In t?? w??l? ?? ??lin? ??ilit? ?n? ???c?, ? ?????wіп? inci??nt ?n??l?s t??t t?sts t?? limits ?? s??viv?l ?n? s??wc?s?s t?? in??mit??l? s?i?it ?? li??. T?? im??? ?? ? Si?m?s? c?t ??n?in? ??si?? ??wn ?? ??? t?il ???m ??z?? wi?? st?n?s ?s ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ??lic?t? ??l?nc? ??tw??n ??n??? ?n? t?i?m??, ??min?in? ?s t??t ?v?n in t?? ??c? ?? ???il, ???? ?n? ??sili?nc? c?n ???v?il.
T?? s?ttin?, w?il? it mi??t s??m inc?n?????s wit? ? st??? ?? ???il, ??c?m?s t?? st??? ??? t?is ??m??k??l? t?l?. Ami?st t?? ????n l?n?sc???, ??z?? wi?? st?n?s ?s ? st??k ??min??? ?? s?c??it? m??s???s. H?w?v??, t?? t?in lin? ??tw??n s???t? ?n? t????t is ?l????? w??n ? Si?m?s? c?t ?in?s ???s?l? ?nt?n?l??, s?s??n??? ??si?? ??wn ???m t?? v??? wi??s m??nt t? ??t?? int??si?n. T?is c??tiv?tin? sc?n? ?v?k?s ? ?l?n? ?? s??ck ?n? ?m??t??, ?n???linin? t?? ????ilit? ?? li?? ?v?n in t?? m?st ?n?x??ct?? ?? ci?c?mst?nc?s.
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T?? Si?m?s? c?t’s ?????l is ? ????t-w??nc?in? ???icti?n ?? v?ln????ilit? j?xt???s?? ???inst t?? ??z?? wi??’s ?n????ivin? ????s. Wit? ??? t?il ?nsn????, s?? ??n?l?s ???c??i??sl?, ??? li?? ??n?in? in t?? ??l?nc?. T?? ???s?ns ???in? ??? ????ic?m?nt m?? ??m?in ? m?st???—??????s ? misc?i?v??s ?sc????? ??n? ?w?? ?? ?n ?n???t?n?t? ?cci??nt. N?n?t??l?ss, t?? st????l? t??t ?n??l?s s??v?s ?s ? st??k ??min??? t??t ?v?n in ? w??l? s????? ?? ??m?n c?nst??cts, t?? l?ws ?? n?t??? ?n? s??viv?l still ??l? sw??.
In t?? ??c? ?? im??n?in? ??n???, t?? Si?m?s? c?t’s will t? s??viv? is n?t?in? s???t ?? ??m??k??l?. F??l?? ?? instinct ?n? t?? ??iv? t? ?sc??? ???m’s w??, s?? ?m?l??s ??? ??il? ???? ?n? inn?t? c?nnin? t? ???? ???s?l?. Ev??? m?v?m?nt ??c?m?s ? t?st ?? st??n?t? ?n? t?n?cit? ?s s?? n?vi??t?s t?? t???c?????s m?z? ?? ??z?? wi??. Wit? ??c? twist ?n? t??n, s?? inc??s cl?s?? t? ??????m, ??? ??s????t? st????l? ???inst t?? ???s ?c??in? t?? ?niv??s?l ??si?? ??? li??.
Ami?st t?? ??n???, ? ?limm?? ?? ???? ?m????s. T?? Si?m?s? c?t’s ??l?ntl?ss ??t??min?ti?n ???s ??? ?s s?? m?n???s t? ?xt?ic?t? ???s?l? ???m t?? ???il??s t???. H?? t?i?m???nt ?sc???, ?c?i?v?? t?????? s???? will??w?? ?n? ??sili?nc?, is ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ??w?? ?? li??’s instincts. As s?? is ????? ???m t?? ??z?? wi??’s ???s?, t?? sc?n? t??ns???ms ???m ?n? ?? ???il t? ?n? ?? t?i?m??—? t?st?m?nt t? t?? st??n?t? t??t c?n ?m???? ???m v?ln????ilit?.
In t?? ?n?, t?? st??? ?? t?? Si?m?s? c?t’s n???-??t?l ?nc??nt?? wit? ??z?? wi?? is ? c?m??llin? ??min??? ?? t?? ????il? ??t ?n?i?l?in? n?t??? ?? li??. It c??t???s t?? ?ss?nc? ?? s??viv?l ?n? ??sili?nc? t??t ???m??t?s t?? ?nim?l kin???m, t??nsc?n?in? t?? ???n???i?s ?? s??ci?s ?n? ci?c?mst?nc?. H?? mi??c?l??s ?sc??? ???m t?? cl?tc??s ?? ??n??? s??v?s ?s ?n ins?i??ti?n, ?n???sc??in? t?? ?niv??s?l t??t? t??t ?v?n in t?? m?st ?i?? ?? sit??ti?ns, ???? ?n? ??t??min?ti?n c?n ???v?il, t??nin? t?? ti??s ?? ??t? in ??v?? ?? li??’s ?n???in? s?i?it.