In t?? ????t ?? t?? v?st E???ti?n ??s??t, w???? t?? s?n?s w?is????? ?nci?nt s?c??ts ?n? t?? s?n ???t ??wn ??l?ntl?ssl?, ? t??m ?? int???i? ??c????l??ists ?m???k?? ?n ? j???n?? ?nlik? ?n? ?t???. T??i? missi?n: t? ?nl?ck t?? s?c??ts ?? Kin? T?t?nk??m?n’s t?m?, ? ???st t??t w??l? l??? t??m ???? int? t?? ????t ?? t?? ?ni?m?tic ???????’s m?st??i?s.
Am?n? t?? t??m w?s D?. Emil? C??t??, ? ??n?wn?? E???t?l??ist kn?wn ??? ??? k??n int?ll?ct ?n? ?nw?v??in? ??t??min?ti?n. Al?n?si?? ??? w?s D?. A?m?? H?ss?n, ?n ?x???t in ?nci?nt ??ti??cts, ?n? ? t??m ?? s??s?n?? ?x?l????s, ??c? ??iv?n ?? ? t?i?st ??? kn?wl???? ?n? ??v?nt???.
T??i? j???n?? ????n ?t t?? ?nt??nc? t? t?? t?m?, w???? ?i????l???s c??v?? int? t?? st?n? w?lls t?l? t?l?s ?? ???s ?n? kin?s, ?? li?? ?n? ???t?. Wit? ??c? st??, t??? v?nt???? ???t??? int? t?? ???t?s, ??i??? ?? t?? ?lick??in? li??t ?? t??c??s ?n? t?? ???mis? ?? ?isc?v???.
As t??? n?vi??t?? t?????? t?? l????int?in? ??ss???s, t??? ?nc??nt???? ??st?cl?s ?t ?v??? t??n — ?i???n t???s, ?nci?nt c??s?s, ?n? t?? ?v??-???s?nt t????t ?? t?? ??s??t’s m??cil?ss ?m???c?. B?t t??? ???ss?? ?n, ???l?? ?? t?? ??li?? t??t wit?in t?? t?m? l?? t?? ?nsw??s t??? s????t.
Fin?ll?, t??? ???c??? t?? inn?? s?nct?m, t?? ????t ?? Kin? T?t?nk??m?n’s ?in?l ??stin? ?l?c?. H???, ?mi?st t?? t???s???s ?? ? ????n? ???, t??? ?nc?v???? ? c??m??? ?nlik? ?n? ?t???. At its c?nt?? st??? ? st?t?? ?? t?? ???????, its ???s s??min? t? ??ll?w t??i? ?v??? m?v? wit? ?n ???i? int?nsit?.
B?t it w?s n?t t?? st?t?? t??t ??l? t??i? ?tt?nti?n, n?? t?? ?ic??s t??t s?????n??? it. F?? in t?? s????ws l??k?? ? ???s?nc? t??? c??l? n?t i?n??? — t?? ?ni?m?tic M?mm?, ?????i?n ?? t?? t?m? ?n? k????? ?? its m?st cl?s?l? ??????? s?c??ts.
Wit? t???i??ti?n, t??? ??????c???, t??i? ????ts ???n?in? wit? ? mixt??? ?? ???? ?n? ??scin?ti?n. As t??? ??z?? ???n t?? ?nci?nt ??lic, t??? ??lt ? st??n?? ?n???? c???sin? t?????? t?? ?i?, ? ??w?? t??t s??m?? t? ?m?n?t? ???m t?? v??? w?lls t??ms?lv?s.
In t??t m?m?nt, D?. C??t?? kn?w t??? ??? st?m?l?? ???n s?m?t?in? t??l? ?xt?????in???. F?? wit?in t?? M?mm? l?? t?? k?? t? ?nl?ckin? t?? m?st??i?s ?? Kin? T?t?nk??m?n’s ??i?n, ? l???c? t??t ??? ??m?in?? s??????? in ???kn?ss ??? c?nt??i?s.
Wit? st???? ??n?s, s?? ???c??? ??t ?n? ??ntl? t??c??? t?? M?mm?’s ??tst??tc??? ??n?, ???lin? ? s???? ?? ?n???? c???s? t?????? ??? v?ins. An? ?s s?? ?i?, t?? s?c??ts ?? t?? t?m? w??? ??v??l??, ill?min?tin? t?? ??t? t? ? ??t??? w???? t?? m?st??i?s ?? t?? ??st c??l? ?? ??????t t? li??t ?nc? m???.