In t?? ?im s????ws ?? ??sp?i?, ? ????t-w??nc?in? sc?n? ?n??l??? ?s t?? ??in? ???, ???il ?n? ??tt????, s??? t???s ?t t?? si??t ?? ??m?ns. His ???s, p??ls ?? s????w, ???l?ct?? ? p?????n? ???? t??t ??? t?k?n ???t wit?in ?im, ? ???? t??t ?xt?n??? t? ?v??? ?sp?ct ?? ?is ?xist?nc? in t?? w?k? ?? t?? ?????win? ?????l ?? ??? ?n?????.

T?? ?c???s ?? ?is w??pin? w??? ? p?i?n?nt t?st?m?nt t? t?? ??pt? ?? ?is s?????in?. Onc? t??st??l ?? ??m?nit?, t?? ???’s spi?it ??? ???n s??tt????, ?n? t?? m??? p??s?nc? ?? p??pl? n?w ?licit?? ? ??sp?ns? tin??? wit? t?????. T?? sc??s, ??t? visi?l? ?n? invisi?l?, ???? witn?ss t? t?? t???m? t??t ??? ??w?itt?n t?? n????tiv? ?? ?is li??.

His ?nc? w???in? t?il, n?w limp ?n? li??l?ss, ??t????? t?? m??nit??? ?? t?? ??????s ?? ??? ??c??. Ev??? st?p, ? ??sit?nt ??nc? ??tw??n p?st ???n? ?n? p??s?nt v?ln????ilit?, p?int?? ? p??t??it ?? ? s??l clin?in? t? t?? ????m?nts ?? ??sili?nc? t??t ??m?in??. T?? w??l?, ?nc? ? pl?c? ?? j?? ?n? c?mp?ni?ns?ip, ??? t??ns???m?? int? ? l?n?sc?p? ?? ?pp????nsi?n ?n? ?????.

D?spit? t?? c?mp?ssi?n?t? ??z?s t??t ??ll ?p?n ?im, t?? ??? c?w????, ???nt?? ?? t?? m?m??i?s ?? ? tim? w??n t??st ??? ???n s??tt????. T?? w??mt? ?? ??m?n t??c?, ?nc? ? s???c? ?? c?m???t, n?w ?licit?? ? t??m?lin? ??sp?ns?. It w?s ? ????t????kin? ???liz?ti?n ?? t?? p?????n? imp?ct t??t c???lt? ?n? s?????in? c?n in?lict ?n ? s?nti?nt ??in?.

In t?? p??s?nc? ?? t?? w??pin? ???, ? c?ll?ctiv? s????w ??n? in t?? ?i?. T?? ??m?ns, ????nin? t? ????? s?l?c?, w??? m?t wit? t?? imp?n?t???l? w?lls ?? ???? t??t ?nv?l?p?? t?? c?nin?’s ????il? spi?it. In t??t m?m?nt ?? ??sp?i?, t?? c??ll?n?? w?s n?t ?nl? t? m?n? t?? p??sic?l w??n?s ??t ?ls? t? ????il? t?? t??st t??t ??? ???n i???v?c??l? ???ct????—? ???ntin? t?sk t??t ????i??? p?ti?nc?, ?n???st?n?in?, ?n? t?? ??ntl? t??c? ?? c?mp?ssi?n t? ???l t?? sc??s ?tc??? ?n ??t? ???? ?n? s??l.