In ? w??l? w???? c?m??ssi?n kn?ws n? limits, t???? ??? ??m??k??l? st??i?s t??t t??c? ??? ????ts ?n? ??min? ?s ?? t?? ??w?? ?? l?v? ?n? ?n???st?n?in?. On? s?c? st??? ??v?lv?s ????n? ? ?is??l?? ??? w?? ??? s??????? ????tl?, ??wlin? in ??in ?n? ????sin? ?n? t??c?, ?ntil ?? ?nc??nt???? ? m?n w??s? kin?n?ss w??l? c??n?? ??t? t??i? liv?s ????v??.
T?is ???’s j???n?? ????n wit? ? ????t????kin? inj??? t??t l??t ?im ???sic?ll? ?n? ?m?ti?n?ll? sc?????. His ?is??ilit? m??? it ?i??ic?lt ??? ?im t? m?v?, ?n? t?? ??in ?? ?n????? w?s ?vi??nt in ?is ?n??is??? ??wls. P???l? ??ss?? ?im ??, ?n??l? t? s?? ????n? ?is ???k?nn?ss, ?ntil ?n? ???, ??t? int??v?n??.
Ent?? t?? m?n w??s? ??t? c??ss?? wit? t?? w??n??? ???. H? ??ss?ss?? ? ???? ?m??t?? t??t ?ll?w?? ?im t? ???c?iv? t?? ???’s s?????in? ????n? t?? s????c?. Inst??? ?? ??c?ilin? ???m t?? ???’s c?i?s, ?? ??????c??? wit? ??ntl? ??ti?nc?, ?n???st?n?in? t?? n??? t? ????il? t??st ???m t?? ????n? ??.
D??s t??n?? int? w??ks ?s t?? m?n ???ic?t?? ?ims?l? t? t?? ???’s ???lin?. H? s?t ??si?? ?im, ?????in? ? ???s?nc? t??t s??k? v?l?m?s, ?v?n in sil?nc?. Sl?wl?, t?? ??? ????n t? ??c??niz? t?? m?n’s int?nti?ns w??? ????, ?n? ? s?m?l?nc? ?? t??st ????n t? t?k? ???t wit?in ?is w??n??? s??l.
T?????? ?nw?v??in? ???ic?ti?n ?n? l?v?, t?? m?n ???vi??? t?? c??? t?? ??? ??s????t?l? n?????. H? t?n??? t? t?? ???’s ???sic?l w??n?s, ?????in? ??li?? ???m t?? ??in t??t ??? ?nc? c?ns?m?? ?im. E?c? t??c?, ?nc? ??????, ??c?m? ? ??st??? ?? t?n???n?ss ?n? c?m???t. T?? ???’s ??wls ?? ???n? ??????ll? t??ns???m?? int? w?im???s ?? ???tit???, ?s ?? ???liz?? ?? w?s n? l?n??? ?l?n? in ?is st????l?.
B?t it w?s n?t j?st ???sic?l ???lin? t??t t??k ?l?c?. T?? m?n’s ???s?nc? ?n? ?nw?v??in? s?????t ????t??? n?w li?? int? t?? ???’s s?i?it. W???? t???? w?s ?nc? ???i?nc?, t???? n?w ?l??m?? ? ?lick?? ?? ????. T?? ???’s ???s, ?nc? ?ill?? wit? ???? ?n? ??s??i?, ????n t? s?in? wit? ? n?w???n? s???k ?? ??sili?nc?.
Wit? tim?, t?? ???’s t??ns???m?ti?n ??c?m? ??????nt t? t??s? w?? ??? witn?ss?? ?is ??in. T?? ?nc?-?is??l?? ?n? ???k?n ?nim?l n?w w?lk?? wit? ? ??n?w?? s?ns? ?? ?????s? ?n? j??. His st??? ??s?n?t?? wit? ?ll w?? ?nc??nt???? ?im, ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? inc???i?l? c???cit? ??? ???lin? ?n? t?? ??????n? im??ct ?? ? sin?l? ?ct ?? c?m??ssi?n.
T?is t?l? s??v?s ?s ? ??w????l ??min??? ?? t?? ?xt?????in??? ?i?????nc? ? sin?l? in?ivi???l c?n m?k? in t?? li?? ?? ?n?t???. T?? m?n w?? c??ss?? ??t?s wit? t?? ?is??l?? ??? ?m???c?? t?? ?????t?nit? t? ?xt?n? kin?n?ss w???? it w?s n????? m?st. His ??ti?nc?, ?m??t??, ?n? ?nw?v??in? ???ic?ti?n kin?l?? ? ?l?m? ?? ???? wit?in t?? ???’s ????t, ?ivin? ?im ? s?c?n? c??nc? ?t ? li?? ?ill?? wit? l?v? ?n? j??.
T?? ??n? ???m?? ??tw??n t?? m?n ?n? t?? ??? s??v?s ?s ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ??sili?nc? ?? t?? ??m?n s?i?it ?n? t?? c???cit? ??? ?nim?ls t? ???l wit? t?? ?i??t c??? ?n? s?????t. It is ? ??min??? t??t ?v??? livin? ??in?, ??????l?ss ?? t??i? c?n?iti?n, ??s??v?s c?m??ssi?n, ?n???st?n?in?, ?n? ? c??nc? ?t ? li?? w??t? livin?.
In ? w??l? ??t?n m????? ?? ??in ?n? s?????in?, st??i?s lik? t??s? ??? ???c?ns ?? ????, ??min?in? ?s ?? t?? t??ns???m?tiv? ??w?? ?? l?v? ?n? t?? ?xt?????in??? c?nn?cti?ns w? c?n ????? wit? t??s? in n???. M?? t?is t?l? ins?i?? ?s t? ?xt?n? ? ??l?in? ??n?, l?n? ?n ?m??t??tic ???, ?n? m?k? ? ??sitiv? ?i?????nc? in t?? liv?s ?? t??s? w?? l?n? ??? ???lin? ?n? ? t??c? ?? kin?n?ss.