T?? ??v??s??? w?s n?t ?n illn?ss ?? ? n?t???l ???, ??t ??t??? t?? c???lt? ?? ? ????tl?ss ?ct—? kick t??t s?nt t?? ??lin? s?i??lin? int? ? s?lit??? st????l? ??? s??viv?l. T?is is t?? t?l? ?? ? c?t ???c?? t? c?n???nt m??t?lit? ?l?n? ??t?? s?m??n? c?ll??sl? kick?? it ?n? w?lk?? ?w??.

T?? initi?l sc?n? ?nv?ils ? m?m?nt ?? st??k c???lt?. T?? c?t, ?nc? n?vi??tin? t?? ?ll??s in s???c? ?? w??mt? ?n? s?st?n?nc?, ??c?m? t?? victim ?? ? s????n ?n? ???t?l ?ss??lt. T?? ?????t??t??, ?n ???nt ?? ????tl?ssn?ss, l??t t?? w??n??? c???t??? t? ?????l? wit? t?? t????s ?? ??in ?n? m??t?lit?, ???n??n?? t? ? ?i??t it ??? n?t s????t.

As t?? ?c???s ?? t?? kick ????? ?w??, t?? inj???? c?t ???n? its?l? ?l?n?, s?????n??? ?? t?? ?n????ivin? ????n l?n?sc???. In t?? s?lit??? t??t ??ll?w??, t?? ??lin?’s instinct ??? s??viv?l kick?? in, t??ns???min? t?? ?ll?? int? ?n ???n? w???? t?? c?t ??? t? ??c? ???t? wit? n? ?ll? ??t its ?wn ??sili?nc?.

T?? ??ttl? ???inst ???t? ?n??l??? in t?? s????ws, ?i???n ???m t?? ??stlin? w??l? t??t c???i?? ?n, ??livi??s t? t?? sil?nt st????l? wit?in t?? ?ll??. T?? c?t, ????in? t?? ???sic?l ?n? ?m?ti?n?l w??n?s ?? t?? ????tl?ss kick, n?vi??t?? its w?? t?????? ??in ?n? ????, ??iv?n ?? ?n inn?t? will t? s??viv?.

Wit? ??c? c??ti??s st??, t?? inj???? c?t ???i?? t?? l??min? s??ct?? ?? m??t?lit?. T?? s?lit???, t????? is?l?tin?, ??c?m? ? c??ci?l? ??? st??n?t? ?n? ??sili?nc?. T?? c?t, ?nc? ? victim, m?????? int? ? s?lit??? w???i?? c?n???ntin? t?? ??t??m?t? ?? ? s?ns?l?ss ?ct ?? c???lt?.

D??s t??n?? int? ni??ts, ?n? t?? c?t’s s?l? ??ttl? ???sist??. T?? w??n?s, ??t? s??n ?n? ?ns??n, ???? witn?ss t? t?? t???m? it ??? ?n?????. Y?t, wit?in t?? s?lit???, ? t?l? ?? s??viv?l ?n??l???—? t?st?m?nt t? t?? in??mit??l? s?i?it t??t ?nim?ls s?mm?n w??n ??c?? wit? ??v??sit?.

T?? ?v?nt??l ?isc?v??? ?? t?? inj???? c?t ??c?m? ? t??nin? ??int. A c?m??ssi?n?t? s??l, ?tt?n?? t? t?? ??int c?i?s ?? ?ist??ss, st????? ???w??? t? int??v?n?. T?? ?ll??, ?nc? ? ?l?c? ?? ??s?l?ti?n, ??c?m? ? st??? ??? ?n ?n?x??ct?? ??sc??—? ?lick?? ?? ???? in t?? ??c? ?? ???n??nm?nt.

T?? v?t??in??? c??? t??t ??ll?w?? ???vi??? ??li?? ??? t?? ??tt???? ??lin?. W??n?s w??? t???t??, ??in ?ll?vi?t??, ?n? t?? ?nc?-s?lit??? ??ttl? ???inst ???t? s?i?t?? int? ? c?ll?????tiv? ?????t ??? ??c?v???. T?? c?t, ?nc? l??t t? ?i??t ?l?n?, ???n? ?lli?s in t?? c?m??ssi?n?t? ??n?s ?? t??s? ??t??min?? t? ??w?it? its n????tiv?.