Base Nature (102 page)

“
I’
m
af
r
aid
f
o
r
G
a
rre
tt,
Ch
e
s.
He
s
h
o
u
l
d
n
’
t
b
e
s
h
ifting
at
all.
N
o
t
aft
e
r
be
ing
s
h
o
t.
I’
m
af
r
aid
it will…” K
e
lly c
o
u
l
d
n
’
t
br
ing
h
er
s
e
lf
t
o
say it al
o
ud
.

“S
t
o
p
w
o
rr
ying.
We
w
o
n
’
t
l
e
t
anythi
n
g
happ
e
n
to
G
a
rre
tt.
H
e’
s
sma
r
t.
He can
’
t
b
e th
er
e
f
o
r
h
is mate
if h
e’
s
de
a
d
.
H
e’
ll
wa
t
ch hims
e
lf.”

“
N
o
t with this gi
r
l. I
d
o
n
’
t
t
h
ink he
will. H
e’
s
j
u
st n
o
t
r
ight wh
e
n it c
o
m
e
s to
h
er
.” “W
e
ll,
who
i
s
wh
e
n
th
e
y
fall
i
n
l
o
v
e
,
K
e
lly?”
Ch
e
st
e
r
la
u
gh
ed
.
“
Do
y
o
u
re
m
e
m
b
e
r

^u
s?”

She
dr
o
pp
e
d
h
e
r h
e
a
d
,
la
u
ghi
n
g
f
o
r a
m
o
m
e
nt,
f
o
r
g
e
tting
h
o
w
w
o
rr
i
e
d
s
he
was. “Y
e
s.
I
d
o
.
A
nd
w
e’
r
e
still
s
o
r
t
o
f like
that,
a
re
n
’
t
w
e
?”

“
H
o
p
e
l
e
ssly
i
n l
o
v
e
,” Ch
e
st
e
r
sai
d
. “
I
n
fact, I
can
’
t wait to
g
e
t my han
d
s
o
n—” “Ch
e
st
er!
”

“
S
o
rr
y.
Bu
t
y
o
u
k
n
o
w I
w
o
u
l
d
n
’
t
b
e
s
a
ying
that
if I
d
i
d
n
’
t
k
n
o
w th
e
y
w
er
e
fin
e
.
T
h
e
y
’r
e
fin
e
.
O
kay?”

“Ri
g
ht.”

“W
e’
ll
b
e
th
er
e
in
a
f
e
w
h
o
ur
s.
I
have
t
o
l
e
t
A
.J.
k
n
o
w
what
’
s
g
o
i
n
g
o
n,
th
e
n
w
e’
ll hit the
r
o
a
d
.”

A
.J.
w
o
u
ld st
e
p
in
and k
ee
p
an
e
ye
o
n
the fa
r
m
w
hile
Ch
e
st
e
r
was
g
o
n
e
.
A
l
e
xan
de
r Jam
e
s
M
ann was
n
o
t s
o
m
e
o
ne
t
o
b
e
q
ue
sti
o
n
e
d
so
th
e
y
n
e
v
e
r
w
o
rr
i
e
d
a
b
o
u
t
e
v
e
n the g
ree
n
e
st
o
f w
o
lv
e
s wh
e
n th
e
y w
er
e
g
o
n
e
.

“
I’
ll
b
e
h
ere
.
I
d
o
n
’
t
want to
go
s
e
a
r
ching
a
l
o
ne
and
I
do
n
’
t
want
to
sp
o
o
k
th
e
m.
G
a
rre
tt
’
s
re
ally
u
ps
e
t
that she
w
i
ll have
t
o
a
ddre
ss
the
e
l
der
s.”

“Stan
d
a
r
d
o
p
er
ating
p
r
o
c
ed
u
re
.
T
h
at
b
o
y
s
h
o
u
ld
kn
o
w
that.
Y
o
u
j
u
st
sit
tight,
and

^K
e
lly?”

“Y
e
ah?”

“Cl
e
an
u
p
the
sc
e
ne
th
ere
.
J
u
st
in cas
e
.
I
f
she
chas
e
d
him
o
ff into
the
w
o
o
d
s,
I
d
o
ub
t anythi
n
g will c
o
me
o
f it
bu
t
it s
h
o
u
ld
l
o
o
k like
he
was n
e
v
e
r
th
ere
.”

“
I’
m way ah
e
ad
o
f y
o
u
,” she
sai
d
. K
e
lly
t
o
ld
him she
l
o
v
e
d
him and
h
u
ng
u
p.
I
t
was g
o
ing
t
o
b
e
a
l
o
ng
ni
g
ht
and
with all
the
w
o
rr
ying,
cl
e
aning
w
o
u
ld
k
ee
p
h
e
r
s
ane
if n
o
th
i
ng
e
ls
e
.
She
was
o
u
t
o
f
th
i
ngs to
c
oo
k, so
sh
e’
d
have
to
cl
e
an
u
p
to
kill the
time
f
o
r Ch
e
st
e
r
d
o
sh
o
w.