Base Nature (79 page)

T
he
E
nd
a
nd
the
Be
ginning

G
a
rre
t
t
wait
ed
,
sta
r
ing
at
L
iv.
S
ee
ing
all the
dr
o
ps
o
f
wa
te
r
o
n h
e
r
s
kin like
g
e
ms
o
f ic
e
.
He
wait
e
d
f
o
r
it to
h
ur
t.
He
wait
e
d
to
e
xpl
o
de
,
dr
o
p
de
a
d
,
c
r
y.
He
wait
e
d
f
o
r
a wave
o
f
a
n
g
e
r
and l
o
athi
n
g
and
g
u
i
lt
o
v
e
r
l
e
tting
E
il
ee
n
g
o
.
N
o
th
i
ng
bu
t
a
s
e
nse
o
f
p
e
ac
e
.
A f
ee
ling
o
f wh
o
l
e
n
e
ss.

L
iv wa
t
ch
e
d
him, c
o
nc
er
n
o
n h
e
r
face
wh
er
e
o
n
l
y
e
xha
u
sti
o
n s
h
o
u
ld
be
.
He
l
o
v
e
d h
e
r
e
v
e
n
m
o
r
e
f
o
r w
o
rr
ying
a
b
o
u
t
him.
F
o
r taking
h
er
s
e
lf
o
u
t
o
f
the
o
rde
al
o
f
the night
be
f
o
re
.
What
h
e
r
b
o
d
y, mind
and
s
p
i
r
it
had
bee
n
th
r
o
u
gh and
f
o
r
thinki
n
g
be
y
o
nd
that sc
o
pe
to
s
e
e
h
im
and
his small
s
e
lf-fl
a
g
e
llating
w
o
rr
y.
“I
l
o
ve
y
o
u
t
o
o
,
G
a
rre
tt.”
She
said it like
she
was f
e
a
r
f
u
l
o
f his
re
acti
o
n.
A
s
i
f h
e
r
f
ee
lings w
er
e
w
r
o
ng.

He n
e
v
e
r
want
e
d
L
iv
to
f
ee
l
that
way
ag
a
in.
G
a
rre
tt
f
e
lt
like he
k
n
e
w
e
v
er
ything a
b
o
u
t
h
e
r
and
n
o
t
hing
at
all.
L
ike
no
matt
e
r
h
o
w
m
u
ch
s
he
cl
ue
d
him into
h
er
s
e
lf
and what
was
insi
d
e
h
er
,
it
w
o
u
ld
n
e
v
e
r
b
e
e
n
o
u
gh.
“Y
e
ah?”
He t
o
o
k
h
e
r
face
i
n
his
han
d
s,
ru
nning his th
u
m
b
s
o
v
e
r
the
w
e
t
wa
r
mth
o
f h
e
r
ch
ee
ks.