T?? st??? ???ins in t?? mi?st ?? ? ?????n ?n? ??s?l?t? l?n?sc???, w???? ? ?nc?-??l?v?? m?t??? ??? w?s l??t t? ??n? ??? ???s?l?, ? ????t????kin? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ???t?s ?? ??m?n c?ll??sn?ss. A??n??n?? ?? ??? ?wn??, ??? ???? ???il ?n? ??? s?i?it c??s???, s?? st????l?? t? s??viv? in ?n ?n????ivin? w??l?. It w?s ? li?? ?? s?lit??? ?n? n??l?ct, w???? ?v??? ??? ??????t n?w c??ll?n??s, ?n? t???? w?s n? ?n? t? ????? s?l?c?.

T?? l?n??ill, ? ?l?c? t??t ??? ??c?m? ??? ?nint?n??? ??m?, w?s ? s?m??l ?? n??l?ct ?n? ???n??nm?nt. Ami?st ????s ?? ?isc????? ????s?, t?? m?t??? ??? ?????t v?li?ntl? ??? ??? ?xist?nc?, ??t ??? ???lt? ??? ??t??i???t?? ???i?l?, ?n? ??? s?????in? w?s ??????nt t? ?ll w?? s?w ???. Y?t, ??s?it? ??? ???ilt?, ??? ???s still ??l? ? ?limm?? ?? ????, ? ?l?? ??? s?m??n? t? n?tic? ??? ?li??t ?n? ?xt?n? ? ??l?in? ??n?.

N?ws ?? t?? s??i??sl? ill m?t??? ???’s ?i?? sit??ti?n ????n t? s?????, ???c?in? t?? ???s ?? c?m??ssi?n?t? in?ivi???ls w?? ??c??niz?? t?? ????nc? ?? t?? sit??ti?n. T??s? kin?-????t?? s??ls, ???n? ?? t??i? s????? l?v? ??? ?nim?ls, w??? ?n??t????? ?? t?? c??ll?n?in? c?n?iti?ns ?? t?? l?n??ill. T??? kn?w t??? ??? t? int??v?n? ?n? ??in? t?? m?t??? ??? t? s???t?.

T?? ??sc?? ?????ti?n w?s ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? l?n?t?s t? w?ic? ????l? will ?? t? ???vi?? c??? ?n? c?m???t t? t??s? w?? ??v? ???n ???n??n??. It w?s ? ??n?????s ?n? ?i??ic?lt ?n???v??, ??????t wit? t?? ??st?cl?s ?n? ?nc??t?inti?s ?? t?? l?n??ill. Y?t, t?? ??sc?? t??m’s c?mmitm?nt w?s ?n?i?l?in?. Wit? c??? ?n? c??ti?n, t??? ???c??? ??t t? t?? s?????in? m?t??? ???, ??? ???il ???m t??m?lin? ?s s?? ?cc??t?? t??i? t??c?.

T?? t??ns???m?ti?n t??t ??ll?w?? w?s n?t?in? s???t ?? mi??c?l??s. T?? s??i??sl? ill m?t??? ???, ?nc? ???s?k?n ?n? ?n t?? ??ink ?? ??s??i?, w?s ?iv?n t?? m??ic?l ?tt?nti?n ?n? n???is?m?nt s?? s? ??s????t?l? n?????. H?? ??c?v??? w?s ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ??sili?nc? ?? li?? ?n? t?? ??w?? ?? c?m??ssi?n. H?? ???il ???? ???w st??n???, ??? ???s l?st t??i? w???in?ss, ?n? ??? s?i?it ????n t? s?in? ?nc? ???in.

In t?? ?n?, t?? s??i??sl? ill m?t??? ??? ???n? ? n?w l??s? ?n li??, ? l?vin? ??m? w???? s?? w?s c???is??? ?n? v?l???. H?? ??sc?? is ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ?n???in? ???? t??t ??si??s wit?in ?v??? livin? ??in?, ?n? t?? ???n?l?ss c???cit? ?? ??m?nit? t? ??in? ????t ??sitiv? c??n??. It ??min?s ?s t??t, ?v?n in t?? ??c? ?? ???n??nm?nt ?n? n??l?ct, ??? ?cti?ns ??v? t?? ??w?? t? ??sc?? ?n? ??st??? ???? in t?? liv?s ?? t??s? w?? ??v? ???n ?isc????? ?n? l??t t? s?????.