It w?s ? c?illin? ?n? ??m? ??? w??n ??t? int??v?n??, l???in? ? c??in? in?ivi???l t? st?m?l? ???n ? tin?, s?iv??in? ?????. T?? ???? c???t??? w?s s??k?? t? t?? ??n? ?n? t??m?lin? ???m t?? c?l?. Its c?i?s, ? ??i?n?nt s?m???n? ?? ?ist??ss, ?c???? t?????? t?? ?i?, ???c?in? t?? ???s ?? t?? ???s?n w?? w??l? ??c?m? its ??sc???.
T?? ?????’s v?ln????ilit? w?s im??ssi?l? t? i?n???. Its tin? ???m l?? ??l?l?ss, its ??? m?tt?? ?n? clin?in? t? its s?iv??in? ???m?. T?? w??l? ??? t??n?? int? ? ???s? ?n? ?nw?lc?min? ?l?c? ??? t?is ???n? s??l, ?n? it ??? n?w???? t? t??n ??? w??mt? ?n? c?m???t.
Wit? ? ????t ?ill?? wit? ?m??t?? ?n? ? ??t??min?ti?n t? m?k? ? ?i?????nc?, t?? ???s?n c?????ll? sc????? ?? t?? c?l? ?n? w?t ?????, c???lin? it in t??i? ??ms. It w?s ? m?m?nt ?? ??????n? c?nn?cti?n—? ??n? ?????? ??tw??n tw? ??in?s, ?n? ??m?n ?n? ?n? c?nin?, ??????t t???t??? ?? ci?c?mst?nc?s ?n? ?n ?v??w??lmin? ??si?? t? ???vi?? s?l?c? ?n? s???t?.
T?? ?????’s ??sc?? w?s t?? ???innin? ?? ? j???n?? t?w???s ???lin? ?n? ??c?v???. Wit? ??ntl? c??? ?n? w??mt?, t?? ??sc??? s????t t? ?ll?vi?t? t?? ?????’s s?????in?. T??? w?????? it in ? c?z? ?l?nk?t, ??????? n???is?m?nt, ?n? ???vi??? t?? c?m???t t??t it ??? ???n ????iv?? ?? ??? s? l?n?.
In t?? ???s t??t ??ll?w??, t?? ?????’s t??ns???m?ti?n w?s n?t?in? s???t ?? mi??c?l??s. As it ??i?? ??? ?n? ??lt t?? w??mt? s???in? ??ck int? its tin? ????, its c?i?s ??v? w?? t? c?nt?nt?? si??s. It l???n?? t? t??st t?? c??in? s??l w?? ??? ??????? it ? li??lin?, ?n? ? ??n? ?? c?m??ni?ns?i? ?l?ss?m??.
T?? st??? ?? t?? c??in?, c?l?, ?n? w?t ????? is ? ????tw??min? ??min??? ?? t?? ??w?? ?? c?m??ssi?n ?n? t?? ?i?????nc? t??t ? sin?l? ?ct ?? kin?n?ss c?n m?k? in t?? li?? ?? ? v?ln????l? c???t???. It is ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ?n???in? c???cit? ??? ?m??t?? wit?in ?s ?ll, ? ??min??? t??t ?v?n in t?? ??c? ?? ??v??sit?, t???? is t?? ??t?nti?l ??? ???? ?n? s?lv?ti?n.
In its ??sc?? ?n? ??c?v???, t?? ????? ???n? n?t ?nl? w??mt? ?n? c?m???t ??t ?ls? ? ??t??? ?ill?? wit? l?v?, c???, ?n? t?? ???mis? ?? ? ??i??t?? t?m????w—? t?st?m?nt t? t?? t??ns???m?tiv? ??w?? ?? ?m??t?? ?n? c?m??ssi?n, ?n? t?? ??????n? im??ct ?? ? c?m??ssi?n?t? ????t.