Base Nature (87 page)

“
S
o
I
l
o
st
t
w
o
o
f
y
o
u
?”
Why
was
he
f
in
d
ing
th
i
s
o
u
t
n
o
w?
W
a
sn
’
t
he
in
e
n
o
u
gh pain?

She
n
o
dded
,
s
o
l
e
mn
bu
t
matt
er
-
o
f-factly.
“
Y
o
u
d
i
d
.
Bu
t
y
o
u
can
change
all
that n
o
w.
Y
o
u
a
l
re
a
d
y
l
o
ve
h
er
,
all
y
o
u
n
ee
d
t
o
d
o
is
b
e
br
av
e
.
B
e
br
av
e
,
Da
dd
y.”

A
nd
th
e
n
s
he
k
iss
e
d
him.

*
*
*
*
*

G
a
rre
t
t
o
p
e
n
e
d
h
i
s
e
y
e
s
to
K
e
lly.
A
st
e
a
d
y
st
re
am
o
f
w
o
rd
s
bur
st
f
r
o
m
h
e
r
m
o
u
th
bu
t
at fi
r
st
he
c
o
u
l
d
n
’
t
h
e
ar
th
e
m.
T
h
e
y w
er
e
n
o
n
s
e
ns
e
.
J
u
st a
st
r
ing
o
f m
u
m
b
l
e
d
s
o
u
n
d
s that ma
d
e
no
re
al s
e
nse
at all. “What?”

T
he
f
ro
nt
d
oo
r st
o
o
d
wi
d
e
o
p
e
n,
b
l
oo
d
re
d
w
o
o
d
acc
e
nting
the
d
a
r
k
night
s
ky.
He had
o
r
i
g
inally
b
o
u
ght
the
h
o
u
s
e
,
pa
r
tially
be
ca
u
se
o
f
the
d
oo
r
.
T
he
re
d
do
o
r
had
f
e
lt
t
o

him
like
the
magical
d
oo
r
i
nto
a
n
e
w
lif
e
.
A
n
alt
er
nate
re
ality.
N
o
w
it
f
e
lt
like
the
d
oo
r to
h
e
ll.

“
B
l
eed
ing
has
s
l
o
w
e
d
d
o
w
n.”

He ca
u
ght
that,
g
r
a
bbe
d
K
e
lly
’
s
han
d
.
“Wh
er
e
is
L
iv? H
o
w
l
o
ng
h
ave
I
bee
n
o
u
t?” He
was w
e
ak and
w
o
o
zy
bu
t
n
o
w he
w
a
s sca
re
d
t
oo
.

“She t
o
o
k
him
d
o
w
n
and
th
e
n
he
r
an
a
nd
s
he
was
r
ight
o
n
his
h
ee
ls.
T
h
e
y
w
er
e h
e
a
de
d
t
o
wa
r
d
the
ma
i
n
r
o
a
d
,
at the
c
r
o
sswalk.”

“
T
he
pa
r
k ac
r
o
ss the
st
ree
t,”
he
g
r
o
an
ed
.
“
I
f she
g
e
ts him th
ere
,
h
e’
s
g
o
n
e
.”
“
G
a
rre
t
t,
sh
e’
s p
r
o
b
a
b
ly
g
o
tt
e
n
him
b
y
n
o
w.”

“W
e
ll, why
d
i
d
n
’
t
y
o
u
go
aft
e
r
h
er
?”
he
r
o
a
re
d
so
l
o
u
d
he
saw s
p
o
ts. I
n
eed
e
d
to
b
e
with
y
o
u
. Y
o
u
w
er
e
s
h
o
t an
d
—”

“
I
t w
o
u
l
d
n
’
t
k
i
ll m
e
.”

“
I
t
c
o
u
ld
h
a
v
e!
”
I
t
was K
e
lly
’
s
t
ur
n
to
r
o
a
r
.
She
was
n
o
sh
r
inking
v
i
o
l
e
t.
Wh
e
n
it came
to
t
e
mp
er
,
K
e
lly
c
o
u
ld
ru
n
with
the
b
ig
d
o
g
s.
“
I
t
was
r
ight
th
er
e
n
e
xt
to
y
o
u
r h
e
a
r
t.
Y
o
u
a
r
e
a w
o
lf,
G
a
rre
tt,
y
o
u
a
r
e
n
o
t a f
u
cking
i
mm
o
r
tal
!
”

He
b
it
h
is
t
o
n
g
u
e
to
k
ee
p
f
r
o
m
s
a
ying
s
o
m
e
thing
m
o
r
e st
u
pi
d
.
“We
h
ave
t
o
find h
er
.”
He
st
ud
i
e
d
the
h
o
le
i
n
h
i
s
ch
e
st.
E
v
e
n
as he
wa
t
ch
e
d
h
i
s
b
o
d
y c
o
nst
r
ict
ed
,
p
u
shing at
the
f
o
re
ign
o
b
j
e
ct.
T
he
du
ll
m
e
tal
b
o
tt
o
m
o
f
the
bu
ll
e
t
sta
r
t
e
d
to
s
h
o
w.
H
i
s
b
o
d
y w
o
u
ld
e
j
e
ct
it
i
f
he
l
e
ft
it
be
.
He
d
i
d
n
’
t
have
time
f
o
r
that.
G
a
rre
t
t
p
u
sh
e
d
his fing
er
tips into
his skin and
g
r
ipp
e
d
the
n
a
rr
o
w
e
nd
o
f the
bu
ll
e
t
with
h
is
fi
n
g
er
tips.
He
w
i
ggl
e
d
it
u
p
and p
u
ll
e
d
it
f
ree
,
g
r
itting
h
is
t
ee
th
and g
r
imacing.
He
d
i
d
n
’
t
mind pain
bu
t
his
o
wn
b
l
oo
d
d
i
d
n
’
t
e
xactly make
h
im happy.

“J
e
s
u
s.
Y
o
u a
r
e
st
u
pid
s
o
m
e
tim
e
s,
b
o
y,”
K
e
lly
said
bu
t
t
oo
k
the
b
l
oo
d
y
ch
u
nk
o
f m
e
tal
f
r
o
m
h
im.

“
Le
t
’
s
g
o
.
M
ay
b
e
we
can
catch
h
e
r in
tim
e
.”
He sta
r
t
e
d
to
shift
and K
e
lly
g
r
a
bbe
d him.