Base Nature (119 page)

He t
r
i
e
d
to
si
g
nal
to
L
iv.
He t
r
i
e
d
t
o
g
e
t
h
i
s
m
e
ssage
ac
r
o
ss
bu
t
h
e
r
e
y
e
s
w
er
e
wi
d
e with the
c
o
nf
u
si
o
n and
c
o
m
m
o
ti
o
n.

G
a
rre
t
t
r
an,
h
e
ad
d
o
wn,
f
u
ll
f
o
r
c
e
.
He ca
u
ght
the
br
i
e
f
bu
t
e
xq
u
isite
du
ll
m
e
tal glimm
e
r
o
f
L
iv
’
s
e
y
e
s
as
s
he
t
o
o
k
it
all
in.
T
he ta
r
nish
e
d
silv
e
r
s
h
ee
n
o
f
h
e
r gaze
g
ave him
h
o
p
e
.
H
o
pe
that
she w
o
u
ld act
the way
he
w
i
sh
e
d
h
e
r
t
o
.
A
.J.
g
a
ve
a
h
u
ge c
r
y
and p
u
sh
e
d
the
b
l
u
nt
silv
e
r
k
nife
to
G
a
rre
tt.
He
p
re
ss
e
d
it
ha
r
d
and
time
s
ee
m
e
d
t
o
sl
o
w like the
dr
agging
bre
ath
o
f
a
d
ying
man.
T
he
tip
slici
n
g
d
o
wn
G
a
rre
tt
’
s
l
e
ft
s
h
o
u
l
de
r
as
e
v
er
ything
w
e
nt whit
e
.

H
i
s
g
r
ip
l
o
o
s
e
n
e
d
i
mm
e
ns
e
ly
a
nd
L
iv
s
u
ck
e
d
in
a
g
re
at
bre
ath.
She p
u
sh
e
d
h
e
r th
o
u
ghts
away,
e
m
br
ac
e
d
the pain
as
it
ru
sh
e
d
to
h
e
r
and l
e
t
h
e
r
b
o
d
y
take
o
v
er
.
T
he ag
o
nizing
c
r
amps
and
o
nsla
u
ght
o
f
ach
e
s
w
er
e
o
v
er
wh
e
lming
bu
t
she
p
u
sh
e
d
past th
e
m.
I
t
o
n
l
y
t
oo
k
s
e
c
o
n
d
s
bu
t
f
e
lt
like
lif
e
tim
e
s.
She
o
p
e
n
e
d
h
e
r
jaws
wi
d
e
and
t
o
o
k
A
.J.
d
o
wn as
h
is
a
r
m
a
r
ch
e
d
b
ack
u
p
with
the
k
nife
to
de
liv
e
r
a
deb
ilitating
b
l
o
w
t
o
G
a
rre
tt.
She
s
t
oo
d
,
paws f
o
r
c
e
d
t
o
h
e
r
e
n
e
my
’
s
h
e
aving
ch
e
st,
jaws h
o
v
er
ing p
re
c
a
r
i
o
u
sly
c
l
o
se to his
th
r
o
at.
L
iv
’
s
w
e
ight
w
ed
g
e
d
the
b
la
d
e ha
r
d
be
t
w
ee
n
h
i
s
palm and
h
e
r
s
o
ft
u
n
de
r
be
lly
wh
er
e
it
saw
e
d
into
the
fl
e
sh.
T
he
d
amage
was
e
n
o
u
gh
t
o
st
e
al

h
e
r
bre
ath.
I
t
bur
n
e
d
bu
t
s
he
k
e
pt
the
p
re
ss
ure
.
A
s
l
o
ng
as
the
knife
was
p
re
ss
e
d
to
A
.J.
’
s
fl
e
sh
he
c
o
u
ld
n
o
t
ch
a
ng
e
.
O
r
so
sh
e’
d
bee
n
t
o
l
d
.
T
he
imp
o
r
tant
pa
r
t
was, she
was in c
o
nt
r
o
l.
U
naf
r
ai
d
.

“She c
o
u
ld kill
y
o
u
r
i
g
ht
th
ere
,”
K
e
lly
whisp
ered
.
She came
f
o
r
wa
r
d
s
l
o
wly, l
o
o
ki
n
g
as
if
s
he
f
e
a
r
e
d
L
iv
w
o
u
ld
mist
a
ke
it
f
o
r agg
re
ssi
o
n.
L
iv
wa
g
g
e
d
h
e
r
tail.
T
his was
all so
n
e
w.
H
a
ving h
e
r
v
er
y
re
al
h
u
man th
o
u
ghts in
the
b
o
d
y
o
f a
s
l
ee
k
y
e
l
l
o
w
w
o
lf was n
o
t
h
ing sh
e’
d
e
v
e
r
th
o
u
ght
p
o
ssi
b
l
e
.

“
Bu
t
s
he
i
s
n
’
t,”
said Ch
e
st
e
r
and he
la
u
gh
ed
.
L
iv
l
ik
e
d
him
r
ight
th
e
n.
His
la
ug
ht
e
r was cl
e
ar
and
dee
p
and
p
er
f
e
c
t.

Bu
t
th
e
n
she ca
u
ght
sight
o
f
G
a
rre
tt,
b
l
o
o
d
y
and
u
nc
o
nsci
o
u
s
and she p
re
ss
e
d
h
e
r p
o
w
er
f
u
l
t
ee
th
to
A
.J.
’
s
th
r
o
at.
Pre
ss
e
d
th
e
m ha
r
d
e
n
o
u
gh f
o
r
him to
f
linch.

“
N
o
. D
o
n
’
t
!
”
he
sai
d
, f
ee
ling
h
e
r
r
age
f
r
o
m the
s
mall p
re
ss
u
r
e
she
appli
ed
.

She
d
i
d
n
’
t
b
it
e
.
S
he
had
l
e
a
r
n
e
d h
e
r
mistake
the
last
tim
e
.
B
l
oo
d
sh
e
d
m
u
st
b
e av
o
i
de
d
at
all
c
o
sts.
F
o
r th
e
ir
p
r
o
t
e
cti
o
n.
S
o
s
he
nipp
e
d
ha
r
d
e
n
o
u
gh
to
make
him sq
u
i
r
m.
T
o
sca
r
e
him,
t
o
make
him
be
g—
bu
t
s
he
d
i
d
n
’
t
b
it
e
,
t
h
o
u
gh she
want
e
d
t
o
.