In t?? ???lm ?? ??sc?? st??i?s, t???? ??? m?m?nts ?? t?i?m?? ?n? m?m?nts ?? ????t????k. T????, w? s???? ? st??? t??t w?i??s ???v? ?n ??? ????ts—? t?l? ?? ? kitt?n w??s? ??sc?? w?s n?t ????in?? ?? ??t?. T?is n????tiv? s??v?s ?s ? ??i?n?nt ??min??? ?? t?? ????ilit? ?? li?? ?n? t?? s????w t??t c?n ?cc?m??n? ??? m?st n??l? ?????ts.
Im??in? t?? sc?n?: ? tin?, ????il? kitt?n, c????t in t?? t????s ?? ??v??sit?, its c?i?s ??? ??l? ?c??in? t?????? t?? sil?nc?. T?? w??l? ??l? its ????t? ?s c?m??ssi?n?t? in?ivi???ls, m?v?? ?? t?? ?li??t ?? t?? kitt?n, ??s??? t? its si??. T??? ?xt?n??? ?v??? ?????t t? ???vi?? s?l?c? ?n? c???, ??t ??s?it? t??i? ?nw?v??in? ???ic?ti?n, t?? ??tc?m? w?s n?t w??t t??? ??? ????? ???.
T?? ??sc?? ?????ts w??? ??iv?n ?? ?m??t?? ?n? ? ???? ??si?? t? s?v? ? li??. T?? in?ivi???ls w?? ??s??? t? ??l? t?? kitt?n s????? n? ?x??ns? in ???vi?in? m??ic?l c??? ?n? c?m???t. T??? c???l?? t?? tin? c???t???, ?????in? w??mt? ?n? ???ss???nc?, ???in? ???inst ???? t??t t??i? ?????ts w??l? ??in? ????t ? mi??c?l??s t??ns???m?ti?n.
Y?t, ??s?it? t??i? ti??l?ss ?n???v??s, t?? kitt?n’s c?n?iti?n ??t??i???t??. T?? ??ttl? ??? its li?? ??c?m? ? ????t-w??nc?in? st????l?, ?n? ??s?it? t?? ??????s ?n? ??st int?nti?ns ?? ?ll inv?lv??, it ??c?m? ?vi??nt t??t t?? ??tc?m? w??l? n?t ?? ? t?i?m???nt ?n?. T?? w??l? l?st ? tin? s??l w??s? ??t?nti?l ??? ? ??i??t?? ??t??? w?s t???ic?ll? c?t s???t.
T?is st??? is ? st??k ??min??? ?? t?? ???s? ???liti?s t??t c?n ?cc?m??n? ?v?n t?? m?st n??l? ?? ??sc?? ?????ts. It ?n???sc???s t?? ????ilit? ?? li?? ?n? t?? ??????n? s????w t??t c?n ?cc?m??n? ??? m?st ???v?nt ????s. It s??v?s ?s ? ??i?n?nt ??min??? t??t, ??s?it? ??? ??st int?nti?ns, t???? ??? m?m?nts w??n ??t? t?k?s its ?wn c???s?.
T?? s????w ?? t?is st??? is ??l???l?, ?n? it ??min?s ?s ?? t?? ?m?ti?n?l t?ll t??t c?m?s wit? c??in? ????l? ??? t?? w?ll-??in? ?? ?nim?ls. It ?nc??????s ?s t? ??m?m??? t?? c??ntl?ss ?nim?ls in n??? ?n? t?? im???t?nc? ?? s?????tin? ????niz?ti?ns ?n? in?ivi???ls w?? w??k ti??l?ssl? t? ??sc?? ?n? c??? ??? t??m.
In t?? ?n?, t?? st??? ?? t?? kitt?n w??s? ??sc?? w?s n?t t? ?? is ? n????tiv? ?? s????w ?n? t?? ??c??niti?n t??t, ??s?it? ??? m?st ????t??lt ?????ts, w? c?nn?t ?lw??s c?nt??l t?? ??tc?m?s ?? ??? ?cti?ns. It s??v?s ?s ? s?m??? ??min??? ?? t?? v?ln????ilit? ?? li?? ?n? t?? im???t?nc? ?? c???is?in? ?v??? m?m?nt w? ??v? wit? t??s? w? l?v?.