In t?? ????t ?? ? ??stlin? cit?, w???? t?? ????n l?n?sc??? ??t?n ?v??s????ws t?? ??i?t c?i?s ?? t?? v?ln????l?, ? ????tw??min? t?l? ?? ??sc?? ?n? ??sili?nc? ????n. On ?n ???in??? ???, in ?n ?xt?????in??? t??n ?? ?v?nts, ? tin? ????? w?s ?isc?v???? l?in? m?ti?nl?ss insi?? ? ?isc????? t??s? ???, l??t t? t?? m??c? ?? ??t?.

T?? st??? ????n wit? ? ??ss????, ? ?????i?n ?n??l in ?is??is?, w?? ?????n?? t? n?tic? t?? ?n?s??l ?n? ??int w?im???in? s??n?s ?m?n?tin? ???m ? c??m?l?? ?l?stic ??? t??t ??? ???n c???l?ssl? ?isc????? n??? ? ??s? st???t. F?ll?win? t??i? instincts ?n? ??i??? ?? ?n inn?t? s?ns? ?? c?m??ssi?n, t?? G??? S?m??it?n ??????c??? t?? ???, ?ns??? ?? w??t t??? w??l? ?in? insi??.

As t?? st??n??? ?in???l? ???n?? t?? t??s? ???, t??i? ????t s?nk ?t t?? si??t t??t m?t t??i? ???s. N?stl?? wit?in t?? c?n?in?s ?? t?? ???k ?l?stic ??? w?s ? tin?, ????il? ?????, ????l? m??? t??n ? ??w w??ks ?l?. T?? ????? l?? t????, m?ti?nl?ss ?n? w??k, its ?i?, inn?c?nt ???s ??t???in? its ?li??t. Its c?n?iti?n w?s ????t????kin?, ?n? t?? sc?n? w?s ? st??k ??min??? ?? t?? c???lt? t??t s?m? in?ivi???ls c??l? in?lict ?n inn?c?nt c???t???s.

T?? ?????’s ??sc??? kn?w t??t tim? w?s ?? t?? ?ss?nc?. Wit???t ??sit?ti?n, t??? c???l?? t?? tin?, t??m?lin? ??? in t??i? ??ms ?n? ??s??? t? ? n????? v?t??in??? clinic. T????, t?? ????? ??c?iv?? t?? imm??i?t? m??ic?l ?tt?nti?n it s? ??s????t?l? n?????. T?? v?t??in??i?ns ?isc?v???? t??t t?? ????? w?s s?v???l? m?ln???is??? ?n? ???????t??, ? c?ns????nc? ?? t?? ???n??nm?nt ?n? n??l?ct it ??? ?n?????. Y?t, t???? w?s ????, ?s t?? ?????’s will t? s??viv? s??n? t??????.

N?ws ?? t?? mi??c?l??s ??sc?? ??ickl? s????? t?????? s?ci?l m??i? ?n? l?c?l n?ws c??nn?ls, ?licitin? ?n ??t????in? ?? s?????t ?n? ?????s ?? ?ssist?nc?. P???l? ???m ?ll w?lks ?? li?? c?m? ???w???, ????? t? c?nt?i??t? t? t?? ?????’s ??c?v??? ?n? ???vi?? it wit? ? l?vin? ????v?? ??m?.

Ov?? t?? c???s? ?? s?v???l w??ks, t?? tin? ?????, ????cti?n?t?l? n?m?? “Mi??cl?” ?? its ??sc???, m??? ?n ?st?nis?in? ??c?v???. T?????? ?????? n???is?m?nt, m??ic?l c???, ?n? ?nw?v??in? l?v? ?n? ?tt?nti?n, t?? ?nc?-li??l?ss ??? ????n t? t??iv?. It s??n l???n?? t? t??st ??m?ns ???in, ?n? its j????l, ?l????l ???s?n?lit? ?m????? ?s it ?m???c?? its s?c?n? c??nc? ?t li??.

T?? ????tw??min? ??sc?? ?? t?? tin? ????? ???m t?? ???t?s ?? ??s??i? s??v?s ?s ? ??i?n?nt ??min??? ?? t?? ???n?l?ss c?m??ssi?n t??t ??si??s wit?in t?? ??m?n s?i?it. In ? w??l? ??t?n m??k?? ?? in?i?????nc? ?n? c???lt?, t?is st??? is ? s?inin? ?x?m?l? ?? t?? ?i?????nc? t??t ? sin?l? ?ct ?? kin?n?ss c?n m?k? in t?? li?? ?? ? ??l?l?ss ?n? ????ns?l?ss c???t???. It st?n?s ?s ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ??sili?nc? ?? li??, t?? t??ns???m?tiv? ??w?? ?? l?v?, ?n? t?? ??ilit? ?? ?n? ???s?n t? ?? ? ???c?n ?? ???? ??? ?n?t??? in t??i? ???k?st ????.

Mi??cl?’s j???n?? ???m ? m?ti?nl?ss, ?isc????? ??? t? ? t??ivin? ?n? c???is??? m?m??? ?? ? l?vin? ??mil? s??v?s ?s ? s?m??l ?? ???? ?n? ins?i??ti?n ??? ?ll, ?nc?????in? ?s t? t?k? ?cti?n ?n? ?xt?n? ? ??l?in? ??n? t? t??s? w?? c?nn?t ??l? t??ms?lv?s. It is ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ??li?? t??t, ?v?n in t?? ?l??k?st ?? ci?c?mst?nc?s, mi??cl?s c?n ?n? ?? ?????n w??n c?m??ssi?n ?n? ??t??min?ti?n c?m?in? t? li??t t?? w??.