In t?? w??l? ?? ?nim?l ??sc??, t???? ??? m?m?nts t??t ????i?? ??ti?nc?, ??t??min?ti?n, ?n? ?nw?v??in? c?m??ssi?n. T?is is t?? ins?i?in? st??? ?? ????i?s ?i?in? ?n???????n?, t?? sc???? t? ?m????, ?n? t?? ?????s w?? ti??l?ssl? w??k?? t? ??sc?? t??m—? t?l? t??t c?l????t?s t?? ??sili?nc? ?? li?? ?n? t?? ?n?i?l?in? s?i?it ?? t??s? w?? ????s? t? ?iv? ??.

T?? st??? ???ins in ? ?l?c? ?? c?nc??lm?nt, w???? t?? ???t? ???vi??s ??t? ?????? ?n? s?nct???? t? ? litt?? ?? ??i??t?n?? ????i?s. T??i? ???? w?s ??l???l?, c??sin? t??m t? ?????w ???? ?n???????n?, ?w?? ???m ? w??l? t??t ??? ?nc? s??m?? t????t?nin? ?n? ?nc??t?in.

T?? ????i?s’ ?li??t w?s ?isc?v???? ?? c?m??ssi?n?t? s??ls w?? ??c??niz?? t?? ????nc? ?? t??i? sit??ti?n. D?s?it? t??i? ????, t?? ?????s ?n???st??? t??t t??s? ???n? liv?s w??? in ???il ?n? n????? ??l?. Wit? ?nw?v??in? ??t??min?ti?n, t??? ?m???k?? ?n ? missi?n t? ??in? t?? ????i?s t? s???t?.

T?? ??sc?? ?????ti?n w?s ? t?st ?? ??ti?nc? ?n? ???s?v???nc?. E?c? ?tt?m?t t? c??x t?? ????i?s ??t ?? t??i? ?i?in? ?l?c? w?s m?t wit? ??sit?ti?n ?n? t??m?lin?. B?t t?? ?????s ????s?? t? ?iv? ??, ?s t??? kn?w t??t ??n??t? t?? ???? l?? t?? ??t?nti?l ??? ???? ?n? ? ??i??t?? ??t???.

Wit? ??ntl? w???s ?n? s??t?in? ??st???s, t?? ?????s w??k?? ti??l?ssl?, ??? ?n? ni??t, t? ??in t?? t??st ?? t?? ????i?s. Sl?wl? ??t s???l?, t?? littl? ?n?s ????n t? ?m???? ???m t??i? ?n???????n? s?nct????, t??i? ???? ??????ll? ?ivin? w?? t? c??i?sit? ?n? c??ti??s ????.

T?? j???n?? ???m ???kn?ss t? t?? li??t ?? ??sc?? ??? ????n. T?? ????i?s, ?nc? t?? sc???? t? ?m????, w??? li?t?? ???m t??i? ?i?in? ?l?c? ?n? int? t?? ??ms ?? t??i? ??sc???s. It w?s ? m?m?nt ?? t?i?m??, ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ??ti?nc? ?n? c?m??ssi?n t??t ??? ??i??? t??i? j???n??.

T?? ????i?s w??? t?k?n t? ? ?l?c? ?? s???t? ?n? c???, w???? t??? ??c?iv?? n???is?m?nt, m??ic?l ?tt?nti?n, ?n? t?? ??ntl? t??c? ?? t??s? w?? ??? ??c?m? t??i? s?vi??s. In t?is ?nvi??nm?nt ?? l?v? ?n? s?????t, t?? ????i?s ?l?ss?m?? int? ?l????l, j????s s??ls, ?m????in? t?? t??ns???m?tiv? ??w?? ?? ??sc??.

T?is ????tw??min? st??? ?? ??sc?in? ????i?s t?? sc???? t? ?m???? ???m ?n???????n? is ? c?l????ti?n ?? t?? in??mit??l? s?i?it ?? t??s? w?? ????s? t? ?? ?????t?? ?? ???? ?n? ??v??sit?. It s??v?s ?s ? ???i?nt s?m??l ?? ????, ??sili?nc?, ?n? t?? ?n???in? ??w?? ?? ??m?n kin?n?ss.

T????, t?? ?nc?-??i??t?n?? ????i?s t??iv? ?s ????? ?n? c???is??? c?m??ni?ns, ? livin? t?st?m?nt t? t?? inc???i?l? t??ns???m?ti?ns t??t ??ti?nc?, ??t??min?ti?n, ?n? c?m??ssi?n c?n ??in?. T?is t?l? ins?i??s ?s ?ll t? ?? t?? ?ns??n ?????s ??? t??s? in n???, t? ????s? t? ?iv? ??, ?n? t? c?l????t? t?? ?n???in? s?i?it ?? t??s? w?? ?m???? ???m t?? s????ws ?? ???? int? t?? li??t ?? ??sc??.