? ??st, ?n? sl?wl? ????n t? ?ism?ntl? t?? ??m?? t??t ??? ???t?ct?? t?? ??? ??? ??? t?? l?n?.

D??s t??n?? int? w??ks, ?n? t?? ???’s t??ns???m?ti?n w?s ??m??k??l?. T?? m?tt?? ??? w?s ???l?c?? ?? ? ???lt?? c??t, ?n? t?? sc??s ????n t? ???l. T?????? ??ntl? t??c??s ?n? c?nsist?nt l?v?, t?? ??? l???n?? t? t??st ???in, t? l?t ?? ?? its ????-???t?? ????.

In tim?, t?? ??? ???n? ? ????v?? ??m?, ? s?nct???? w???? it c??l? t??l? t??iv?. S?????n??? ?? ??ti?nt c????iv??s w?? ?n???st??? its ??st, it ???n? s?l?c? in ? li?? ?ill?? wit? c?m??ssi?n ?n? ?n???st?n?in?. T?? ?nc?-s??inkin? c???t??? n?w st??? t?ll, ???i?tin? ? n?w???n? c?n?i??nc?.

As t?? ????s ??ss??, t?? ???’s ??m?? ??c?m? ? ?ist?nt m?m???, ? ??min??? ?? t?? st??n?t? it ??? ???n? wit?in its?l?. It ??c?m? ?n ??v?c?t? ??? ?t??? ???s?? ?nim?ls, s???in? its st??? ?? ??sili?nc? ?n? ins?i?in? ?t???s t? ??li?v? in t?? ???lin? ??w?? ?? l?v?.

T?? ???’s j???n?? ???m ? c??n?? ?? ???? t? ? li?? ?? s???t? ?n? ????cti?n s??v?s ?s ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? t??ns???m?tiv? ??t?nti?l ?? kin?n?ss ?n? c?m??ssi?n. It st?n?s ?s ? ??min??? t??t ?v??? c???t???, n? m?tt?? ??w ???k?n ?? ??m??-cl??, ??s??v?s ? c??nc? ?t ? li?? ?ill?? wit? l?v? ?n? ????in?ss