Base Nature (111 page)

“
C
o
me
lie
with m
e
,”
he
sai
d
.

L
iv t
ur
n
ed
,
f
r
o
wning. “
Y
o
u
h
ave
t
o
st
o
p shifti
n
g!
Y
o
u’r
e
n
e
v
e
r
g
o
ing
t
o
h
e
al.” “
S
o
rr
y.
I
k
ee
p
f
o
r
g
e
tting
that
if
I
had
simp
l
y
ma
d
e
a
s
o
u
nd
y
o
u’
d
h
a
ve
u
n
der
st
oo
d
.

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can
f
ee
l
h
o
w
sad
y
o
u
a
r
e
f
r
o
m
h
ere
.
A
nd
that
’
s
be
ing
e
xha
u
st
ed
, f
ree
zing,
ti
red
,}

^{b
l
eed
ing
and
re
c
e
ntly
zapp
e
d
o
f a
l
l my
e
n
er
gy
with
y
o
u
r
f
e
minine
wil
e
s.”}

“
T
hat was t
o
tally
y
o
u
r
fa
u
lt,” she
sai
d
.

“Y
e
ah, y
e
ah, y
e
ah. C
o
me
lie
with m
e
, w
o
m
a
n.”

She c
r
awl
e
d
i
n
n
e
xt
t
o
him.
Le
t
him
h
o
ld h
er
.
She l
e
t
G
a
rre
tt
s
o
o
the
aw
a
y
so
ma
n
y y
e
a
r
s
o
f
f
ee
ling
l
o
st
and
i
n
visi
b
l
e
.
She
l
e
t
him
h
o
ld
h
e
r
and
she
l
e
t
h
er
s
e
lf
n
o
t
w
o
rr
y. J
u
st
f
o
r
a
b
it.

*
*
*
*
*

Ch
e
st
e
r
h
ad
call
e
d
and said
it
w
o
u
l
d
n
’
t
b
e
u
ntil
late
m
o
r
ning
that
th
e
y
a
rr
iv
ed
.
B
y th
e
n
the
h
o
u
se
was
spa
r
kling
cl
e
an
and
the
re
st
o
f
the
pant
r
y
it
e
ms
that
c
o
u
ld
b
e
b
ak
e
d

had
bee
n.

K
e
lly
h
ad
b
a
re
ly
s
l
e
pt
and f
e
lt
that
itchy
“
bu
gs
u
n
de
r
the
skin”
f
ee
ling
that
o
nly came
with
e
xt
re
me
n
er
v
e
s.
K
e
lly
r
an to
the
d
oo
r
wh
e
n she
h
e
a
r
d
the
be
ll.
She
r
ipp
e
d
it
o
p
e
n
re
a
d
y
to
j
u
mp
o
n
Ch
e
st
e
r
and
kiss
h
im
u
ntil
he
c
r
i
ed
.
I
nst
e
ad
h
e
r
h
e
a
r
t
st
u
tt
e
r
e
d in h
e
r
ch
e
st and
the
w
o
rd
s sh
e’
d
bee
n
a
b
o
u
t
t
o
say c
r
awl
e
d
b
ack
d
o
wn h
e
r
th
r
o
at.

“K
e
lly,
glad to
s
e
e
y
o
u t
o
o
.
Do
we have any
i
de
a
wh
er
e
th
e
y
a
re
?
What
’
s
bee
n
d
o
ne with the
b
o
d
y?”

A
.J.
bru
sh
e
d
past
h
e
r
as
i
f
he
o
wn
e
d
the
j
o
int.
Wh
e
n
Ch
e
st
e
r
came cl
u
mping
u
p
the
br
ick
st
e
ps
l
ike
the
w
e
ight
o
f
the
w
o
r
ld
was
o
n h
i
s
s
h
o
u
l
der
s,
the
g
ree
ting
she
had plann
e
d
t
ur
n
e
d
into
a h
i
ss
ed
,
“What is Satan
d
o
i
ng h
ere
?”

“H
e’
s
n
o
t
Satan,
K
e
l,
and
I’
m
s
ur
e
he
can
h
e
ar
y
o
u
.
He w
o
u
l
d
n
’
t
take
no
f
o
r
a
n answ
er
.
A
nd
I
re
ally
can
’
t
o
rde
r
him a
r
o
u
n
d
.
H
e’
s
p
re
tty
m
u
ch
s
e
c
o
nd
in
c
o
mmand
and h
e’
s
way
m
o
r
e
st
ubb
o
r
n
than
m
e
.
T
he
b
o
ys
a
r
e
h
o
l
d
ing
d
o
wn
the
f
o
r
t
at
the
fa
r
m.
T
h
e
y can k
ee
p
an
e
ye
o
n things
l
o
ng
e
n
o
u
gh f
o
r
u
s to
s
o
r
t this
o
u
t.”

“
F
o
r
the
h
e
ad
h
o
ncho
y
o
u s
ur
e
r
o
ll
e
d
o
v
e
r
and
s
h
o
w
e
d
y
o
u
r
be
lly,”
s
he
g
r
o
wl
ed
. K
e
lly
slamm
e
d
the
al
re
a
d
y
d
amag
e
d
do
o
r
be
hind
th
e
m
so
ha
r
d
that
this time
it
c
r
ack
e
d the
f
r
am
e
.
A
pict
ur
e
f
e
ll
o
ff
the
wall
and
A
.J.
t
ur
n
e
d
and
b
a
re
d
h
i
s
t
ee
th
i
n
a
vag
u
e smile
as he
fac
e
d
h
er
.

“I
k
n
o
w y
o
u’r
e
o
v
er
j
o
y
e
d
t
o
have
me
bu
t
I
n
ee
d
to
k
n
o
w a
b
o
u
t
that
b
o
d
y.”

“
T
he
b
o
d
y
was f
o
u
nd
a
nd
re
m
o
v
e
d
th
i
s
m
o
r
ning.
S
o
me
hik
er
s
f
o
u
nd
it,”
K
e
lly
s
ai
d
. “I
saw
it
o
n
T
V
wh
i
le
I
was
waiti
n
g
f
o
r
Ch
e
st
e
r
to
c
o
m
e
.”
She
n
o
dde
d
to
the
T
V
that had
bee
n
p
u
t
o
n
m
u
t
e
.
T
he n
e
ws
f
o
r
the
d
ay
flick
ere
d
o
n
the
sc
ree
n,
br
ightly
c
o
l
o
re
d n
e
ws
o
f
de
ath
and
p
o
v
er
ty.

“
A
nd
th
e
y
t
h
ink?”
A
.J.
l
e
an
e
d
o
n the
c
o
u
nt
e
r
i
n
the
c
o
c
k
y
way
o
f an alpha
w
h
o wasn
’
t
q
u
it
e
.
I
t always ma
d
e
K
e
lly want to
s
mack him in the
h
e
a
d
.