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??.