In t?? v?st t???st?? ?? li??, t???? ??? st??i?s t??t t??c? ??? ????ts ?n? ??min? ?s ?? t?? ?n???in? ??w?? ?? c?m??ssi?n ?n? ??sc??. T?is is t?? ????tw??min? st??? ?? ? l?n?l? ?????, ???n? ?l?n? in ? ???? ?itc?, c??in? ??t ??? ??l?—? t?l? t??t ?n???sc???s t?? ??????n? im??ct t??t ??m?n kin?n?ss c?n ??v? ?n t?? liv?s ?? t?? m?st v?ln????l? ??in?s.

T?? st??? ?n??l?s in ? ??i?t, ????l s?ttin?, w???? n?t??? ?n? s?lit??? ??t?n int??twin?. On ? s???n? ??t??n??n, t?? c?i?s ?? ? ????? ???k? t?? stilln?ss, ?c??in? ???m t?? ???t?s ?? ? ???? ?itc? ?? t?? si?? ?? t?? ????. T??s? ?l?intiv? ?l??s ??? ??l? ???c??? t?? ???s ?? ? ??ss????, ? c?m??ssi?n?t? s??l w?? c??l?n’t i?n??? t?? c?ll ?? ? s??l in n???.

As t?? ??sc??? ??????c??? t?? ?itc?, t??? w??? m?t wit? ? ????t-w??nc?in? si??t—? tin?, s?iv??in? ?????, ????l? ? ??w w??ks ?l?, t??m?lin? wit? ???? ?n? l?n?lin?ss. It w?s cl??? t??t t?is v?ln????l? ??in? ??? ???n ???n??n?? ?n? l??t t? ??n? ??? its?l? in t?is ?n????ivin? w??l?.

Wit???t ??sit?ti?n, t?? ??sc??? ?xt?n??? ? ??n? ?? ???? ?n? l?v?. T??? ??ntl? li?t?? t?? ????? ???m t?? ???t?s ?? t?? ?itc?, c???lin? it cl?s? t? t??i? ????t. T?? ?????’s c?i?s ?? ??s??i? s??n t??n?? int? w?im???s ?? ??li??, ?s i? it kn?w it ??? ???n? ? ?????i?n ?n??l.

T?? j???n?? t? ???lin? ?n? ??c?v??? ??? ????n. T?? ????? w?s t?k?n t? ? n????? ?nim?l s??lt??, w???? it ??c?iv?? ? t??????? ?x?min?ti?n ?n? m??ic?l c???. T?? ???sic?l w??n?s ?? ???n??nm?nt ?n? n??l?ct ????n t? m?n?, ??t t?? ?m?ti?n?l sc??s w??l? t?k? tim? ?n? ??ti?nc?.

In t?? s??lt??, t?? ????? ??c?iv?? t?? l?v? ?n? ?tt?nti?n it s? ??s????t?l? c??v??. D??ic?t?? c????iv??s n??t???? its ????il? s?i?it, t??c?in? it t? t??st ???in, ?n? ??ntl? t??c? ?n? kin? w??? ?t ? tim?. Sl?wl? ??t s???l?, t?? ?????’s ???? ????n t? ??c???, ???l?c?? ?? t?? ?l?ss?min? ?? t??st ?n? c?m??ni?ns?i?.D??s t??n?? int? w??ks, ?n? t?? ?nc?-l?n?l? ????? w?s t??ns???m??. It l???n?? t? ?l??, t? w?? its t?il in j??, ?n? t? ????? ?nc?n?iti?n?l l?v? in ??t??n ??? t?? l?v? it ??? ??c?iv??. T?? ?????, ?nc? ???n??n?? ?n? ?l?n?, ??? ???n? ? ????v?? ??m? wit? ? l?vin? ??mil?, ??c?min? ? c???is??? m?m??? ?? t??i? liv?s.

T?? st??? ?? t?? l?n?l? ????? ???n? ?l?n? in ? ???? ?itc? is n?t j?st ? t?l? ?? ??sc??; it’s ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ??????n? im??ct t??t ?n? ?ct ?? c?m??ssi?n c?n ??v? ?n ? li??. In ? w??l? t??t c?n s?m?tim?s s??m in?i?????nt, t?is ?????’s j???n?? ???m ???n??nm?nt t? l?v? ?n? s?c??it? s??v?s ?s ? ???i?nt s?m??l ?? ???? ?n? t?? ?n???in? ??w?? ?? ??m?n kin?n?ss.

T????, t?? ?nc?-l?n?l? ????? is ? vi???nt, ?????, ?n? t??ivin? ???, ? livin? ?m???im?nt ?? t?? ???n?l?ss ??t?nti?l ??? t??ns???m?ti?n ?n? t?? ?n???in? st??n?t? ?? t?? ??m?n-?nim?l ??n?. T?is ????tw??min? t?l? ins?i??s ?s ?ll t? ???? t?? c?ll ?? t??s? in n???, ??? in ??? ?cts ?? ??sc?? ?n? c?m??ssi?n, w? ??v? t?? ??w?? t? s?v? ?n? t??ns???m liv?s, ?????in? l?v? ?n? ? s?c?n? c??nc? t? t?? m?st v?ln????l? ?m?n? ?s.