Base Nature (125 page)

the
ca
l
o
r
i
e
s
y
o
u
can g
e
t.
T
h
e
y
’r
e
mak
i
ng y
o
u
a f
e
ast as we
sp
e
ak.”

“
H
o
w
d
o
y
o
u
k
n
o
w
s
he
wants
to
st
a
y?”
G
a
rre
tt
dr
ank
his
t
e
a
in
th
re
e
b
ig
g
u
lps th
o
u
gh it scal
de
d
his
t
o
ng
ue
.

“I t
o
ld y
o
u
s
he
talk
e
d
w
h
e
n
s
he
was
u
n
der
.
She
b
asically
s
ee
ms
to
f
e
ar
y
o
u
d
o
n
’
t want
h
e
r
h
ere
.
T
hat
it
’
ll
b
e
o
v
er
.
She
f
e
a
r
s
that
s
h
e’
s
a
k
i
ll
er
,
she f
e
a
r
s
the
pack
w
o
n
’
t acc
e
pt
h
e
r
and
that
y
o
u’
ll ch
o
o
se
h
er
e
o
v
e
r
h
er
.”

“She
talk
e
d
that m
u
ch?”

Be
n la
u
gh
ed
.
“
N
o
n-f
re
aking-st
o
p. We
h
it h
e
r
with an
e
sth
e
sia
a
nd
s
he
was
o
ff and
ru
nning.
I
t
h
a
s
that
e
ff
e
ct
o
n
s
o
me
f
o
l
ks.
Bu
t
l
oo
k
at
it
this
w
a
y,
my
f
r
i
e
n
d
,
A
.J.
d
id
y
o
u a fav
o
r
.”

G
a
rre
t
t
sat
u
p,
g
r
a
bb
ing his
s
i
d
e
wh
e
n the
pinchi
n
g pain
be
came
t
o
o
m
u
ch. “J
e
s
u
s! Y
o
u hack,
what
’
d
y
o
u
d
o
to
m
e
?”
he
t
e
as
ed
.
“
H
o
w
i
n
the
w
o
r
ld
d
id
that
j
e
al
o
u
s
l
u
natic
d
o
me
a f
a
v
o
r
?”

“
I
f
y
o
u’
d c
o
me
h
er
e
wit
h
o
u
t
h
i
s
dr
ama
and his
c
r
ime
aga
i
nst
an
o
th
e
r
w
o
lf,
sh
e’
d have
bee
n
v
i
e
w
e
d
as
a
kill
er
.
I
t
w
o
u
ld
have
bee
n
m
o
r
e
s
e
v
ere
.
Y
o
u
k
n
o
w
it
and
I
k
n
o
w it. We
a
r
e
a c
ur
i
o
u
s
br
e
e
d
w
ho
can
b
e
m
o
r
e
than a little
h
u
n
g
u
p
o
n t
r
a
d
iti
o
n.
Bu
t this chang
e
s it.”

“He
c
o
mmitt
e
d
a c
r
ime
ag
a
inst
a
n
o
th
e
r
w
o
lf,”
G
a
rre
tt
sai
d
,
n
o
dd
ing.
“
A
nd
a chang
e
ling. Which
i
s c
rue
l
ty.”

“
A
nd a
mat
e
.
N
o
t
to
m
e
nti
o
n
a
g
i
r
l
with
a
h
ist
o
r
y
o
f
v
i
o
l
e
nce
ag
a
inst
h
er
.
So
m
u
ch m
o
r
e
sympath
e
tic
than
j
u
st
a
gi
r
l
who
snapp
e
d
a
nd
kill
e
d
a
m
a
n.
N
o
matt
e
r
that
the man had
t
r
i
e
d
t
o
kill
y
o
u
o
r
had
bee
n
v
i
o
l
e
nt to
h
er
.
I
t still w
o
u
ld
have
e
a
r
n
e
d
h
e
r
m
u
ch m
o
r
e
re
t
r
i
bu
ti
o
n.”

“
S
o
h
e
r
be
ing a victim again is
g
oo
d
?”
G
a
rre
tt
f
r
o
wn
ed
.
“
T
hat piss
e
s
me
o
ff.”

Be
n
l
e
an
e
d
i
n.
“
A
h
bu
t
sh
e’
s
n
o
t
re
ally.
She t
o
o
k
d
o
wn
A
.J.,
f
o
r shit
’
s
s
a
k
e
!
A
nd
s
he k
e
pt
h
e
r
c
oo
l
and
min
de
d
h
e
r
b
ite
a
nd
d
i
d
n
’
t
take
his
th
r
o
at
o
u
t.
A
ll
thi
n
gs
in
h
e
r fav
o
r
.”