W??? ?? t?? st??n??? ????? ??ickl? s????? ?m?n? t?? c?m??ssi?n?t? ??si??nts ?? t?? cit?. T?is ???n? ?n? v?ln????l? c???t??? ??? ?nwittin?l? ??c?m? ? s?m??l ?? ????, ? ???c?n c?llin? ???n t?? kin?n?ss ?n? ?m??t?? ?? t??s? w?? ????? its ?l??.

A ????? ?? ???ic?t?? in?ivi???ls, ??m?? wit? ??t??min?ti?n ?n? ? s????? l?v? ??? ?nim?ls, ??lli?? t???t??? t? s?v? t?? st??n??? ?????. T??? kn?w t??t tіm? w?s ?? t?? ?ss?nc?, ?s t?? ?iv??’s c????nts ?n? ????n ??z???s ??s?? immin?nt ??n???.

Wit? ???cisi?n ?n? c???, t?? ??sc?? t??m ??vis?? ? ?l?n t? n?vi??t? t?? ?iv??’s t???c?????s w?t??s. E??i???? wit? s???t? ???? ?n? ?n ?nw?v??in? c?mmitm?nt, t??? ???v?? t?? c????nts ?n? s??m????? ??z???s t??t l?? ?????? t??m.

H??? ?? ????, t??? s???c???, t??i? ???s sc?nnin? t?? ?iv??’s s????c? ?n? its s?????n?in? ??nks. T??i? ????ts ???t wit? ?ntici??ti?n ?n? w????, ???l?? ?? ?n ?nw?v??in? ??si?? t? ??in? t?? ????? t? s???t?.

T??n, wit? ? st??k? ?? l?ck ?n? ?nw?v??in? ??t??min?ti?n, t?? ????? w?s s??tt??, clin?in? t? ? sm?ll ?i?c? ?? ????is, its ???s ?ill?? wit? ???? ?n? ?nc??t?int?. A c?ll?ctiv? si?? ?? ??li?? sw??t t?????? t?? ??sc?? t??m ?s t??? s???n? int? ?cti?n.

C?????ll?, t??? ??????c??? t?? st??n??? ?????, t??i? m?v?m?nts sl?w ?n? ??li????t? t? ?v?i? st??tlin? it. Wit? ??ntl? ??n?s ?n? s??t?in? w???s, t??? li?t?? t?? t??m?lin? c???t??? ???m its ???c??i??s ???c? ?n? c???l?? it in t??i? ??ms.

T?? j???n?? ??ck t? s?li? ????n? w?s m?t wit? ? mixt??? ?? ?x???sti?n ?n? ?l?ti?n. T?? ?????, ?nc? st??n??? ?n? ?l?n?, n?w ???n? its?l? s?????n??? ?? t?? w??mt? ?n? c??? ?? its ??sc???s. It w?s ? m?m?nt ?? t?i?m??, ?s t?? c?ll?ctiv? ?????ts ?? ? c?mm?nit? ??? s?cc?ss??ll? s?v?? ? li??.

T?? n?ws ?? t?? ?????’s ??sc?? s????? lik? wil??i??, t??c?in? t?? ????ts ?? m?n? wit?in t?? cit?. O????s t? ???vi?? ? l?vin? ??m? ?????? in, ?s ????l? ??c??niz?? t?? ?????’s ??sili?nc? ?n? t?? im???t?nc? ?? ?ivin? it ? s?c?n? c??nc?.

In t?? ?n?, t?? st??? ????? ???n? its ????v?? ??m?, s?????n??? ?? ? ??mil? t??t ?n???st??? t?? v?l?? ?? c?m??ssi?n ?n? t?? j?? t??t c?n ?? ???n? in ???vi?in? ? s??? ?n? l?vin? ?nvi??nm?nt. Its j???n?? ???m t?? N?w Cit? Riv?? t? ? ?l?c? ?? w??mt? ?n? c??? ??c?m? ? s?m??l ?? t?? t??ns???m?tiv? ??w?? ?? c?ll?ctiv? ?cti?n ?n? t?? im??ct t??t ? sin?l? ?ct ?? kin?n?ss c?n ??v?.

T?? st??? ?? t?? st??? ?????’s ??sc?? s??v?? ?s ? ??min??? t? ?ll w?? ????? it, t??t ?v?n in t?? mi?st ?? ? ??stlin? cit?, c?m??ssi?n kn?ws n? ???n???i?s. It is ? c?ll t? ?m???c? ?m??t?? ?n? ?xt?n? ? ??l?in? ??n? t? t??s? in n???, ??????l?ss ?? t??i? s??ci?s ?? ci?c?mst?nc?s.