Base Nature (76 page)

She sh
ru
gg
ed
.
Be
st
t
o
l
e
t
it
g
o
,
l
e
ave
it
be
.
T
h
at
w
a
s
h
o
w
sh
e’
d
do
ne
it
f
o
r
ag
e
s
and ag
e
s.
L
iv
d
i
d
n
’
t t
e
ll
him
that
i
n
the
dre
am K
e
vin
’
s
face
had
bee
n a
h
u
ge
l
o
o
ming p
re
s
e
n
c
e
like a
ja
c
k-
o
-lant
er
n
at
Ha
l
l
o
w
ee
n.
I
t
was
simply
h
e
r
i
nn
e
r
de
m
o
ns
re
a
r
ing
u
p
be
ca
u
s
e
o
f the
f
e
v
er
.

She
s
h
oo
k,
s
hiv
ere
d
and
th
e
n
h
e
r
b
o
d
y
r
ight
e
d
its
e
lf.
L
iv
kiss
e
d
G
a
rre
tt
s
o
ftly, smil
e
d
at
K
e
lly
who
w
a
s
h
o
v
er
ing
like a
c
o
nc
er
n
e
d
m
o
th
e
r
in
the c
o
r
n
er
.
She fl
e
x
e
d
h
e
r fing
er
s.
T
h
e
y
f
e
lt
d
iff
ere
nt.
T
h
e
y
f
e
lt
l
o
ng
er
,
b
igg
er
,
st
r
o
ng
er
.
Bu
t th
e
y
l
o
o
k
e
d
the
s
a
m
e
.
T
h
e
y
f
e
lt as if
th
e
y s
h
o
u
ld
have
white
spa
r
ks
o
f
e
n
er
gy
f
l
o
ating
o
ff
th
e
m.
G
a
rre
tt p
u
sh
e
d
h
e
r
hair
b
ack
o
ff h
e
r
f
o
re
h
e
a
d
.

“I
n
ee
d
a sh
o
w
er
,”
s
he
s
a
i
d
.

D
e
ad sil
e
nce
and th
e
n
th
e
y
b
o
th
la
u
gh
ed
.
B
oo
mi
n
g
la
u
ghs
f
u
ll
o
f
re
li
e
f.
T
he
s
o
u
n
d
s
o
f
b
ig
bre
aths
be
ing h
e
ld
captive
in l
u
n
gs finally
be
ing
re
l
e
as
e
d
.

“We
can a
rr
ange
that,”
G
a
rre
tt
s
a
i
d
. “
A
nd
I
am sta
r
vi
n
g.”

“
H
o
n
e
y,
I
am all
o
v
e
r
that
,” K
e
lly
said
a
nd
d
isapp
e
a
r
ed
.
L
iv
c
o
u
ld
n
e
a
r
ly
sm
e
ll
the c
o
nt
e
nt
ed
n
e
ss
o
f
the
o
t
h
e
r
w
o
man.
H
aving
s
o
m
e
thing
to
d
o
,
s
o
me
way
to
h
e
lp.
She

th
o
u
ght she
w
o
u
ld
like
K
e
lly
v
er
y m
u
ch.

T
he
d
ay
was n
o
t
o
v
e
r
f
o
r
h
e
r
t
h
o
u
gh. She
c
o
u
ld
t
e
ll.
She
c
o
u
ld
t
e
ll
b
y
the
way
G
a
rre
tt
w
a
s
l
o
o
king
at
h
e
r
with
b
o
th
re
li
e
f
and c
o
nc
er
n.
She
c
o
u
ld t
e
ll
b
y
the c
o
il
e
d f
ee
ling
o
f
e
n
er
gy
and
p
o
w
e
r
in
the
pit
o
f h
e
r
s
t
o
mach.
H
e
r
s
kin
ti
n
gl
e
d
with s
o
me
d
a
r
k
e
n
er
gy.
A
nd
s
he
wa
s
n
’
t
q
u
ite
s
ur
e
h
o
w
it
w
o
u
ld
play
ou
t.
Bu
t
f
o
r that
m
o
m
e
nt,
she
j
u
st want
e
d
to
b
e
cl
e
an and
f
ed
.

“
C
o
me
o
n,
I’
ll
h
e
lp
y
o
u
.
Y
o
u’r
e
g
o
ing
t
o
swing
wil
d
ly
be
tw
ee
n
I
can
lift
a
bu
s
t
o
I

^{can
b
a
re
ly
stand
u
p.”}

L
iv
l
e
t
him
take
h
e
r
h
a
nd
and
h
e
lp
h
e
r
u
p.
T
he tangle
o
f
sh
ee
ts
and
b
lank
e
ts
f
e
ll away.
T
he n
i
ghtg
o
wn
h
e’
d
s
lipp
e
d
o
v
e
r
h
e
r
dur
ing
o
ne
o
f
h
e
r
c
o
ld sp
e
lls
was
tatt
e
r
e
d and
sh
red
d
ed
.
“
Did
I
d
o
that?”

“Y
e
ah,
p
r
o
b
a
b
ly.
I
t
was
a
r
o
u
gh
ni
g
ht
f
o
r
y
o
u
.
H
o
w
d
o
y
o
u
f
ee
l?”
He
t
o
u
ch
e
d
h
e
r as
he talk
ed
.
L
ight
t
o
u
ch
e
s,
st
r
o
k
e
s,
f
e
ath
er
ing
his
fing
er
s
o
v
e
r
h
e
r skin.
I
t
was
as
if
he th
o
u
ght she
w
o
u
ld
s
udde
nly
van
i
sh if his
s
kin wasn
’
t
o
n h
er
s.

“Di
r
ty and
h
u
ng
r
y.”

“I
like
d
i
r
ty,”
G
a
rre
t
t
la
u
gh
ed
,
g
u
i
d
ing h
e
r
to
the
d
oo
r
. “I
l
i
ke
d
i
r
ty a l
o
t.”

T
h
er
e
w
a
s
the
flash
o
f
o
r
n
er
y
h
o
t
man
s
he
had fall
e
n
f
o
r h
o
o
k,
l
i
ne
and si
n
k
er
.
L
iv smil
ed
,
f
ee
ling safe
and
wa
r
m and
e
xha
u
st
ed
.
O
v
er
all,
a p
re
tty
pl
e
asant f
ee
ling.
“I
kn
e
w y
o
u
w
o
u
l
d
.”