Base Nature (6 page)

“K
e
vin,
I
…”

“Ca
re
f
u
l,”
he
sai
d
, his v
o
ice
f
u
ll
o
f v
e
n
o
m.

“She
d
o
e
sn
’
t
l
o
ve
y
o
u
,
n
o
r
d
o
e
s
she
w
a
nt
to
talk
t
o
y
o
u
,
and
y
o
u
,
K
e
vin
M
cHal
e
, a
r
e
a
t
urd
,”
E
ll
e
n
hi
s
s
e
d
and hit
the
bu
tt
o
n
with
h
e
r
fing
e
r
and
c
u
t
him
o
ff.
“
T
h
ere
,”
s
he sai
d
, t
ur
ning.
H
e
r
b
ack
was
r
igid
with ang
e
r
a
nd
h
e
r
fists w
er
e
cl
e
nch
ed
.

“
T
h
ere
,”
e
ch
o
e
d
L
iv
bu
t
she
f
e
lt
that
wasn
’
t
q
u
ite
the
e
nd
o
f it.
F
e
ar
snak
e
d
u
p
h
e
r spin
e
.
S
he
d
id
h
e
r
be
st
to
i
gn
o
r
e
it.

T
he
d
ay
pass
e
d sl
o
w
l
y.
T
he way
a
d
ay
will
pass
wh
e
n
y
o
u a
r
e
dre
a
d
ing
a
n
e
v
e
nt that
’
s
c
o
mi
n
g.
L
iv
t
r
i
e
d
h
e
r
be
st
to
p
u
t
the
s
o
u
nd
o
f
K
e
vin
’
s
v
o
ice
o
u
t
o
f
h
e
r
h
e
a
d
.
“I give
u
p,”
s
he
said
to
h
er
s
e
lf
i
n the
mi
rr
o
r
.

“
N
o
y
o
u
d
o
n
’
t,”
E
ll
e
n sai
d
, c
o
ming
ou
t
o
f the
st
a
ll
b
y
the
do
o
r
.

L
iv
j
u
mp
ed
.
“J
e
s
u
s.
Y
o
u
sca
re
d
m
e
.
I
d
o
.
I g
i
ve
u
p,
E
l.
I can
’
t
b
e
th
i
s…
be
at
e
n
d
o
wn any
m
o
re
.”

“
Y
o
u
j
u
st
n
ee
d
to
find
y
o
u
r
p
o
w
er
.
L
ike the
g
oo
d
d
o
c sai
d
.
L
ike
I
sai
d
,”
she la
u
gh
ed
.
“
G
o
d k
n
o
ws
my
o
p
i
ni
o
n
t
ru
mps
a
ny
d
o
ct
o
r’
s.”
E
ll
e
n
wink
e
d at
h
e
r in
the mi
rr
o
r
.
H
e
r
re
fl
e
cti
o
n
a
s vi
br
ant
and
br
ight
and
st
r
o
n
g as the
w
o
man h
er
s
e
lf.
L
iv
e
nvi
e
d h
e
r
m
o
r
e
than
s
he
c
o
u
ld
fath
o
m at
that p
o
int
i
n
tim
e
.
Wh
e
n w
o
u
ld
she
f
ee
l
that
st
r
o
n
g?
E
v
er
?

“
I’
m t
r
ying.”

“
T
r
y
ha
rder
,”
E
ll
e
n
sai
d
.
S
he
h
u
gg
e
d
L
iv
and
p
u
ll
e
d
h
e
r
ou
t
o
f the
re
st
r
oo
m.
“
N
o
w
o
nwa
r
d and
u
pwa
rd
.
G
o h
o
m
e
,
take a
h
o
t
s
h
o
w
er
,
p
u
t
y
o
u
r f
ee
t
u
p.
P
o
u
r
y
o
ur
s
e
lf
s
o
me win
e
,
h
o
n
e
y.
A
nd
re
m
e
m
b
e
r
,
that
ass
has
n
o
m
o
r
e
p
o
w
e
r
o
v
e
r
y
o
u than
y
o
u give him. D
o
n
’
t
g
i
ve
him
a
ny.”

“
D
o
n
’
t give
him any,”
L
iv
re
p
e
a
t
ed
.
E
asi
e
r
said
than
d
o
n
e
.

*
*
*
*
*

T
he
s
h
o
w
e
r
was
a
br
illiant
i
de
a.
I
t
w
a
s
e
xactly
what
she n
eed
e
d
.
L
iv
st
e
pp
e
d
in
and
re
play
e
d
the
nightma
r
e
o
f
a
d
ay.
E
xamining
the
w
o
rr
i
e
s
was
the
o
nly
way
s
he
had f
o
u
nd
to
g
e
t
th
e
m
t
o
u
p
and
l
e
ave
h
e
r
t
h
o
u
ghts.
T
he
be
ating
had
bee
n
taki
n
g
place
in h
e
r
m
o
th
er’
s
p
r
istine
white
bedr
oo
m.
S
o
m
u
ch
l
i
ke
h
e
r
o
wn,
she
re
aliz
ed
.
L
iv
d
i
d
n
’
t n
ee
d
a sh
r
ink
t
o
p
o
int
o
u
t that
she
was in fact
re
-
c
re
ating
and
k
ee
ping
the
whit
e
,
b
l
oo
d
f
re
e
e
xist
e
nce
h
e
r
m
o
th
e
r
had
st
r
iv
e
d
f
o
r
.

Wh
er
e
M
a
r
ga
re
t
t
r
i
e
d
to
k
ee
p
a c
r
isp white
ro
o
m, it always
e
n
de
d
d
o
tt
e
d
in
b
l
o
o
d
. Rick
ma
d
e
s
ur
e
o
f
that.
He had
o
nc
e
,
to
L
iv
’
s
re
c
o
ll
e
cti
o
n,
call
e
d
it
de
c
o
r
ating.
Le
t
’
s
de
c
o
r
ate
y
o
u
r
p
re
tty
w
h
ite
s
h
ee
ts,
M
a
r
ge
and
th
e
n
the
s
o
u
n
d
s
o
f
hitting.
L
iv
w
o
u
ld
s
e
e the
s
h
ee
ts,
sp
e
ckl
e
d
l
i
ke
fancy
E
ast
e
r
e
ggs, with a
bur
g
u
n
d
y
patt
er
n
o
f
l
ight sp
r
ay.
B
l
oo
d
y
n
o
s
e
s
o
n
ly. Rick was ca
re
f
u
l
t
o
n
o
t l
e
ave
h
e
r
m
o
th
e
r
b
lack and
b
l
ue
.