Base Nature (47 page)

“Hi th
ere
,”
the
st
r
ange
w
o
man sai
d
.

L
iv
f
r
o
z
e
,
t
ur
n
ed
,
t
r
i
e
d
to
re
ad
G
a
rre
tt
’
s
face
bu
t
it
was
u
n
re
a
d
a
b
l
e
.
She
c
o
u
ld
t
e
ll
b
y
the
air
and
b
o
d
y
lang
u
age
that
th
i
s
was
n
o
t
a
r
ival
f
o
r
h
i
s
aff
e
cti
o
n.
T
his
w
o
man
had a
m
o
r
e
mat
er
nal
f
ee
l
to h
er
.
S
o
m
e
o
ne he
re
sp
e
c
t
e
d
and m
a
y
b
e
e
v
e
n
de
f
e
r
re
d
t
o
.
“
U
m… hi.
I’
ll
j
u
st…”

She
had
n
e
v
e
r
want
e
d
to
ru
n
m
o
r
e
in h
e
r
lif
e
.

“
G
o
o
n
and take
a
s
h
o
w
er
,
L
iv,”
G
a
rre
tt
sai
d
.
His
v
o
ice
was
l
o
w
and
c
o
nt
r
o
ll
ed
.
He was
st
ru
ggling
to
k
ee
p
a
re
in
o
n his
e
m
o
ti
o
ns.
I
t
bo
ggl
e
d
h
e
r
m
i
nd
that
she
c
o
u
ld
t
e
ll that al
re
a
d
y
j
u
st
f
r
o
m
h
is stance
and
his
t
o
n
e
.

“
N
ice
m
ee
ting
y
o
u
,” the
w
o
man sai
d
.

“
L
ik
e
wis
e
,”
L
iv
s
a
i
d
,
wishi
n
g
it
w
er
e
t
rue
.
She
d
i
d
n
’
t
k
n
o
w h
o
w to
f
ee
l
a
b
o
u
t
the w
o
man.
A
nd
she
d
i
d
n
’
t
k
n
o
w why she
was s
udde
nly
s
o
n
er
v
o
u
s.

She
r
an
u
p
the
st
e
ps
and
wh
e
n
s
he
slipp
e
d
in
t
o
the
h
o
t
st
e
amy
sh
o
w
er
,
she
t
r
i
e
d
t
o g
e
t
h
e
r
h
e
a
r
t
r
ate
d
o
wn.
She
t
r
i
e
d
to
calm the
n
er
v
e
s
that
d
anc
e
d
in h
e
r
st
o
mach.
A
nd she
t
r
i
e
d
t
o
fig
ur
e
o
u
t what the
h
e
ll she
was so
n
er
v
o
u
s a
b
o
u
t in the
fi
r
st
plac
e
.