In t?? v?st t???st?? ?? li??, t???? ??? st??i?s t??t ?n??l? ?n t?? st???ts, w???? t?? ?ickl? ??n? ?? ??t? c?sts its s????ws ???n t?? inn?c?nt.
S?c? w?s t?? t?l? ?? ? ??? w?? ???m?? t?? st???ts, ?????n?? ?? ? ???wt? ?n ??? lim?, ??? w???? st??s mi????in? t?? w?i??t ?? ??? t?i?ls.
As t?? s?n c?st its ??l??n ???s ???n t?? ??stlin? cit?, t?is ?n???t?n?t? c?nin? ?m???k?? ?n ? s?lit??? j???n??, w?n???in? t?????? ?ll??w??s ?n? ?c??ss ??s? int??s?cti?ns.
Wit? ??c? st?i??, t?? w?i??t ?? ??? ?????n ???w ???vi??—? ???wt? ?n ??? lim?, ?n ?nw?lc?m? c?m??ni?n t??t ?in????? ??? ?v??? m?v?.
T?? ???’s ?li??t w?s ? sil?nt ?n?, ?nn?tic?? ?? t?? ????i?? ??ss??s?? w?? ??? t??i? ?wn liv?s t? n?vi??t?. H?? ??in, ?i???n ???in? ? st?ic ??c???, w?s ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ??sili?nc? t??t ?l???is??s in t?? ??c? ?? ??v??sit?.
B?t ?s t?? ????s st??tc??? ?n, ??ti??? ????n t? t?k? its t?ll, ????in? ??? st??n?t? ?n? ??s?lv?.
Wit? ? ???v? ????t ?n? w???? lim?s, t?? ???’s ???? c??l? n? l?n??? ???? t?? w?i??t ?? ??? st????l?s.
Ex???sti?n w?s??? ?v?? ??? lik? ? ti??l w?v?, ?n? s?? c?ll??s??, ??? ti??? ???? ?in?in? ??s?it? ?n t?? ?n????ivin? ??v?m?nt. In t??t m?m?nt ?? s????n???, s?? ??c?m? ? s?m??l ?? v?ln????ilit?, ? ??min??? ?? t?? imm?ns? c??ll?n??s ??c?? ?? t??s? ???n??n?? ?n? ?????tt?n.
B?t wit?in t?? ???t?s ?? ??s??i?, t???? ?lick???? ? ?limm?? ?? ????—? c?ll t??t ??s?n?t?? wit? t?? c?m??ssi?n?t? s??ls w?? ??c??niz?? t?? ???’s sil?nt ?l?? ??? ??l?.
A kin?-????t?? st??n???, ?tt?n?? t? t?? sil?nt l?n????? ?? s?????in?, c?m? t? ??? ?i?, ?????in? ? ??ntl? t??c? ?n? ? ?????? ???m t?? ???s? ???liti?s ?? t?? st???ts
In t?? ???s t??t ??ll?w??, t?? ??? ??c?iv?? t?? c??? ?n? l?v? s?? s? ??s????t?l? n?????.
T?? ???wt? ?n ??? lim? w?s ?????ss??, ?n? ??? w??n?s w??? t?n??? t? wit? t?n??? ??n?s. S?????n??? ?? w??mt? ?n? kin?n?ss, s?? ?isc?v???? ? n?w???n? st??n?t?, ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ??sili?nc? ?? li?? w??n n??t???? ?? c?m??ssi?n.
T?is t?l? ?? t?? ???’s j???n?? ?n t?? st???ts ?nc??s?l?t?s t?? st????l?s ??c?? ?? c??ntl?ss ?nim?ls w?? ?in? t??ms?lv?s ???n??n?? ?n? ?l?n?. It s??v?s ?s ? ??min??? t??t ?mi?st t?? c???s ?n? in?i?????nc? ?? t?? w??l?, t???? ??? t??s? w?? ?xt?n? ? ??l?in? ??n?, w?? ????s? t? t??n ? ?lin? ??? t? t?? s?????in? ?? t?? m?st v?ln????l? ?m?n? ?s.
F?? in t?? t?i?m?? ?? t?? ???’s ??sili?nc? li?s ? ??w????l m?ss???—t??t ?v?n in t?? ??c? ?? ??v??sit?, t???? is ?lw??s ????, ?n? wit? l?v? ?n? c???, ? ??i??t?? ??t??? c?n ?? ??????. L?t ?s ?? t?? c?t?l?sts ??? c??n??, ?????in? s?l?c? t? t??s? w?? ???m t?? st???ts, ??min?in? t??m t??t t??? ??? n?t ?????tt?n, ?n? t??t t???? ??? ??n?s willin? t? li?t t??m ???m t?? ???t?s ?? ??s??i? int? ? li?? ?ill?? wit? c?m??ssi?n, l?v?, ?n? s?c?n? c??nc?s.