Base Nature (112 page)

“
T
h
e
y think an a
n
imal attack
e
d
him.”

“Hmph.
Le
t
’
s
s
e
e
h
o
w
far
that
g
e
ts
u
s,”
he
sai
d
, l
o
o
king
a
r
o
u
n
d
.
A
.J.
s
niff
e
d
the
air and
g
r
inn
ed
.
“He
has it
b
ad
f
o
r
h
er
.”

“H
e’
s mat
e
d
to
h
e
r
n
o
w, y
o
u
ja
c
ka—”

“
Le
t
’
s
b
e
p
r
o
du
ctive
n
o
w,
f
o
lks,” Ch
e
st
e
r
said
s
o
ftly. He
p
u
t
his han
d
s
o
n
K
e
lly
’
s s
h
o
u
l
de
r
and
she
f
e
lt
h
e
r
b
l
oo
d
p
re
ss
u
r
e
dr
o
p,
h
e
r
ang
e
r
re
c
e
d
e
d
j
u
st a
b
it.

“
F
in
e
.
We n
ee
d
to
find th
e
m.
G
a
rre
t
t
’
s
w
o
u
n
ded
,
sh
e’
s
n
e
w.
He k
ee
ps
s
hifting
and that
’
s
s
l
o
wing
d
o
wn
the
h
e
ali
n
g
p
r
o
g
re
ss.
P
l
u
s,
I
m
e
an,
it
’
s a
bu
ll
e
t
w
o
u
nd
f
o
r
f
u
ck
’
s sak
e
.
H
e’
s
a shift
e
r
bu
t
n
o
t
a g
o
d
.
S
o
we
n
ee
d
to
have
it
ca
re
d
f
o
r
.
B
y
n
o
w
h
e’
s
f
l
i
r
ting with inf
e
cti
o
n, if it hasn
’
t al
re
a
d
y
s
e
t
i
n.”

Ch
e
st
e
r
wa
l
k
e
d
t
o
the
f
r
o
nt
d
oo
r
w
h
er
e
the
attack
had
happ
e
n
ed
.
He
s
niff
e
d
and K
e
lly
kn
e
w
he
c
o
u
ld
sm
e
ll
w
e
ll
be
l
o
w
the
d
isinf
e
ctant
and
b
l
e
ach
she
had
u
s
ed
.
“He came
h
er
e
to
k
i
ll him.
M
ay
b
e
h
e
r
t
o
o
. He
de
s
e
r
v
e
d
t
o
d
i
e
.”
He
said
it
b
l
u
ntly like
he
was
re
p
o
r
ting
the
w
e
ath
er
.

“W
e’
ll
s
ee
,”
A
.J.
s
ai
d
,
rubb
ing
h
i
s
han
d
s
t
o
g
e
th
er
.
I
t
was
a
n
u
tt
er
ly
m
a
lici
o
u
s

g
e
st
ur
e
and
K
e
lly
had to
cl
e
nch
h
e
r
fists to
k
ee
p
f
r
o
m g
r
a
bb
ing
him and
p
u
nching
him. Ha
rd
.
T
hat
w
o
u
ld
d
o
n
o
th
i
ng.
F
o
r
n
o
w
th
e
y
h
ad
to
find
G
a
rre
tt
and g
e
t
him
safe
and t
re
a
t
ed
.