Base Nature (93 page)

“
I’
m
fin
e
.
L
iv,
w
o
u
ld
y
o
u
h
ave
k
ill
e
d
him
if
he
ha
d
n
’
t
sh
o
t
m
e
?”
G
a
rre
tt
p
u
ll
e
d
b
ack,
wa
t
ching h
e
r
fac
e
.

L
iv
b
it
h
e
r
b
o
t
t
o
m
lip tasting
b
l
oo
d
a
nd
d
i
r
t
a
nd
r
ain.
She
hat
e
d
K
e
vin.
Want
e
d
to h
ur
t
h
im
the
m
o
m
e
nt
he
came
in
t
o
vi
e
w
th
r
o
u
gh h
e
r
w
o
lf
e
y
e
s
bu
t
w
o
u
ld
s
h
e
?
Finally, she
s
h
o
o
k
h
e
r
h
e
a
d
.
“N
o
. I
mi
g
ht
have
chas
e
d
him. I
mi
g
ht
have
sca
re
d
h
im.
J
u
st
t
o
s
e
e what
that
f
e
lt
lik
e
…”
She
d
ipp
e
d
h
e
r
h
e
ad as
if
a
d
mitting
the
w
o
r
st
th
i
ng
in
the w
o
r
l
d
.
G
a
rre
tt
k
iss
e
d
h
e
r
w
e
t
tangl
e
d
h
a
i
r
.

K
e
lly wa
t
ch
ed
,
sayi
n
g n
o
th
i
ng. Waiting.

“
Bu
t
I n
e
v
e
r
w
o
u
ld have kill
e
d
h
i
m.
I
t
h
o
u
ght
he
had ki
l
l
e
d
y
o
u
,
G
a
rre
t
t.
I
t
h
o
u
ght he
h
ad
tak
e
n my
n
e
w lif
e
.
A
l
re
a
d
y
!
”
T
h
e
n
s
he
be
gan to
c
r
y
in
e
a
r
n
e
st.
A
ng
r
y
a
nd
sad that
K
e
vin
had
al
re
a
d
y
man
a
g
e
d
t
o
f
u
ck
u
p
h
e
r
n
e
w
chanc
e
.
T
o
th
r
o
w
a
w
re
nch
in
the

w
o
r
kin
g
s
o
f h
e
r
l
if
e
.

“
G
a
rre
t
t,
y
o
u
k
n
o
w that th
e
y
’
ll still have
t
o
—”

“
L
at
er
,
K
e
lly.
I
t
’
s
all a
b
o
u
t int
e
nt.
We
b
o
th k
n
o
w that.”
“
G
a
rre
t
t,
she
has to
a
nsw
e
r
f
o
r
—”

I
t
was
t
o
o
m
u
ch.
Was
this
the
b
ase
n
at
ur
e
G
a
rre
tt
had
o
nce
re
f
e
r
r
e
d
t
o
?
Was
s
he n
o
w and
f
o
re
v
e
r
j
u
st a
ki
l
l
er
?
Sh
e’
d
n
e
v
e
r
had
the
n
er
ve
to
st
a
nd
u
p
f
o
r
h
er
s
e
lf
and
n
o
w she
was
b
l
e
e
d
ing
p
e
o
ple
o
u
t.
H
e
r
h
e
ad
swi
r
l
e
d
with t
o
o
ma
n
y
w
o
rr
i
e
s,
t
o
o
m
u
ch
l
ight and s
o
u
nd and the
du
sky
e
a
r
th
e
n
sm
e
ll
o
f
the w
o
o
d
s.
L
iv
p
u
ll
e
d
away
a
nd
st
u
m
b
l
e
d
b
ack,
b
o
u
ncing
o
ff
the
s
lipp
er
y
y
o
u
n
g
b
i
r
ch
e
s,
c
r
yi
n
g.
H
ur
ting.
She
l
o
o
k
e
d
at
th
e
m
b
o
th.
K
e
lly
’
s
re
s
o
lv
e
,
G
a
rre
tt
’
s
w
o
rr
y.
A
nd she sh
u
t
h
e
r
e
y
e
s,
fall
i
ng
b
ack
i
nto m
o
o
nli
g
ht
i
n
h
e
r
min
d
.
T
he pain
was
s
e
a
r
ing,
int
e
ns
e
,
b
l
oo
d
re
d
a
nd
c
o
ns
u
ming.
Bu
t
it was
o
v
e
r
fast
e
r
than the
fi
r
st tim
e
.

T
h
e
y
sta
r
t
e
d
t
o
c
o
o
t
o
h
er
.
T
o
t
r
y
to
ta
l
k
h
e
r
d
o
wn.
Bu
t
s
he
t
ur
n
e
d
tail and
r
an. She c
o
u
l
d
n
’
t
thi
n
k
o
f wh
er
e
to
ru
n,
s
o
she
r
an h
o
m
e
.

*
*
*
*
*

K
e
lly
wa
t
ch
e
d
G
a
rre
tt
shift again.
I
t
was
s
o
f
a
st
e
v
e
n
h
e
r
e
y
e
s
h
ad
t
r
o
ub
le
s
ee
ing what
was
t
ru
ly
happ
e
ning.
Sh
e’
d
bee
n
d
o
i
n
g
it
a
nd
wa
t
ching
it
f
o
re
v
e
r
and
a
d
ay
a
nd he
chang
e
d
that
fast. “
G
a
rre
tt!
Y
o
u’r
e
n
o
t
g
o
ing
to
h
e
al
if
y
o
u
d
o
n
’
t—”
He
t
ur
n
ed
, wa
t
ching
h
er
,
sta
r
k
b
l
u
e
e
y
e
s
l
o
o
king
ha
u
nt
ed
.
“
G
o
,”
she
whisp
ered
.
“I
have
to
take ca
r
e
o
f
s
o
me
st
u
ff.
I’
ll
g
e
t the
t
ru
ck.”

He
d
ipp
e
d
h
is
h
e
a
d
,
ch
u
ff
e
d
o
nce
and
t
oo
k
u
p
the
chase
imm
ed
iat
e
ly.
T
he
br
i
e
f flash
o
f
his
white
u
n
de
r
be
lly
twist
e
d
h
e
r
h
e
a
r
t.
A
ll
she
c
o
u
ld
d
o
n
o
w
was
c
o
ntact Ch
e
st
e
r
a
nd
the
o
th
er
s.
S
he
w
o
u
ld
ru
n
i
nt
er
f
e
re
n
c
e
f
o
r
th
e
m.
S
e
t
u
p
the
s
e
lf
-
de
f
e
nse
and
e
xplain
w
hat
h
ad
happ
e
n
ed
,
all the
c
o
nt
r
i
bu
ting
fact
o
r
s.