Base Nature (66 page)

h
e
r
the
m
o
m
e
nt
she
h
ad
b
o
l
d
ly
st
u
ck
th
o
se
tw
ee
z
er
s
in
his
a
r
m.
T
he
m
a
n
he
was
had f
o
l
l
o
w
e
d
s
u
it with v
er
y
little
re
sistanc
e
.

H
e’
d g
e
t
h
e
r wa
ter
.
H
e’
d
g
e
t
t
o
w
e
ls.
H
e’
d
h
o
v
e
r and
p
o
ke and c
o
o
a
nd wa
t
ch
h
e
r
u
ntil
this
was
d
o
n
e
.
She
was
h
is
n
o
w
a
nd
he
was
h
er
s.
He
be
nt,
o
ne
m
o
r
e
k
i
ss
be
f
o
r
e h
e’
d
go
a
nd
g
ath
e
r
what he
n
eeded
.
“I
l
o
ve
y
o
u
,
L
iv.”

She
o
p
e
n
e
d
h
e
r
e
y
e
s, l
o
o
k
e
d
at him
a
nd
th
e
n cl
o
s
e
d
th
e
m
aga
i
n.

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*
*
*
*

He
ma
d
e
t
e
a,
a
pitch
e
r
o
f ice
wa
ter
,
gath
ere
d
s
o
me
c
r
ack
er
s.
He
w
e
t
t
o
w
e
ls
and
a
ll the
whil
e
,
as
he man
eu
v
e
r
e
d
in
the
k
itch
e
n,
he kn
e
w
it
was
bu
sy
w
o
r
k.
L
iv
w
o
u
l
d
n
’
t
dr
ink
a
ny
o
f
th
i
s.
She
w
o
u
ld
n
o
t
e
at
c
r
ack
er
s.
She
w
o
u
ld
lie
u
p
th
er
e
and
she
w
o
u
ld
r
age
with
f
e
v
er
,
s
he
w
o
u
ld
m
o
st
lik
e
ly
b
e
ou
t
o
f h
e
r
mind
with it
f
o
r
s
o
me
tim
e
.
I
f
a
ll w
e
nt
w
e
ll,
she
w
o
u
ld
g
o
th
r
o
u
gh
h
e
ll
and
b
ack
and
th
e
n
she
w
o
u
ld
b
e
fin
e
.
A
nd
the pain
o
f
h
e
r fi
r
st
s
hift
w
o
u
ld
b
e
what
await
e
d
h
e
r
o
n
the
o
th
e
r
s
i
de
.
I
f
all
d
id n
o
t
g
o
w
e
ll, h
e’
d
h
a
ve
a
b
o
d
y
u
pstai
r
s
v
er
y
s
o
o
n.
O
ne
that
the
c
o
r
o
n
e
r
w
o
u
ld
ma
r
k
as a
m
a
ssive h
e
a
r
t
attack
du
e
t
o
the
c
o
mplicat
i
o
ns
o
f
s
o
me
u
nkn
o
w
n vi
ru
s
o
r
ana
t
o
mical glitch.

“
Bu
t that
will
n
o
t
happ
e
n,” he
said
to
h
ims
e
lf.
P
a
r
t
o
f
him
was
s
o
st
ee
p
e
d in s
e
lfl
o
athi
n
g
he
c
o
u
ld
b
a
re
ly
f
u
ncti
o
n.
A
n
o
th
e
r
pa
r
t
o
f
h
i
m
f
e
lt
that
he
h
ad
g
ift
e
d
a w
o
man he
s
o
a
bru
ptly
l
o
v
e
d
with
w
hat
she
was aski
n
g
f
o
r
.
A
nd
dee
p
d
o
wn insi
d
e
him wh
er
e
the
t
ru
th
liv
ed
,
th
er
e
was calm.
I
t
w
o
u
ld
all
b
e
w
e
ll.
Bu
t
G
a
rre
tt
d
i
d
n
’
t
k
n
o
w h
o
w m
u
ch
he
t
ru
st
e
d
that t
ru
th
s
a
y
er
.
A
t
all.

T
he
ph
o
ne
r
ang
and
he
t
e
ns
ed
,
his
wh
o
le
b
o
d
y
tight
with
n
er
v
e
s.
Call
e
r
I
D
gave him
n
o
inf
o
r
mat
i
o
n
be
y
o
nd
ou
t
o
f
a
re
a
and p
r
ivate
call
er
.
He
a
nsw
er
e
d
,
han
d
s
sh
a
king.
I
t
was
t
o
o
late
t
o
change
his mind
wh
e
n he
h
e
a
r
d
K
e
lly
’
s v
o
ic
e
.