P??? C?t L?in? Li??l?ss In T?? R???is? W?itin? F?? H?l? B?t N????? P??s Him An? Att?nti?n
T?? c?t’s li??l?ss ???m s??v?s ?s ? st??k ??min??? ?? t?? ????ilit? ?? ?xist?nc?, ? ?l??tin? s???k ?xtin??is??? ???m?t???l?. Am?n? t?? ?isc????? ??mn?nts ?? s?ci?t?, it li?s, ? ??i?n?nt s?m??l ?? n??l?ct ?n? ???n??nm?nt. Its ???s?nc? is ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? c??ntl?ss liv?s t??t ??? ?ismiss?? ?n? ?v??l??k?? ?mi?st t?? c???s ?? ??? ??il? liv?s.
In its stilln?ss, t?? c?t sil?ntl? ?l???s ??? ??l?, its ??s????t? ??z? s???c?in? ??? ? ?limm?? ?? c?m??ssi?n. B?t t?? w??l? ????n? it ??m?ins ??livi??s, ?n???ss?? in its ?wn ????i?s. T?? c?t ??c?m?s invisi?l?, l?st ?mi?st t?? cl?tt?? ?? in?i?????nc? ?n? ???t??. Its ?li??t ???s ?nn?tic??, ?n? its s?????in? ??m?ins ?n?ckn?wl?????.
T?? c?t’s ???s?nc? in t?? ????is? is ? ???l?cti?n ?? ? s?ci?t? t??t ??s l?st t??c? wit? its ??n??m?nt?l v?l??s ?? ?m??t?? ?n? ??s??nsi?ilit?. It ?x??s?s t?? st??k c?nt??st ??tw??n t?? ???n??nc? ?? ??m?n c????ilit? ?n? t?? sc??cit? ?? ??m?n c?m??ssi?n. It ??is?s ???sti?ns ????t ??? ??i??iti?s ?n? c??ll?n??s ?s t? ???v?l??t? ??? ??l?ti?ns?i? wit? t?? w??l? ?n? its in???it?nts.
As t?? c?t w?its in v?in ??? ??l?, t?? w?i??t ?? its ???n??nm?nt ??c?m?s inc???sin?l? ??l???l?. T?? ??s?nc? ?? ?tt?nti?n, c???, ?n? c?nc??n ?x?c????t?s its ?li??t, ??s?in? it ???t??? int? ??livi?n. In t?? ??c? ?? s?c? n??l?ct, t?? c?t’s s?i?it ????s, l??vin? ???in? ?nl? ? li??l?ss s??ll, ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? c?ns????nc?s ?? ??? c?ll?ctiv? in?i?????nc?.
T?is t?l? ?? t?? c?t l?in? li??l?ss ?mi?st t?? ????is? s??v?s ?s ? ??i?n?nt ??min??? ?? ??? s????? ??s??nsi?ilit? t? ?xt?n? c?m??ssi?n t? ?ll livin? ??in?s. It c?m??ls ?s t? ?x?min? ??? ?wn ?cti?ns ?n? ?ttit???s, ???in? ?s t? ????k ???? ???m t?? c??ins ?? in?i?????nc? ?n? ?m???c? ? m??? c?m??ssi?n?t? ?n? c??in? w??l?.
In ??? ???s?it ?? ??????ss ?n? ???s?n?l ??in, w? m?st n?t l?s? si??t ?? t?? int??c?nn?ct??n?ss ?? ?ll li??. E?c? ??in?, n? m?tt?? ??w sm?ll ?? insi?ni?ic?nt t??? m?? s??m, ??s??v?s ??? ?tt?nti?n ?n? c?nsi????ti?n. B? ???in? ???? t? t?? c?t in t?? ????is?, w? ?ckn?wl???? t?? in????nt w??t? ?n? ?i?nit? ?? ?ll c???t???s, ?n? w? ???in t? ??st??? t?? ??l?nc? ??tw??n ??m?nit? ?n? t?? n?t???l w??l?.
Ultim?t?l?, t?is t?l? s??v?s ?s ? c?ll t? ?cti?n—?n invit?ti?n t? ?w?k?n ??? ?m??t?? ?n? ??c??niz? t?? ??w?? w? ??l? t? m?k? ? ?i?????nc?. B? ?xt?n?in? ??? c?m??ssi?n t? t?? m?st v?ln????l? ?m?n? ?s, w? c?n t??ns???m t?? n????tiv? ?? n??l?ct ?n? ???n??nm?nt int? ?n? ?? kin?n?ss ?n? c???. L?t ?s st?iv? t? ?? t?? c??n?? t??t t?? ???? c?t l?in? li??l?ss in t?? ????is? s? ??s????t?l? n?????—?n ?nw?v??in? ???c?n ?? ???? ?n? c?m??ssi?n in ? w??l? t??t ??t?n t??ns ? ?lin? ???.