Base Nature (82 page)

He
t
o
u
ch
e
d
the
small machine
and
h
it
s
o
m
e
thing.
G
o
ne
w
er
e
the
d
ays he
re
m
e
m
b
e
r
e
d
o
f tap
e
s
and
re
win
d
.
I
t
was all
d
igital
n
o
w.
“I
came
o
v
e
r
th
er
e
th
i
s m
o
r
ni
n
g,
b
itch.
Y
o
u
r
bo
yf
r
i
e
nd
was
wa
t
ching
m
e
.
W
er
e
y
o
u
th
ere
,
L
iv?
With
h
i
m? Y
o
u’
d
be
tt
e
r
h
o
pe
the answ
e
r
is
n
o
.
I’
m
n
o
t
d
o
ne
with
y
o
u
.
Y
o
u can
’
t
g
e
t
r
id
o
f
me
that
e
asily.
I
d
o
n
’
t
ca
r
e
w
h
o
y
o
u’r
e
f
u
cking
o
r
h
o
w
b
ig
and
st
r
o
ng
y
o
u think
he
is.
He
can
’
t p
r
o
t
e
ct
y
o
u
,
L
iv. No
o
ne
can.”

“W
r
o
n
g,”
G
a
rre
t
t
s
aid
and
hit
a
bu
tt
o
n
ma
r
k
e
d
D
EL
.
I
t
p
r
o
mpt
e
d
h
i
m,
Ar
e
y
o
u s
ure
?
He
hit
e
nt
e
r
and
the
m
e
ssage
was
g
o
n
e
.
I
t
b
o
th
er
e
d
h
im
t
h
o
u
gh.
T
he
man
t
ru
ly had no
f
e
ar
if
he l
e
ft
p
ro
o
f
o
f
h
is
agg
re
ssi
o
n.
T
hat
c
o
u
ld
e
asily
b
e
play
e
d
f
o
r
c
o
ps
o
r j
ud
g
e
s
o
r
an
y
o
ne
who
want
e
d
t
o
h
e
lp
h
er
.

He
re
m
e
m
b
e
r
e
d
the
c
o
ck
e
d
g
u
n, the
c
o
cky
l
o
o
k, the
lack
o
f
t
ru
e
f
e
a
r
.
K
e
vin
was a l
o
o
se
ca
n
n
o
n.
He was
a
d
ang
er
o
u
s
m
an.
N
o
t
s
o
m
u
ch
be
ca
u
s
e
he
w
a
s
agg
re
ssive
and vi
o
l
e
nt
bu
t
m
o
r
e
be
ca
u
se
he
t
h
o
u
ght
he
was
u
nt
o
u
cha
b
l
e
.
U
ns
t
o
ppa
b
l
e
.
He
was
d
ang
er
o
u
s
be
ca
u
se
he
simp
l
y
d
i
d
n
’
t
ca
re
.

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*
*
*
*

Shifting

I
t
f
e
lt
like
s
he
had
j
u
st
c
l
o
s
e
d
h
e
r
e
y
e
s
bu
t
wh
e
n
L
iv
o
p
e
n
e
d
th
e
m
aga
i
n,
she
c
o
u
ld

t
e
ll
it
was late
aft
er
n
oo
n.
N
e
a
r
ly
du
sk.
T
he
d
ay
had
f
l
o
wn
i
n
a fl
urr
y
o
f
s
l
ee
p
and flick
er
ing
dre
ams
that
d
anc
e
d
a
r
o
u
nd the
ed
ge
o
f
h
e
r
awa
re
n
e
ss
bu
t
re
f
u
s
e
d
to
c
o
me cl
o
se
e
n
o
u
gh to
b
e
e
xamin
ed
.

I
n
the
pit
o
f h
e
r
be
lly
wa
rre
d
w
o
rr
y,
e
xcit
e
m
e
nt
a
nd
h
u
ng
er
.
L
iv
sniff
ed
.
A
m
é
lange
o
f
sm
e
lls
a
s
sa
u
lt
e
d
h
e
r n
e
wly
s
e
nsitive
n
o
s
e
.
B
ac
o
n,
cak
e
,
c
o
o
ki
e
s,
ham,
p
o
ta
t
o
e
s,
the sw
ee
t
tang
o
f f
ru
it, the
r
ich
b
itt
e
r
o
d
o
r
o
f c
o
ff
ee
.
A
ll
o
f it swi
r
l
e
d
a
r
o
u
nd
h
er
.
She
p
er
k
e
d h
e
r
e
a
r
s,
l
i
st
e
ning int
e
ntly,
bu
t he
still sta
r
tl
e
d
h
er
.

“
Lo
o
k
wh
o
’
s
u
p,”
G
a
rre
tt
said
and h
e
r
h
e
a
r
t
d
id
a
dru
nk
e
n
little
tw
o
-st
e
p
in h
e
r ch
e
st.
She want
e
d
him
all
at
o
nce
the instant
he came
into
v
i
e
w.
She want
e
d
to
k
iss
him, p
re
ss
a
gainst
h
im,
h
a
ve
him
h
o
ld
h
er
,
have
h
im
take
h
er
.
She
want
e
d
to
take
him and h
u
g
him
and
lay
with
h
im.
She
want
e
d
t
o
have
a
lif
e
time
o
f
aff
e
cti
o
n
and
s
e
x
with
him in
this
o
ne
i
nstant.
L
ike
a
sta
r
ving
w
o
man
final
l
y
be
ing
al
l
o
w
e
d
to
e
at,
she
c
o
u
l
d
n
’
t
g
e
t a han
d
le
o
n h
e
r
c
r
avings
f
o
r
h
im
o
th
e
r
th
a
n th
e
y
w
er
e
simply
b
igg
e
r
than h
er
.

“
I’
m
u
p,”
she
sai
d
, smili
n
g. She
f
e
lt st
r
o
ng
e
r
bu
t
r
av
e
n
o
u
s. “H
u
ng
r
y?”

I
n
re
sp
o
nse
h
e
r st
o
mach
ru
m
b
l
e
d
g
reed
ily
and th
e
y
b
o
th
la
u
gh
ed
.
“
T
hat
answ
e
r
is,
u
m…y
e
s?”

“Y
e
s. I
t
h
ink
that
’
s the
r
ight answ
er
.
N
o
w
o
rr
i
e
s,
K
e
lly
h
a
s c
o
o
k
ed
,
b
ak
ed
,
p
re
pa
r
e
d and
bre
w
e
d
e
v
er
y
it
e
m
o
f
ed
i
b
le
f
o
o
d
st
u
ff
in
th
i
s
h
o
u
s
e
.
Y
o
u s
h
o
u
ld
have no
t
r
o
ub
le g
e
tting f
u
ll.”

“
A
m
I g
o
i
ng
t
o
chang
e
?”
s
he
b
l
ur
t
ed
.
H
e
r
st
o
mach
sizzl
e
d
with
the
e
l
e
ct
r
ic
e
n
er
gy she
re
m
e
m
b
e
r
e
d
v
a
g
ue
ly
f
r
o
m
h
e
r
e
a
r
li
e
r
d
ating
e
xp
er
i
e
n
c
e
s.
I
t
was a
s
ick
mix
o
f
dre
ad and
bu
t
t
er
fli
e
s.
A
r
o
ll
e
r
c
o
ast
e
r
r
i
de
,
a win
d
ing
r
o
a
d
.

G
a
rre
t
t
st
e
pp
e
d
i
n,
so
b
ig
and
y
e
t
so
q
u
i
e
t.
S
ure
f
oo
t
e
d
in
a
s
u
p
er
nat
ur
al
k
ind
o
f way.
L
ike
wa
t
chi
n
g
the
g
h
o
st
o
f
a
m
an
who
had
bee
n
b
ig
in
lif
e
.
He
s
at,
p
u
ll
e
d
h
e
r
c
l
o
se to
him.
“
Y
o
u
will.
T
o
night.
Ar
e
y
o
u
sca
red
?”
His
v
o
ice
ca
u
ght
a
little
wh
e
n
he
said
it and
she
c
o
u
ld
t
e
ll
it
b
o
th
ere
d
him.
L
iv
wish
e
d
she
c
o
u
ld
take
away
h
is
w
o
rr
y
bu
t
she was havi
n
g
e
n
o
u
gh t
r
o
ub
le
w
re
stling
h
er
s.