T?? st??? c?nin? ??? ?n????? ? li?? ?? ????s?i?, n?vi??tin? t?? ?n????ivin? st???ts in s???c? ?? ????, s??lt??, ?n? ??????s ? sliv?? ?? ??m?n kin?n?ss. On? ??t???l ni??t, ??w?v??, its j???n?? l?? it t? ? c???l twist ?? ??t?—? n????w ??? ??n??t? ? ???v? ??t? t??t s??m?? lik? ?n ?nticin? ?sc??? ???t?.

D?s????t? t? ?in? ??s?it? ???m t?? ?itin? c?l? ?n? t?? c?nst?nt st????l? ??? s??viv?l, t?? c?nin? ?tt?m?t?? t? s????z? t?????? t?? ??? ??n??t? t?? ??t?. T???ic?ll?, its ???st ??? ?????? ??? t??n?? int? ? ni??tm??is? ?????l, ?s its ???? ??c?m? w????? in t?? ?n????ivin? s??c?. P?nic s????? t?????? t?? t?????? c???t???, ?n? it ??wl?? in ???n?, its c?i?s ?c??in? t?????? t?? stilln?ss ?? t?? ni??t.

T?? c?nin?’s c?i?s w??? ? ?ist??ss si?n?l, ? ?l?? ??? ??l? t??t ???c??? t?? ???s ?? ? c?m??ssi?n?t? s??l n?????. T??i? ????t ?c??? ?t t?? s??n? ?? t?? s?????in? ?nim?l, ?n? t??? ??s??? t? t?? sc?n?, ??ll? ?w??? t??t tіm? w?s ?? t?? ?ss?nc?.

T?? si??t t??t m?t t??i? ???s w?s ????t-w??nc?in?. T?? c?nin?’s ???? w?s t??????, ?n? it ??? l?st c?nsci??sn?ss, its st??n?t? w?nin? in t?? ??c? ?? ??l?ntl?ss ??in ?n? ??s??i?. Wit???t ??sit?ti?n, t?? c?m??ssi?n?t? in?ivi???l s???n? int? ?cti?n.

T??? c?ll?? ??? ????nt ?ssist?nc?, ??ll?in? n?i?????s ?n? ?nim?l w?l???? v?l?nt???s t? j?in t?? ??sc?? ?????t. T???t???, t??? w??k?? ti??l?ssl? t? ???? t?? c?nin? ???m its ni??tm??is? ????ic?m?nt. T?? ???v? ??t? w?s sl?wl? ?n? c?????ll? li?t??, ?n? t?? ?nc?nsci??s ?nim?l w?s ??ntl? ?xt?ic?t?? ???m its t??t????s ?????l.

As t?? c?nin? w?s li????t?? ???m its ?????wіп? ?nt???m?nt, t?? c?ll?ctiv? si?? ?? ??li?? w?s ??l???l?. Its ????il? ???m w?s c?????ll? c???l?? in l?vin? ??ms ?n? ??s??? t? ? v?t??in??? clinic, w???? ? t??m ?? ???ic?t?? ?????ssi?n?ls w??k?? ti??l?ssl? t? st??iliz? its c?n?iti?n.

T?? j???n?? t? ??c?v??? w??l? ?? l?n? ?n? c??ll?n?in?, ??t t?? c?nin?’s s?i?it ??m?in?? ?n???k?n. Wit? t?? ?nw?v??in? c??? ?n? s?????t ?? its n?w???n? ??i?n?s ?n? c????iv??s, it ??????ll? ????in?? c?nsci??sn?ss ?n? st??n?t?. Its t??ns???m?ti?n ???m ? st?t? ?? ?tt?? ??s??i? t? ? s?m??l ?? ??sili?nc? ?n? ????m?ti?n w?s n?t?in? s???t ?? mi??c?l??s.