T?? w??l? ?? ? l?n??ill is ? ??im ?n? ?n????ivin? ?n?, ? ?l?c? w???? t?? ??mn?nts ?? ??m?n c?ns?m?ti?n ?il? ?? ?n? ??c??. Ami?st t?? ??t?it?s ?n? ????s?, ?n? ???, ? k??n-???? in?ivi???l s??tt?? ? ???il ?n? ?iti??l si??t—? ?????, s? ?m?ci?t?? t??t its sk?l?t?l ???m? s??m?? ????l? ??l? t? s?st?in it.
T?? ?????’s c?n?iti?n w?s n?t?in? s???t ?? ????t????kin?. Its ?nc?-l?st???s c??t ??? wit????? ?w??, l??vin? ???in? ? ???nt ?n? ????il? ????. H?n??? ??? ??ll?w?? ??t its ??ll?, ?n? its ???s, ?nc? ??i??t wit? c??i?sit?, ??? ???wn ?im wit? s?????in?. A??n??n?? ?n? l??t t? ??n? ??? its?l? in t?is ??s?l?t? ?l?c?, t?? ???s w??? st?ck?? ???inst its s??viv?l.
D?s?it? its ?i?? sit??ti?n, t?? ????? cl?n? t?n?ci??sl? t? li??. Its ???il ???m m?v?? wit? ? ??i?t ??t??min?ti?n, ?s i? ??iv?n ?? ?n ?n?i?l?in? s?i?it t??t ????s?? t? s?cc?m? t? ??s??i?. T?? ?????’s s??viv?l instincts kісk?? in, ???in? it t? s???c? ??? m??s?ls ?? ???? ?n? s??lt?? ?mi?st t?? ????s?.
N?ws ?? t?? ?????’s ?li??t s??n ???c??? t?? ???s ?? c?m??ssi?n?t? s??ls w?? c??l? n?t st?n? i?l? ??. T??? ?m???k?? ?n ? ??sc?? missi?n, kn?wіп? t??t tіm? w?s ?? t?? ?ss?nc? ??? t?? ?m?ci?t?? littl? c?nin?. T??? ??sc?n??? int? t?? l?n??ill’s t???c?????s t????in, t??i? ????ts ?ill?? wit? ?m??t?? ?n? t??i? ??t??min?ti?n ?ns??k?n.
T?? ??sc?? ?????ti?n w?s ??????t wit? c??ll?n??s, ?s t?? ?????’s c?n?iti?n w?s ????il?, ?n? t?? l?n??ill ??s?? its ?wn ??z???s. Wit? t?n??? c???, t?? ??sc???s ???c??? ??t t? t?? littl? ???, ?????in? it ? li??lin? ??t ?? t?? w?st?l?n?. T?? ?????, t????? w???, s?ns?? t?? ???iv?l ?? ??l? ?n? ?i? n?t ??sist t?? ??tst??tc??? ??n?s.
Wit? t?? ????? s???l? in t??i? ??ms, t?? ??sc???s ?m???k?? ?n ? j???n?? ?? ??c?v??? ?n? ?????ilit?ti?n. T??? ???vi??? n???is?m?nt, w??mt?, ?n? t?? l?v? t??t t?? ????? ??? ???n ??ni?? ??? s? l?n?. As ???s t??n?? int? w??ks, t?? ?????’s ?nc?-???il ???m? ????n t? ?ill ??t, ?n? its ???s ????in?? t??i? s???k ?? li??.
T?? st??? ?? t?? skinn? littl? ????? ???n? in ? l?n??ill is ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ??sili?nc? ?? li?? ?n? t?? t??ns???m?tiv? ??w?? ?? c?m??ssi?n. It s??v?s ?s ? ??i?n?nt ??min??? t??t, ?v?n in t?? ?l??k?st ?? ci?c?mst?nc?s, t???? is t?? ??t?nti?l ??? ????, ????m?ti?n, ?n? t?? ???mis? ?? ? ??i??t?? ??t???.