As t?? s?n st??t?? t? s?t ?v?? t?? st?nnin? l?n?sc???s ?? Y?s?mit? in C?li???ni?’s Si???? N?v??? ??n??, M??k ??lt ?n ?v??w??lmin? s?ns? ?? ?w? ?n? w?n???. T?? m?j?stic ???ks, t?w??in? w?t????lls, ?n? t??n??il m????ws ??? m??? ? l?stin? im???ssi?n ?n ?im. It w?s ? ?????ct ?n? t? ?is ??v?nt???, ? t?i? t??t ?? w??l? c???is? ????v??.
M??k ??? ?lw??s ???n c??tiv?t?? ?? ??t?? s??c?, ????min? ?? t?? ??? w??n ??m?ns w??l? ?nc? ???in s?t ???t ?n t?? m??n. As ?? ????n ?is j???n?? ??m? ???m Y?s?mit?, ?n i??? st??ck ?im: w?? n?t c?m?in? ?is int???st in t?? m??n wit? ?is l?v? ??? ?x?l??in? E??t??
Wit? t?is i??? in min?, M??k ????n t? ?l?n ? ?n?-??-?-kin? ??v?nt???. H? ?nvisi?n?? ? missi?n t? ??c???t? t?? j???n?? t? t?? m??n w?il? t??v??sin? t?? ????t?t?kin? l?n?sc???s ?? Y?s?mit?. T?is w??l? ?? ? t?i??t? t? t?? ??st ?n? ? c?l????ti?n ?? t?? ???s?nt.
E??i???? wit? ?is c?m?in? ???? ?n? ? ??t??min?ti?n t? ??s? t?? limits ?? ?is ?wn im??in?ti?n, M??k s?t ??t ?n ?is ?xt?????in??? ???st. E?c? st?? ?? t??k w?s ?ill?? wit? ?ntici??ti?n, ??minisc?nt ?? t?? ?st??n??ts w?? ??? w?lk?? ?n t?? l?n?? s????c? ??c???s ???.
?s ?? ?ik?? t?????? t?? ?????? t????in, M??k c??l?n’t ??l? ??t ???w ????ll?ls ??tw??n t?? ?t???w??l?l? ????t? ?? Y?s?mit? ?n? t?? ?????n l?n?sc???s ?? t?? m??n. T?? ???nit? cli??s ?? H?l? D?m? ?c???? t?? ??s?l?t? ???n???? ?? l?n?? m??nt?ins, w?il? t?? ??s?in? w?t????lls mi?????? t?? t??n??ilit? ?? t?? m??n’s sil?nt s????c?.
?t ni??t, ?s ?? ?itc??? ?is t?nt ??n??t? ? sk? ????n?? wit? ? t???st?? ?? st??s, M??k ??lt ? ???? c?nn?cti?n t? t?? ?st??n??ts w?? ??? ??z?? ???n t??s? s?m? c?l?sti?l w?n???s. H? m??v?l?? ?t t?? v?stn?ss ?? t?? ?niv??s?, ?n???st?n?in? t??t ?is j???n?? w?s ??t ? sm?ll st?? in t?? ???n? c?smic ??nc?.
D??s t??n?? int? w??ks, ?n? M??k c?ntin??? ?is ?x???iti?n, c??t??in? t?? ?ss?nc? ?? ?is m??n-ins?i??? ??v?nt??? t?????? ???t??????s ?n? j???n?l ?nt?i?s. H? ?nc??nt???? ??ll?w ?ik??s w?? s????? ?is ?nt??si?sm, ?n???in? in c?nv??s?ti?ns ????t t?? m?st??i?s ?? t?? ?niv??s? ?n? t?? si?ni?ic?nc? ?? ?x?l??in? t?? ?nkn?wn.
?n t?? ?in?l l?? ?? ?is j???n??, ?s M??k c????t ? ?lim?s? ?? t?? ??mili?? si??t ?? ?is ??m?t?wn ?n t?? ???iz?n, ?? c??l?n’t ??l? ??t ???l ? ?itt??sw??t l?n?in? ??? t?? m??n. B?t ?? kn?w t??t ?is j???n?? ?i?n’t ?n? ????; it w?s m???l? ? c???t?? in ? li??l?n? ???st ??? kn?wl???? ?n? ?isc?v???.
???ivin? ??m?, M??k ???n? ?ims?l? ????v?? c??n???. Y?s?mit? ??? i?nit?? ? s???k wit?in ?im, ??min?in? ?im ?? t?? limitl?ss ??ssi?iliti?s t??t ?w?it?? t??s? w?? ????? t? ????m. H? ???liz?? t??t t?? m??n w?s n?t j?st ? ?ist?nt c?l?sti?l ???? ??t ? s?m??l ?? ??m?n ??t?nti?l, ? ??min??? t??t w? ??? c????l? ?? ???c?in? ??? t?? st??s, ??t? lit???ll? ?n? m?t?????ic?ll?.
T? t?? m??n ?n? ??ck, M??k ??? t??v?l??. B?t ?is ???ss?? ??? ?nl? j?st ????n. Ins?i??? ?? t?? ???n???? ?? n?t??? ?n? t?? m?st??i?s ?? t?? c?sm?s, ?? v?w?? t? c?ntin?? ?is ?x?l???ti?n ?? t?? w??l? ?n? ????n?, c????in? t?? s?i?it ?? Y?s?mit? wit? ?im ?s ?? ?m???k?? ?n n?w ??v?nt???s.
F?? in t?? ????t ?? ?v??? ????m?? li?s t?? ??si?? t? s??? ?i????, t? v?nt??? int? t?? ?nkn?wn, ?n? t? l??v? t??i? m??k ?n t?? t???st?? ?? ?xist?nc?. ?n? s?, ?s M??k ???l?ct?? ?n ?is j???n?? ???m Y?s?mit? t? t?? m??n, ?? kn?w t??t ?is st??? w?s j?st ?n? sm?ll ???t ?? t?? ????t?? ??m?n n????tiv?, ? t?l? ?? ???n?l?ss c??i?sit? ?n? t?? ??l?ntl?ss ???s?it ?? ?isc?v???.