Base Nature (72 page)

“Wh
e
n
we
g
e
t
u
ps
e
t,
re
ally
u
ps
e
t,
we
t
e
nd
to
have
l
e
ss
c
o
nt
r
o
l
o
n
o
u
r
w
o
lv
e
s. Y
o
u’
ll l
e
a
r
n.
Y
o
u
will,
i
n fact,
h
a
ve
to
l
e
a
r
n. Fast.”

“
T
hat s
o
u
n
d
s p
r
o
mis
i
ng,” she
la
u
gh
ed
.
“
L
ike
y
o
u
think
I’
ll make
it.”

“
Y
o
u’
ll
make
it.”
He
be
nt,
k
issing
h
e
r
f
u
ll
o
n
the
m
o
u
th
de
spite
h
e
r
be
ing
a
t
o
tal w
re
ck.
I
t
ma
d
e
h
e
r
smile
th
o
u
gh
e
v
e
n
h
e
r
t
ee
th
h
ur
t.
“Y
o
u
have
t
o
.”

H
i
s
e
y
e
s
flash
e
d again
and she winc
ed
,
th
e
n
e
v
er
ything
r
ight
ed
.
He was
st
ru
ggling. “D
o
n
’
t
fi
g
ht
it. J
u
st chang
e
.
L
ie
h
er
e
n
e
xt
t
o
me
and
k
ee
p
me
wa
r
m.
B
e
all
be
ast
-
man.”

“
Y
o
u’r
e
l
u
cky
y
o
u’r
e
sick,
la
d
y.
O
r
I’
d
de
finit
e
ly
d
o
y
o
u
r
i
g
ht
n
o
w.”
He
s
h
ift
e
d
in an instant.
A
gain the
b
l
u
r
and
flick
e
r
o
f an
o
ld
m
o
v
ie
that has j
u
mp
e
d
its
ree
l.
He
was
i
n
o
ne
bre
ath
a
man,
the
n
e
xt
a
w
o
lf.
A
be
a
u
ti
f
u
l
re
gal
g
r
ay
w
o
lf
with
e
y
e
s
the
c
o
l
o
r
o
f

t
r
o
pical
wa
ter
s.

L
iv
la
u
gh
ed
.
“
Y
o
u’
d
d
o
me
r
ight
n
o
w.
Y
o
u
a
r
e
br
av
e
.”
T
h
e
n
pain
t
o
r
q
ue
d
u
p
h
e
r
be
lly
and
h
e
r
a
r
ms,
c
r
amps
that
ma
d
e
cha
r
l
e
y
h
o
r
s
e
s l
o
o
k
l
ike
f
u
n
and
s
he
c
ur
l
e
d
in
o
n h
er
s
e
lf
h
o
pi
n
g f
o
r
s
o
me
re
li
e
f.

G
a
rre
t
t
re
st
e
d
h
i
s
m
u
zzle
o
n
h
e
r
hip
a
nd
whin
e
d
a
littl
e
.
K
ee
ping
wa
t
ch
o
v
e
r
h
er
, he
rubb
e
d
his
f
u
r
o
v
e
r
the s
o
ft
s
kin
o
f
h
e
r
a
r
m.
He lick
e
d
h
e
r hand
u
ntil
she
s
e
ttl
e
d
and wh
e
n
she
l
o
o
k
e
d
h
is
e
y
e
s
n
e
v
e
r
wav
er
e
d
.
S
he
finally
d
o
z
ed
,
f
ee
ling
his gaze
o
n h
e
r
and the
s
o
lid
re
ass
ur
an
c
e
o
f
h
is p
re
s
e
n
c
e
.