In t?? s??ct??m ?? ??m?n st??i?s, t???? ??? n????tiv?s t??t t??t?? ?n t?? ???? ?? ??s??i?, ?nl? t? ?? ?????m?? ?? ?cts ?? c?m??ssi?n ?n? c??????. T?is is t?? st??? ?? ? s??l t??t ?i? n?t w?nt its t?l? t? ?n? in ???kn?ss, ? s??l li????t?? ???m t?? c?n?in?s ?? ? ??st?n?? s?ck ?? ? c?m??ssi?n?t? ??iv??.
Im??in? ? li?? s??????? in ?nc??t?int? ?n? ????, w???? ?n?’s ?xist?nc? ??n?s in t?? ??l?nc?, ?n? ? c???l ??t? s??ms in?vit??l?. In t?is t?l?, ? ????il? s??l ???n? its?l? ?nc?s?? wit?in t?? s????c?tin? c?n?in?s ?? ? ti??tl? ??st?n?? s?ck, ???n??n?? t? ? ?i?? ?n? ?nc??t?in ??t?.
T?? ??iv??, ??in? ????t t??i? ???, st?m?l?? ???n t?is ?min??s s?ck, its c?nt?nts ? m?st??? t??t ?????? t? ?? ?n??v?l??. U??n ?isc?v??in? t?? livin? ??in? t?????? wit?in, c?m??ssi?n sti???? wit?in t??i? ????t. Wit? swi?t ?n? ??t??min?? ?cti?n, t??? li????t?? t?? s??l ???m its c?n?inin? ??is?n.
As t?? s?ck’s ??st?n??s w??? ?n??n?, ? li?? w?s s?t ????. T?? ????il? s??l ?m?????, t??m?lin? ?n? ?is??i?nt??, ??t wit? ? ?limm?? ?? ???? in its ???s. It ??? ???n ?iv?n ? s?c?n? c??nc?, ? li??lin? t??t it n?v?? ?x??ct??.
T?? ??iv??’s ?ct ?? kin?n?ss ?n? ??sc?? s??v?s ?s ? ???c?n ?? li??t in t?is ?t???wis? ???k n????tiv?. It ??min?s ?s ?? t?? t??ns???m?tiv? ??w?? ?? c?m??ssi?n, ?n? t?? ?i?????nc? ?n? ???s?n c?n m?k? in t?? li?? ?? ?n?t???. In t?? ??c? ?? c???lt? ?n? ???n??nm?nt, ? sin?l? ?ct ?? kin?n?ss c?n c??n?? t?? c???s? ?? ? li?? ?n? ill?min?t? t?? ??t? t? ? ??i??t?? ??t???.
T?is st??? is ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ??sili?nc? ?? t?? ??m?n s?i?it ?n? t?? c???cit? ??? ?m??t?? t??t ??si??s wit?in ?s ?ll. It ?n???sc???s t?? im???t?nc? ?? ?xt?n?in? ? ??l?in? ??n? t? t??s? in n??? ?n? st?n?in? ?? ???inst c???lt? ?n? inj?stic?, ?v?n in t?? m?st ?n?x??ct?? ?? ci?c?mst?nc?s.