In ? w??l? ??stlin? wit? ??m?n ?ctivit?, t???? ?xists ? st??? ???, w??k?n?? ?? li??’s ????s?i?s, s??kin? ?????? ?n? ?n?n?mit? wit?in ? ?il? ?? st?n?s. T?is ???, sc????? ?? ??st ?nc??nt??s, ??s l???n?? t? n?vi??t? its ?xist?nc? ?? ?v?i?in? ??m?n c?nt?ct. D?s?it? its ???sic?l ???ilt? ?n? ?m?ti?n?l ????i??s, t?is ??sili?nt c???t??? m?n???s t? ?in? s?l?c? in s?lit???, s??vivin? ?n its ?wn t??ms.

Onc? ? vi???nt ?n? t??stin? s??l, t?is st??? ??? ??s ?x???i?nc?? t?? ???s? ???liti?s ?? ?n ?n????ivin? w??l?. P?????s it w?s ???n??n?? ?? s??j?ct?? t? mist???tm?nt, l??vin? it w??? ?? ??m?n int???cti?n. In ?n ?????t t? s?i?l? its?l? ???m ??t?nti?l ???m, t?? ??? ??s t?k?n ?????? in ? ?il? ?? st?n?s, ? m?k?s?i?t ???t??ss t??t ?????s ? s?ns? ?? s?c??it? ?n? s?cl?si?n.

D?? ??t?? ???, t?? ??? ??m?ins ?i???n, ??s??vin? t?? w??l? ???m ? ?ist?nc?. It witn?ss?s t?? ??ssin? c??w?s, t?? ????i?? ???tst??s, ?n? t?? ?l??tin? ??st???s ?? kin?n?ss. Y?t, t?? ???? ?? v?ln????ilit? k???s it ?t ???, t?ck?? ?w?? in its ??ck? s?nct????. T?? ???’s w??k?n?? ???? is ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ????s?i?s it ??s ?n?????, s??vivin? ?n sc??c? ??s???c?s ?n? ??l?in? ?n its instincts t? ???s?v???.

W?il? t?? ???’s c??ic? t? ?v?i? ??m?ns m?? s??m lik? ? ????nsiv? m?c??nism, it ?ls? ??v??ls ? ??????n? ??sili?nc?. In its s?lit???, t?? ??? ??s l???n?? t? ??l? ?n its ?wn ??s???c???ln?ss, ????tin? t? t?? c??ll?n??s ?? s??viv?l wit???t t?? ?i? ?? int??????nc? ?? ??m?ns. It ?in?s n???is?m?nt in ?isc????? sc???s, s??ks s??lt?? in ?i???n c??n??s, ?n? ???ms c?nn?cti?ns wit? ??ll?w st???s w?? ??v? ?ls? m?st???? t?? ??t ?? ?v??in? ??m?n c?nt?ct.

D?s?it? its ??????nt is?l?ti?n, t?? ???’s s?i?it ??m?ins ?n???k?n. Wit?in t?? ??c?ss?s ?? its w??? ????t, ? ?lick?? ?? ???? ???sists, ? l?n?in? ??? c?nn?cti?n ?n? ?cc??t?nc?. B?n??t? t?? l????s ?? c??ti?n li?s ? ????nin? ??? ? w??m t??c?, ? ??ntl? v?ic?, ?n? t?? l?v? it ?nc? kn?w ?? ????m?? ??. Y?t, t?? ???’s ??st ?x???i?nc?s ??v? l??t sc??s t??t ??? sl?w t? ???l, c??sin? it t? s?? ?w?? ???m t?? v??? ??in?s it c??v?s c?m??ni?ns?i? ???m.

T?? st??? ?? t?? w??k st??? ???, ?i?in? in ? ?il? ?? st?n?s ?n? ?v?i?in? ??m?n c?nt?ct, is ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ??sili?nc? ???n? wit?in t?? m?st v?ln????l? c???t???s. W?il? it m?? s??m lik? ?n ?ct ?? s?l?-???s??v?ti?n, t?is ???’s c??ic? t? ??m?in ????t ???m ??m?ns ?????s?nts ? s??viv?l st??t??? ???n ??t ?? ??st ??in ?n? ????s?i?. D?s?it? its ???sic?l ?n? ?m?ti?n?l ????i??s, t?? ???’s ??ilit? t? ?in? s?l?c? in s?lit??? s??wc?s?s its in??mit??l? s?i?it ?n? ??s???c???ln?ss.

As w? ?nc??nt?? s?c? ? ???, it is c??ci?l t? ??????c? wit? ?m??t?? ?n? ?n???st?n?in?, ??c??nizin? t?? ???t? ?? its w??n?s ?n? t?? c?m?l?xit? ?? its j???n??. T?????? ??ti?nt c?m??ssi?n ?n? ??ntl? ???sist?nc?, w? m?? ?n? ??? ?? ??l? t? ????k ??wn t?? w?lls t??t s?????t? ?s ?n? ????? t?? ???lin? t??c? t??t t?is ??sili?nt st??? ??? s? ??s????t?l? n???s.