Base Nature (77 page)

T
he
s
mall
b
ath
r
oo
m
fill
e
d
u
p
with
st
e
am
fast.
T
he h
o
t
wa
te
r
p
o
u
n
de
d
o
n
the p
o
r
c
e
lain
t
u
b
and it
s
o
u
n
de
d
l
ike
a
b
ill
i
o
n
ja
c
k
b
oo
ts
ma
r
ching.
L
iv
w
i
nc
ed
.
G
a
rre
tt ca
u
ght
the
l
o
o
k.
“
I
t
will
l
e
v
e
l
o
u
t.
Y
o
u’
ve
a
b
it
o
f
hyp
er
ac
u
sis
r
ight
n
o
w.
E
v
er
ything will s
o
u
nd
t
o
o
l
o
u
d
and
t
o
o
b
ig.
Y
o
u
r
b
o
d
y will a
d
j
u
st.”

She
bru
sh
e
d
h
e
r
t
ee
th
q
u
ickly,
thi
n
king
that
mint
had
n
e
v
e
r
tast
e
d
so
g
o
o
d
.
T
h
e
n
L
iv
dr
o
pp
e
d
h
e
r
n
ightie
and
st
e
pp
e
d
in, h
o
t wa
te
r
wa
s
hing
o
v
e
r
h
e
r
in a
de
ca
de
nt
r
iv
er
. She
s
igh
ed
.
A
wave
o
f v
er
tigo
hit and
she
cl
u
tch
e
d
at the
wall. “
O
o
ps.”

“Ri
g
ht.
O
kay, st
e
p
b
ack.”
G
a
rre
tt
st
e
pp
e
d
into
the
sh
o
w
e
r
in his sw
e
ats
and
t
ee
.
I
nstantly s
o
a
k
ed
,
he
p
u
ll
e
d
at the
s
o
dde
n
c
l
o
th
e
s.

“W
e
ll,
that
was
du
m
b
.
Why
’
d y
o
u g
e
t
in
with
y
o
u
r cl
o
th
e
s
o
n?”
L
iv
t
ur
n
e
d
to
face the
st
re
am
o
f wa
ter
,
his hand
o
n h
e
r
b
a
r
e
hip to
st
e
a
d
y h
er
.

“I
d
i
d
n
’
t
want
y
o
u
t
o
thi
n
k
I
…”
Bu
t
th
e
n
his w
o
rd
s
br
o
ke
o
ff
in a
r
o
ug
h
m
u
m
b
l
e
. Which
m
e
ant
he had
d
o
ne it
o
n
p
ur
p
o
se
be
ca
u
se
L
iv
sw
o
r
e
s
he
c
o
u
ld h
e
ar
e
ach in
d
ivi
du
al
dr
o
p
o
f wa
te
r
h
itting the
s
h
o
w
e
r
f
l
oo
r
like
a c
r
ash
s
ym
b
o
l.

“What?”
She t
ur
n
e
d
a
b
it
t
o
o
f
a
st,
cl
u
tch
e
d
at
him.
G
a
rre
tt
st
e
a
d
i
e
d
h
e
r
with
a
f
a
st g
r
a
b
.
O
ne
h
and
at
h
e
r
hip
and
o
ne
be
hind
h
e
r
h
e
a
d
.
L
iv
l
e
t
h
er
s
e
lf
sink
b
ack
in
t
o
that c
u
pping
hand
f
o
r
a
m
o
m
e
nt.
R
e
v
e
ling
in the
f
ee
l
o
f
the
p
o
ss
e
ssive
nat
ur
e
o
f
h
is
t
o
u
ch. She
c
o
u
ld
f
ee
l
it c
o
m
i
ng
o
ff
h
im like
invisi
b
le
bu
b
b
l
e
s
o
f
e
n
er
gy.
m
i
n
e
min
e
min
e
min
e
…

“I sai
d
,
I
d
i
d
n
’
t
want
y
o
u to
thi
n
k
I
was
t
r
ying
t
o
…
Y
o
u’r
e
n
o
t
re
a
d
y
y
e
t,
y
o
u’r
e
t
o
o w
e
ak.
Bu
t wh
e
n
I
g
e
t
n
e
ar
y
o
u
…”

He
l
o
o
k
e
d
b
o
th
h
o
rr
ifi
e
d
and
de
sp
er
ate
and
the
c
o
m
b
inati
o
n am
u
s
e
d
h
er
.
S
he la
u
gh
ed
,
t
o
u
ching
h
is st
o
mach th
r
o
ug
h the
n
o
w misshap
e
n y
e
ll
o
w s
h
i
r
t.
“What?”

“I
d
i
d
n
’
t
want y
o
u
t
o
think I
was
be
ing
f
re
sh
!
”
he
b
l
ur
t
e
d
.

L
iv g
r
inn
ed
,
so
ti
re
d
h
e
r
b
o
n
e
s
h
ur
t
bu
t
c
r
aving him with
s
u
ch
a
n
in
e
xplica
b
le
ur
g
e
ncy,
s
he
c
o
u
l
d
n
’
t
think.
She
r
an
h
e
r
fing
er
s
a
l
o
ng
the
n
o
w
visi
b
le
sw
e
ll
o
f
his ha
rd
o
n
and
he
s
h
u
t
h
i
s
e
y
e
s,
cl
e
nching
his
jaw.
He
was
t
r
ying
s
o
ha
r
d
to
b
e
the
g
oo
d g
u
y
h
er
e
and
it
ma
d
e
h
e
r
n
ee
d
to
p
u
sh
him
o
v
e
r
the
ed
ge
that
m
u
ch
m
o
r
e
int
e
ns
e
.
“
L
iv

—”

“
I’
m
sad
that th
e
se
a
r
e
o
n
,”
she
s
ai
d
,
st
e
pping
to
him.
Pre
ssing
the
h
e
at
o
f h
e
r
b
o
d
y to
his,
n
o
thi
n
g
bu
t
the
s
o
aki
n
g w
e
t
cl
o
th
e
s s
e
pa
r
ating
th
e
m.

G
a
rre
t
t
m
a
d
e
a
f
ru
st
r
a
t
e
d
s
o
u
nd
and
his
m
o
u
th
came
d
o
wn
o
n
h
er
s.
He
t
r
i
e
d
to k
ee
p
the
k
iss
g
e
ntl
e
,
L
iv
c
o
u
ld f
ee
l
his
re
st
r
aint.
She st
o
o
d
o
n
tipt
o
e
,
th
o
u
gh
the w
o
r
ld
r
o
ck
e
d
a
b
it
and
lick
e
d
h
i
s
b
o
tt
o
m lip
o
nc
e
.
Wh
e
n
he
g
r
o
an
ed
,
s
he
nipp
e
d
it with
h
e
r t
ee
th.
G
a
rre
tt
m
o
l
de
d
h
ims
e
lf
to
h
er
,
h
is
b
o
d
y
tight with
c
o
nt
r
o
l
l
e
d
e
m
o
t
i
o
n.
“
Y
o
u s
h
o
u
ld
re
st,”
he
sai
d
, s
o
u
n
d
ing l
i
ke
he
want
e
d
to
sc
re
am.

“I
d
id
re
st.
A
ll
n
i
ght.”
T
he
p
o
w
e
r
and
e
xcit
e
m
e
nt
and
want
o
v
er
t
oo
k h
er
,
e
v
er
y
pa
r
t
o
f
h
e
r
t
i
ngling
a
nd
flick
er
ing
with
int
e
nsity.
“
N
o
w
I
want
y
o
u
.”
She
p
u
sh
e
d
h
e
r han
d
s into
h
is
sw
e
ats,
w
re
stling
the
s
o
dde
n
fa
br
ic,
la
u
ghi
n
g
j
u
st
a
littl
e
.
T
he mat
er
ial
r
ipp
e
d
in h
e
r
han
d
s and
she
was
b
o
th
o
v
er
j
o
y
e
d
and
t
err
ifi
ed
.
“
O
h
G
o
d
.”