T?? im??? ?? ? sm?ll ??? l?in? m?ti?nl?ss in t?? m??, wit? ??int ????t?s ?n? s??win? si?ns ?? ?xt??m? ?ist??ss—w?t, c?l?, ?n? ??????in? m?ln???is???—??ints ? ??i?n?nt ?n? ????nt sc?n? t??t c?lls ??? imm??i?t? int??v?nti?n ?n? c???.

T?? ?i?? st?t? ?? t?? sm?ll ???, in?ic?t?? ?? its m?ti?nl?ssn?ss ?n? w??k ????t?in?, s????sts ? c?itic?l c?n?iti?n. T?? c?m?in?ti?n ?? ??in? w?t ?n? c?l?, ?l?n? wit? si?ns ?? ???l?n??? ??n???, si?n?ls ?n ????nt n??? ??? ??sc?? ?n? ?ss?nti?l c??? t? ?????ss its ???sic?l ?n? ???lt?-??l?t?? n???s.

T?? ???’s st?t? ?? ?xt??m? v?ln????ilit?, l?in? in t?? m?? wit? ??????nt si?ns ?? n??l?ct ?n? ????iv?ti?n, ?n???sc???s t?? ???ssin? n??? ??? imm??i?t? ??sc??, s??lt??, ?n? m??ic?l ?tt?nti?n. It ????i??s ? w??m ?n? s??? ?nvi??nm?nt, n???is?m?nt, ?n? ????nt m??ic?l c??? t? ?????ss its c?itic?l c?n?iti?n ?n? ?ist??ss.

T?is ?ist??ssin? sc?n??i? ?i??li??ts t?? ????nc? ??? c?m??ssi?n?t? int??v?nti?n t? ?i? t?? sm?ll ???. T?? si??t ?? ? v?ln????l? ?n? ?ilin? ?nim?l in s?c? ? st?t? c?lls ??? swi?t ?cti?n ?n? c??? t? ???vi?? ??li??, w??mt?, n???is?m?nt, ?n? t?? n?c?ss??? m??ic?l ?tt?nti?n t? ?ns??? its c??nc? ?t ??c?v??? ?n? w?ll-??in?.