Base Nature (58 page)
H
e’
d
n
e
v
e
r
bee
n
h
appi
e
r
and
alt
er
nat
e
ly, h
e’
d
n
e
v
e
r
bee
n m
o
r
e
mis
er
a
b
le
and c
o
nf
u
s
ed
.
“F
u
ck
me ha
rd
,”
he said and finish
e
d
u
p
the
w
i
n
d
o
w.
He
sw
e
pt
the
o
ld
g
lass
that still litt
ere
d
the
fl
o
o
r
in
t
o
a
du
stpan
and
e
mpti
e
d
it, ta
k
ing the
t
r
ash
o
u
t with h
i
m.
He sm
e
ll
e
d
the
m
an
be
f
o
r
e
he saw
him.
T
he p
e
pp
e
r
and vin
e
gar
s
m
e
ll
o
f
h
o
stility. “Wh
ere’
s
L
iv?”
“
N
o
t
h
ere
.
I
thi
n
k
it
’
s
be
st
i
f
y
o
u l
e
av
e
,
e
ith
e
r
way,”
G
a
rre
tt
sai
d
.
He
k
e
pt
his
v
o
ice l
o
w,
h
i
s
e
y
e
s
av
er
t
ed
.
O
nce
i
n
a
g
re
at
while th
e
y
w
o
u
ld
g
l
itt
e
r
i
n
j
u
st
the
r
ight
way
so
a h
u
man sp
o
tt
e
d
it.
L
ike
L
iv
d
i
d
.
Bu
t
that
’
s
be
ca
u
se
sh
e’
s y
o
u
r
mat
e
…
“I ask
e
d
y
o
u wh
er
e
s
he
was.
N
o
t
if
she was
h
ere
.”
K
e
vin
st
e
pp
e
d
in
f
r
o
nt
o
f
him
to
b
l
o
ck
h
is
way.
G
a
rre
tt
s
t
o
pp
ed
,
n
o
t
be
ca
u
se
he
had
t
o
.
He
c
o
u
ld
h
ave
e
asily
p
u
nt
e
d K
e
vin
to
the
si
d
e
like
a f
o
o
t
b
all
bu
t
th
i
s
was n
o
t the
time
o
r
plac
e
.
Ou
tsi
d
e
in
br
o
ad
d
aylight
in
a
br
an
d
-
n
e
w
n
e
igh
b
o
r
h
o
o
d wh
er
e
fifty
p
er
c
e
nt
o
f
the p
e
o
ple
w
er
e
n
o
sy
re
ti
r
e
d
p
e
o
pl
e
. N
o
t the
be
st
place
to
e
x
er
cise
y
o
u
r
st
re
ngth.
“
M
o
v
e
.”
K
e
vin
st
e
pp
e
d
f
o
r
wa
rd
,
p
u
ffing
u
p
his
ch
e
st.
T
he
sm
e
ll
o
f
a
gg
re
ssi
o
n and
a
t
i
ny
b
it
o
f c
o
nf
u
si
o
n came
o
ff him, f
i
lling
G
a
rre
t
t
’
s
n
o
s
e
,
fi
r
ing h
i
s p
red
at
o
r
y
n
at
ure
.
“I
sai
d
,
m
o
v
e
.”
He
l
e
t
a
tiny
b
it
o
f
the
r
o
lling
g
ru
m
b
le
in
t
o
his
v
o
ic
e
.
C
o
ck
e
d
his h
e
ad
and st
e
pp
e
d
t
o
wa
r
d
the
man
i
nst
e
ad
o
f
b
ack.
“
A
nd
l
e
ave h
e
r
a
l
o
n
e
.
D
o
y
o
u h
e
ar m
e
?
O
r
I
wi
l
l
b
e
the
o
ne
y
o
u
a
n
sw
e
r
t
o
.” His ang
e
r
fla
re
d
and
the
o
th
e
r
man
’
s
face flick
ere
d
with
u
nc
er
tainty.
T
h
er
e
g
o
e
s the
e
ye
shin
e
, g
e
ni
u
s
.
T
he
r
ain
c
o
at
e
d
th
e
m
in
a
f
i
ne
mist
and
G
a
rre
tt
d
i
d
n
’
t
wait
f
o
r K
e
vin
to
de
ci
d
e
to answ
er
.
“I sai
d
,
d
o
y
o
u h
e
ar
m
e
?”
G
a
rre
tt
a
sk
ed
.
He t
o
o
k
o
ne m
o
r
e st
e
p
f
o
r
wa
r
d
s
o
that th
e
y
w
er
e
p
r
actically
n
o
se to
n
o
s
e
.
T
h
o
u
gh
h
is
n
o
se
was
a
b
o
u
t
th
re
e
i
nch
e
s
h
igh
e
r
than K
e
vin
’
s.
He
s
h
o
o
k
the
b
ag
o
f
g
lass and
K
e
vin
’
s
e
y
e
s
s
h
o
t
to
it.
“
Y
o
u
t
e
nd
to
de
st
r
o
y things wh
e
n
y
o
u’r
e
a
r
o
u
n
d
.”
“
Y
o
u
d
id
that,” K
e
vin
s
ai
d
,
t
r
ying
t
o
s
o
u
nd
c
o
cky
bu
t
o
n
l
y managi
n
g
u
ns
ure
.
“I
d
id
that
re
sc
u
ing
h
e
r
f
r
o
m y
o
u
. She
d
o
e
sn
’
t
want to
s
e
e
y
o
u
. Which m
e
ans I
d
o
n
’
t want to
s
e
e
y
o
u
a
r
o
u
n
d
.”
“I
do
n
’
t
take
o
rder
s
f
r
o
m y
o
u
,” K
e
vin
sai
d
.
“
T
e
ll
L
ivvie
I
s
aid
hi and
I’
ll
s
e
e
h
e
r s
o
o
n.” He
t
ur
n
e
d
o
n his h
ee
ls
and
st
o
mp
e
d
o
ff.
G
a
rre
tt
d
i
d
n
’
t
miss the
fact
that
he walk
e
d j
u
st
a
b
it
t
o
o fast
f
o
r s
o
m
eo
ne th
r
o
wing a
r
o
u
nd th
re
ats.
Bu
t
he
d
i
d
n
’
t
t
ru
st
the ass
h
o
le
s
o
h
e’
d
have
to
k
ee
p
h
i
s
e
ye
o
u
t f
o
r
K
e
vin.