Base Nature (105 page)

A
.J.
was what
w
o
rr
i
e
d
him. He
was
the
av
e
ng
e
r
o
f the
pack.
I
nsi
d
e
the
pack,
that is,
be
ca
u
s
e
A
.J.
had
d
o
ne
n
o
thing
t
o
av
e
nge
E
il
ee
n.
T
he
ou
tsi
d
e
w
o
r
ld was
n
o
t
what
A
.J. w
o
rr
i
e
d
hims
e
lf with.

“
I’
m
r
ight
a
s
r
ain.
I
t
tak
e
s
time
f
o
r
u
s
to
h
e
al
t
oo
.
N
o
t
as
l
o
n
g
as
y
o
u
bu
t
it
is
a g
u
ns
h
o
t
w
o
u
n
d
,
L
iv,
and I hate
t
o
t
e
ll
y
o
u
,
g
e
tting
s
h
o
t
s
u
cks
n
o
matt
e
r
what
y
o
u
r nat
ure
.”

She
s
mil
e
d
at him
bu
t
he
k
n
e
w
she
wasn
’
t
bu
ying it.
“H
e
y, w
e’
ll
ch
e
ck
i
n t
o
m
o
rr
o
w,
o
kay? W
e’
ll
f
i
nd
a way
t
o
c
o
ntact K
e
lly
and
s
e
e
what
s
he
sa
y
s.
Go
t it?”

“
Go
t it.”

“
I
s it a
de
al?”

“
I
t
’
s
a
de
al.
H
ere
,
e
at
th
e
s
e
.
E
at
a
ll
o
f
th
e
s
e
!
I’
m
g
o
i
n
g
to
go ch
e
ck
the sh
o
w
er
.
S
e
e
if we
have
wa
ter
.”

“
Y
o
u
d
o
that.
Bu
t
I’
m
n
o
t st
a
n
d
ing in a c
o
ld
s
h
o
w
e
r
f
o
r
an
y
o
n
e
.”

L
iv w
r
inkl
e
d
h
e
r
n
o
se
at
h
im.
“Hmm. A
p
r
ima
do
nna,
e
h?
H
o
w
a
b
o
u
t
if I
cl
e
an
the t
u
b
and
th
e
n
s
e
e
i
f
I
can
fi
r
e
the
g
a
s
s
t
o
v
e
.
H
o
w
d
o
y
o
u
f
ee
l
a
b
o
u
t
a
t
e
pid
b
ath
ma
d
e with
b
o
il
e
d
wa
ter
?”

“I c
o
u
ld
wa
r
m
to
the i
de
a,”
G
a
rre
t
t
sai
d
.
He
t
o
o
k
a
h
u
ge
b
ite
o
f
a
c
ru
ll
e
r
and wa
t
ch
e
d
h
e
r
smil
e
.

Wh
e
n
she t
ur
n
ed
,
he f
o
r
c
e
d
hims
e
lf
to
sw
a
ll
o
w.
T
he
sw
ee
t
d
o
u
gh
tast
e
d
l
ike saw
du
st
and p
e
nni
e
s
i
n
his
m
o
u
th.
He was
s
o
f
u
cking
ti
red
,
all
he
want
e
d
t
o
d
o
was sl
ee
p.
His
h
a
n
d
s
t
re
m
b
l
e
d
and his
h
e
ad
bu
zz
e
d
with
d
izzin
e
ss.
J
u
st
o
ne m
o
r
e
d
ay
a
nd th
e
y
w
o
u
ld
c
o
ntact
K
e
lly.
I
t
w
o
u
ld
b
e
fin
e
.

*
*
*
*
*

G
a
rre
t
t
t
r
i
e
d
to
ig
n
o
r
e
h
o
w
u
tt
er
ly
wip
e
d
ou
t
he f
e
lt.
He had sp
r
awl
e
d
o
n
the
o
l
d
,
du
sty
matt
re
ss,
l
ist
e
ning
t
o
h
e
r
m
o
ve
a
r
o
u
nd
the
h
o
u
se
t
o
g
e
t
a
b
ath
re
a
d
y
f
o
r
him. He c
o
u
ld
s
m
e
ll
st
a
gnant ai
r
,
o
ld
ang
e
r
and
h
e
r
f
re
tting
s
o
cl
e
a
r
ly.

T
he
s
o
u
nd
o
f
L
iv
cl
e
aning
a
nd
th
e
n
m
u
ltiple
t
r
ips
u
p
f
r
o
m
the
k
itch
e
n
with
wa
te
r s
h
o
u
ld
have
bee
n
m
u
sic
t
o
his
e
a
r
s.
E
nti
re
ly
h
o
m
e
y, c
o
m
f
o
r
ting s
o
u
n
d
s.
D
o
m
e
stic s
o
u
n
d
s
that
c
o
u
ld
n
e
v
e
r
b
e
m
o
r
e
re
ass
ur
ing
th
a
n
wh
e
n
y
o
u
w
er
e
laid
u
p
in
be
d
f
o
r s
o
me
re
as
o
n.
He
d
id
l
o
ve
the
s
o
u
nd
o
f
h
e
r
m
o
v
i
ng
a
b
o
u
t
bu
t
he
al
s
o
re
aliz
e
d
that
f
o
r the
m
o
st pa
r
t,
he
was
w
e
ak
e
n
ed
.
I
f
a
nything w
er
e
to
happ
e
n,
he
had
n
o
i
de
a
h
o
w
m
u
ch his
b
o
d
y c
o
u
ld
han
d
l
e
.
O
r
if it c
o
u
ld
r
ise
to
the
o
ccasi
o
n at all.