Base Nature (84 page)

Be
ca
u
se
s
he
i
s…

L
iv p
u
sh
e
d
h
e
r
plate
away,
h
e
a
r
t
p
o
u
n
d
ing,
e
a
r
s
r
i
n
ging f
r
o
m
the
cac
o
p
h
o
ny
o
f s
o
u
n
d
.
H
e
r
e
a
r
s
lit
er
ally
ach
e
d
f
r
o
m
the
n
o
ise
and
it c
o
ns
i
st
e
d
o
nly
o
f the
s
o
u
nd
o
f
the l
e
av
e
s
o
u
tsi
d
e m
o
v
i
ng
in
the win
d
,
the
r
ain
tapping
the
win
d
o
w
a
nd
the cl
o
ck
’
s
e
v
e
r p
re
s
e
nt
re
p
o
r
t.
K
e
lly
’
s
bre
ath
s
o
u
n
de
d
like a
t
o
r
na
d
o
c
o
mi
n
g,
a
f
re
ight
t
r
ain
o
f
s
o
u
n
d
.
G
a
rre
tt
’
s
chair c
re
ak
e
d
wh
e
n
he m
o
v
e
d
a
nd
s
he
winc
ed
.
“
B
a
b
y,
l
e
t
’
s
go sit
y
o
u
d
o
wn,” he
s
aid
s
o
s
o
ftly she
kn
e
w
it
w
o
u
ld
b
e
i
na
ud
i
b
le
to
m
o
st p
e
o
pl
e
.

A
nd
still
it
s
ee
m
e
d
as
if
he
was
s
h
o
u
ting
at
h
er
.
“Y
e
s,”
she
man
a
g
ed
.
“I
t
h
ink
I n
ee
d to
sit
d
o
wn.”

He l
e
d
h
e
r
t
o
the
s
o
fa
and the
fi
r
st
h
o
rr
i
b
le
wave
o
f
c
r
amping
hit.
A spasm
like n
o
th
i
ng
s
he
had
e
v
e
r
f
e
lt
r
o
ck
e
d
h
er
.
L
iv
f
e
a
re
d
she
w
o
u
ld
t
ur
n
i
nsi
d
e
ou
t,
that
was h
o
w
i
nt
e
nse
the
pain
was.
I
t
s
e
ttl
e
d
bu
t
th
e
n
s
u
ck
e
d
h
e
r
i
n,
a
b
lack
v
o
id
o
f
a
g
o
ny
a
nd she cl
u
tch
e
d
at
G
a
rre
tt
like
s
he
was
dr
o
wni
n
g.
She
v
ag
ue
ly
f
e
lt
h
e
r
fing
er
s
twist
in
the s
o
ft
g
r
ay
fa
br
ic
o
f
his
H
e
nl
e
y.
Odd
ly
that
re
gist
er
e
d
j
u
st
as
a
re
d
wave
o
f
pain
h
it.
S
he th
re
w
b
ack
h
e
r h
e
ad
and sc
re
am
e
d
.
T
he sc
re
am
fill
e
d h
e
r
sk
u
ll,
t
o
o
k
h
e
r
u
n
der
.
She l
o
st all s
o
u
n
d
s
bu
t
h
er
s
e
lf.

I
n
h
e
r
e
a
r
s
the
c
r
ick
e
ts
sc
ree
ch
e
d
,
the
r
ain was
l
ike
a
s
i
re
n
c
r
acking against the
glass with
an
amazing
f
o
r
c
e
,
the
l
e
av
e
s
sh
r
i
e
k
e
d
like the
d
amn
e
d
and h
e
r
o
wn
h
e
a
r
t
b
e
at s
o
u
n
de
d
like
a t
r
ain c
o
ming at h
er
. “
G
a
rre
tt,”
s
he
sai
d
, h
e
r
k
n
ee
s
bu
ckling.

“
D
o
n
’
t l
e
t
h
e
r
g
o
,
G
a
rre
tt,”
K
e
lly
s
aid
f
ro
m v
er
y
v
er
y far
away.
A
n
o
th
e
r
r
oo
m, an
o
th
e
r
h
o
u
s
e
,
a
n
o
th
e
r
u
niv
er
s
e
.

H
i
s
han
d
s s
e
ttl
e
d
o
n h
e
r
to
t
r
y
to
k
ee
p
h
e
r
f
r
o
m slipping.
T
he
h
e
at
o
f
h
is
s
kin
was fi
r
e
a
nd
br
imst
o
n
e
.
H
e
ll
ma
d
e fl
e
sh.
She sc
re
am
e
d
be
ca
u
se
it
bur
n
ed
,
she sc
re
am
e
d
be
ca
u
s
e
h
e
r
o
wn
c
r
y
h
ur
t
h
e
r
e
a
r
s.
She
bu
ckl
e
d
de
spite
his
e
ff
o
r
ts
and
h
e
r
b
ack
b
o
w
e
d like
it was ma
d
e
o
f
e
lastic inst
e
ad
o
f
b
o
n
e
.

“
Lo
o
k at
the
m
o
o
nl
i
ght,
K
e
lly,”
G
a
rre
tt
b
l
ur
t
ed
,
his face
whit
e
r
than any livi
n
g
man s
h
o
u
ld
be
.

“
T
h
er
e
i
s
no
m
o
o
nlight,
G
a
r
,”
K
e
lly
b
oo
m
ed
,
th
o
u
gh
L
iv
k
n
e
w
she was
whisp
er
ing. “
I
magine
m
o
o
nlight,
L
iv.
White and
s
hiny
l
i
ke
the light
o
f
h
e
av
e
n.
I
magine it
fl
o
wi
n
g a
r
o
u
nd
y
o
u and
in
y
o
u
.
I
n
y
o
u
r
m
o
u
th,
in
y
o
u
r
n
o
s
e
,
y
o
u
r
e
a
r
s.
Ra
d
iating
o
u
t
o
f
y
o
u
r fing
er
tips
and
o
ff
y
o
u
r hai
r
.
S
h
o
o
ting
o
u
t
o
f
y
o
u
r
t
o
e
s.
B
athi
n
g
y
o
u like a
shi
n
y
s
h
o
w
e
r
o
f sta
r
s and
s
n
o
w.
P
ict
u
r
e
that,
g
i
r
l.
G
a
rre
t
t
’
s
h
ere
.
We
have
y
o
u
.
I
t
’
s
o
k
a
y.”