Base Nature (13 page)

T
hat
s
h
o
w
e
d
h
o
w m
u
ch
she
was f
o
c
u
s
e
d
inwa
r
d
i
nst
e
ad
o
f
ou
twa
rd
.
T
he
h
o
u
se
sat
d
i
re
ctly
ac
r
o
ss
f
r
o
m
h
er
s
and the
ya
r
d
was
v
i
si
b
le
f
r
o
m
h
e
r
livi
n
g
ro
o
m.
T
he
vi
e
w p
r
o
vi
de
d
h
e
r
a
cl
e
ar
glimpse
o
f
b
o
th
the f
r
o
nt
and
b
ackya
rd
.
O
r
m
o
st
o
f
it
a
n
yway. “H
o
w
d
id
y
o
u
mi
s
s him,
L
iv, h
e’
s
s
o
b
ig.”

A
nd he
was
b
ig.
B
ig
a
nd
im
p
o
sing
bu
t
i
n
an
e
nti
re
ly
d
iff
ere
nt
way
f
ro
m
K
e
vin. Wh
ere
as
K
e
vin
s
ee
m
e
d
to
s
u
ck
u
p
a
ll
the
l
i
ght
and
air
in
a
ro
o
m
like
a
d
a
r
k
f
o
r
c
e
,
G
a
rre
tt
w
a
s
a
t
o
w
er
ing
p
re
s
e
nce
o
f
calm.
E
v
e
n
wh
e
n
sh
e’
d
bee
n
sta
bb
ing
him,
he had
r
a
d
iat
e
d
calm. “
N
o
w that
’
s
s
o
me
d
amn
calm,”
s
he
s
i
gh
e
d
and
p
u
ll
e
d
a l
o
n
g g
r
ay t
ur
tl
e
n
e
ck
o
n
.
No
n
ee
d
to
l
o
o
k
e
nticing.
B
ig
and
calm
a
nd
s
e
xy
o
r
n
o
t,
she
had
n
o int
ere
st
i
n
m
e
n.
Me
n
o
n
l
y
s
ee
m
e
d to
i
ntimi
d
at
e
, c
ru
sh and
de
st
r
o
y.
N
o
t
what
she n
eed
e
d
.

“H
e
l
l
o
?”
He
was
b
ack
and
h
e
r
h
e
a
r
t
j
u
mp
e
d
err
atically.
She
f
e
lt
na
u
s
e
o
u
s
and gi
dd
y and
h
appy all in
o
ne
f
e
ll sw
o
o
p.
Be
ca
u
s
e
she
was cl
e
a
r
ly
i
n
san
e
.

“
I’
m
u
p
h
ere
!
C
o
m
ing
!
”
L
iv
st
u
m
b
l
e
d
o
u
t
o
f
the
cl
o
s
e
t
cl
u
tching
h
e
r
s
h
o
e
s.
W
h
e
n she
hit the
hallway he
was
al
re
a
d
y
halfway
u
p
the
st
e
ps,
ca
rr
ying
a la
r
ge
s
e
cti
o
n
o
f plyw
o
o
d
a
nd
a
t
oo
l
b
o
x.
“
T
han
k
s f
o
r
d
o
ing th
i
s,” she
sta
r
t
e
d
bu
t
he
c
u
t
h
e
r
o
ff.

“I
was
think
i
ng,
L
iv.
D
o
n
’
t
y
o
u think
y
o
u
s
h
o
u
ld
call
the
c
o
ps?
W
o
u
l
d
n
’
t
that
b
e g
o
o
d
?
I
d
i
d
n
’
t
g
e
t
a
g
re
at
wa
r
m
and
f
u
zzy f
r
o
m
that g
u
y.”
L
iv wa
t
ch
e
d
him cl
e
nch
his jaw
at
that.
T
he
m
u
scl
e
s
bu
nch
e
d
j
u
st
be
l
o
w
the c
r
isp
c
u
t
o
f
h
i
s
jaw.
T
he m
o
t
i
o
n
f
o
r
c
e
d his
pale
pink
l
ips
t
o
g
e
th
e
r
in
a
tight
line
that
was
s
o
m
e
h
o
w
e
nticing.
L
iv
w
o
n
de
r
e
d what it w
o
u
ld
b
e
l
ike
t
o
kiss
h
im.
I
f
s
he
k
i
ss
e
d
him
w
o
u
ld
h
i
s m
o
u
th l
o
o
s
e
n
u
p
a
b
it? W
o
u
ld
he
n
o
t
l
o
o
k
s
o
a
gg
re
ssiv
e
?
Be
ca
u
se
he
d
id
r
ight
th
e
n.
He
l
o
o
k
e
d
st
o
lid and agg
re
ssive
and
s
o
me
pa
r
t
o
f h
e
r
m
ind
pip
e
d
u
p
with g
re
at
h
o
n
o
r
—
p
r
o
t
e
ctiv
e
.
He
l
o
o
ks p
r
o
t
e
ctiv
e
.

Bu
t
that
was c
r
azy.
T
h
at
s
e
al
e
d
the
de
al—she
was
a n
u
t.
“
N
o
.
N
o
c
o
ps.
C
o
ps
do
n
’
t
d
o
m
u
ch
be
si
de
s
pap
er
w
o
r
k.”

“W
e
ll that
’
s—”

“
M
y
o
pin
i
o
n.
Le
t
me
h
e
lp
y
o
u with
that,”
she
ru
sh
e
d
o
n
a
nd
g
r
a
bb
e
d
the
t
o
p
o
f
the plyw
o
o
d
.

He
l
o
o
k
e
d
at h
e
r
f
o
r
a
be
at
t
o
o
l
o
ng
and
h
e
r
h
e
a
r
t
s
o
r
t
o
f
twist
e
d
in
h
e
r
ch
e
st.
She c
o
u
l
d
n
’
t
q
u
ite
bre
ath
e
.
A
nd
f
o
r
the
fi
r
st
time
i
n
h
e
r
life
a
man
s
a
i
d
,
“What
e
v
e
r
y
o
u want,
L
iv.”

She th
o
u
ght
s
he
m
i
ght
c
r
y
r
ight
th
e
n
and th
ere
.
Bu
t
m
o
r
e
f
r
o
m
s
h
o
ck
than
a
n
ything
e
ls
e
.