Base Nature (128 page)

L
iv
dr
o
pp
e
d
h
e
r
h
e
a
d
,
b
l
u
shing.
G
a
rre
tt
ch
u
ckl
e
d
n
e
xt
to
h
e
r
and k
i
ss
e
d
h
e
r
o
n
the
e
a
r
.
“
O
h my
G
od
,” she
bre
ath
ed
,
which ma
d
e
him la
u
gh ha
rder
.

“
A
l
s
o
, we
w
o
u
ld
like
to
c
o
m
m
e
nd
y
o
u
,” K
e
lly s
p
o
ke
u
p,
r
ising f
r
o
m h
e
r
s
e
at.
L
iv
l
oo
k
e
d
u
p,
s
h
o
ck
ed
.
“
C
o
mm
e
nd
m
e
?
F
o
r
what?”

“
F
o
r
y
o
u
r
re
st
r
aint
with
A
.J.
We
a
ll
ag
re
e
it
w
o
u
ld
h
a
ve
bee
n
j
u
stifi
e
d
f
o
r
y
o
u
to take
h
im
d
o
wn. He
was th
re
at
e
ning
y
o
u
r
life
a
nd
y
o
u
r
mat
e’
s.”

“W
h
o
was
al
re
a
d
y
w
o
u
n
ded!
”
Be
n
chim
e
d
i
n.
L
iv
th
o
u
ght
she al
re
a
d
y
l
o
v
e
d
him like
a
br
o
th
er
.

“
A
nd any
o
ne
o
f
u
s,
b
o
r
n
w
o
lv
e
s,
w
o
u
ld have
h
ad
a
ha
r
d time
re
sisting
the
ur
ge
to p
u
t
him
d
o
wn.
I
t
is the
nat
ur
al
i
n
stinct.”

“
A
nd
y
o
u
d
i
d
n
’
t,”
Ch
e
st
e
r
said
and
smil
e
d
at K
e
lly who
n
o
dde
d
in ag
ree
m
e
nt. “A
t
o
ast
t
o
L
iv.
T
o
w
e
lc
o
me
h
e
r
and
to
h
o
n
o
r
h
e
r
c
o
nt
r
o
l
!
”

“
T
o
L
iv,”
e
ch
o
e
d
th
r
o
u
gh
the
b
a
r
n
and
she
had
t
o
p
u
t
h
e
r
h
e
ad
d
o
wn
ag
a
in.
G
a
rre
t
t

p
u
ll
e
d
h
e
r
in
and
h
u
gg
e
d
h
er
,
whisp
er
ing
t
o
h
er
,
n
o
ns
e
nse
s
o
u
n
d
s
and
s
oo
t
hing
w
o
rd
s. She
wa
s
n
’
t
u
s
e
d
to
t
h
is.
T
h
i
s f
ee
ling
o
f acc
e
ptan
c
e
.
A
nd
l
o
v
e
.

*
*
*
*
*

“
S
o
t
o
m
o
rr
o
w
I
call
E
ll
e
n
and
talk
t
o
my
b
o
ss
a
b
o
u
t
a
l
e
ave
o
f
a
b
s
e
nc
e
.”
T
h
e
y walk
e
d
in
the
d
a
r
kn
e
ss
t
o
G
a
rre
tt
’
s
c
o
ttag
e
.
She c
o
u
ld
h
e
ar and
s
e
e and
s
m
e
ll
s
o
m
u
ch m
o
r
e
n
o
w.
T
he w
o
r
ld
s
ee
m
e
d
a
r
ich
er
,
m
o
r
e
c
o
l
o
r
f
u
l
place
in
all
w
a
ys.
A
s
mall
r
a
bb
it
d
a
r
t
e
d
ac
r
o
s
s
th
e
ir
path
and
s
he
re
aliz
e
d
it
was
l
u
cky
that
th
e
y
w
er
e
wan
der
ing
al
o
n
g in h
u
man
f
o
r
m.

“
P
l
u
s,
it
has
the
a
d
vantage that
we
j
u
st
ate
a
t
o
n
o
f
f
oo
d
,”
G
a
rre
tt
said
t
o
h
e
r
u
nsp
o
k
e
n th
o
ug
ht.

“
H
o
w
d
id
y
o
u
—”

“I
f
e
lt
y
o
u
t
e
ns
e
.
Y
o
u’r
e
a h
u
nt
e
r
n
o
w.
I
t
’
s
n
o
r
mal to
re
act
that way.”

T
he
c
o
ttage
came
i
nto
vi
e
w,
h
e’
d
l
e
ft
a
small
l
ight
bur
ning
i
nsi
de
.
A
light
th
e
y
d
i
d
n
’
t
n
ee
d
bu
t
still the
i
mage
o
f a s
o
ftly lit h
o
u
se
was c
o
m
f
o
r
ting.

“
T
hat
’
s my
p
u
nishm
e
nt, my
s
e
nt
e
nc
e
?
T
o
l
i
ve
h
er
e
with the
m
a
n I
l
o
ve
a
nd
b
e am
o
n
g p
e
o
ple
w
h
o
have
t
re
at
e
d
me
w
e
ll?”
She
was still st
u
nn
ed
.

“
D
o
n
’
t f
o
r
g
e
t
A
.J. He
d
i
d
n
’
t
t
re
at
y
o
u
w
e
ll.”

“What
will
h
app
e
n
to
h
i
m?”
She t
o
o
k
G
a
rre
tt
’
s
hand and
sq
uee
z
ed
.
T
he
p
re
ss
ur
e p
u
ll
e
d
h
e
r
stitch
e
s
a
b
it
and
she
b
it
h
e
r
lip.
I
t
was
g
e
tting
be
t
t
e
r
s
o
m
u
ch
fast
e
r
th
o
u
gh.
I
n
c
o
mpa
r
is
o
n to
h
o
w
l
o
ng it w
o
u
ld
have
tak
e
n
be
f
o
re
,
this
w
o
u
ld
b
e
n
o
thing.

“
M
o
st
lik
e
ly
th
e
y
’
ll
st
r
ip
him
o
f
h
is
du
ti
e
s,
give
h
i
m
a
m
u
n
d
ane
j
o
b
.
S
o
m
e
thing with
s
er
vit
u
d
e
in
it.
T
he
w
o
r
st
p
o
ssi
b
le
case f
o
r s
o
m
eo
ne
like
A
.J.”
She
saw
the flash
o
f his white
t
ee
th
i
n the
d
a
r
k
b
l
u
e
e
v
e
ning
l
ight.

“
W
o
w.
T
hat
’
s ha
rd
c
o
re
.
Bu
t
be
tt
e
r
than jail,
r
ight?”

“
T
ru
st
m
e
,
h
e’
d
r
ath
e
r
g
o
to
jail,”
G
a
rre
tt sai
d
,
la
u
ghi
n
g.
He
l
e
t
th
e
m
i
nto
the c
o
ttage
a
nd
be
f
o
r
e
the
d
oo
r
click
e
d
had
h
e
r
in his a
r
ms.