In th? v?st ?x??ns? ?? th? ??ssi?n c??nt??si??, wh??? th? sn?w-c?v???? ?l?ins st??tch?? ?s ??? ?s th? ??? c??l? s??, ?n ?v?nt ?cc????? th?t w??l? ????l? ??th l?c?ls ?n? th? ?l???l c?mm?nit? ?lik?. It w?s ? c?l? ?n? c?is? wint?? m??nin? wh?n th? ??si??nts ?? ? sm?ll Si???i?n vill??? witn?ss?? ?n ?xt?????in??? si?ht in th? sk?. Iv?n ??t??v, ?n ?m?t??? ?st??n?m?? with ?n ins?ti??l? c??i?sit?, h?? s?t ?? his t?l?sc??? ??tsi?? his ??stic c??in. Th? ??m?t? l?c?ti?n, ??? ???m th? cit? li?hts, ???vi??? th? ?????ct c?n?iti?ns ??? st????zin?. Littl? ?i? h? kn?w th?t ?n this ???tic?l?? m??nin?, his t?l?sc??? w??l? ?? ??int?? ?t s?m?thin? ??? m??? ?n?s??l th?n th? ?ist?nt st??s. ?s Iv?n ??j?st?? th? l?ns, his ?tt?nti?n w?s ???wn t? ?n ??? ???m?ti?n in th? sk?. ???inst th? ??ck???? ?? th? ??l? ?l?? m??nin?, ? c?lin??ic?l ??j?ct h?v????, sil?nt ?n? ?ni?m?tic.
It w?s ?nlik? ?n? c?l?sti?l ???? ?? ?i?c???t h? h?? ?v?? ??s??v??. Iv?n’s h???t ??ick?n?? ?s h? ???liz?? th? si?ni?ic?nc? ?? wh?t h? w?s witn?ssin?. H? ???ch?? ??? his c?m??? ?n? ????n t? ?ilm th? ??c?li?? ???. Th? c?lin??ic?l c???t ?mitt?? ? s??t, i?i??sc?nt ?l?w, its m?t?llic s????c? ???l?ctin? th? wint?? l?n?sc??? ??l?w. N?ws ?? th? si?htin? ??ickl? s????? th????h th? sm?ll vill???. N?i?h???s ?n? ??i?n?s ??th???? ?t Iv?n’s c??in, th?i? ???s ?ix?? ?n th? st??n?? visit?? in th? sk?. M??m??s ?? ?xcit?m?nt ?n? ?is??li?? ?ill?? th? ?i? ?s th?? w?tch?? th? ???, which ??m?in?? st?ti?n???, ????in? th? l?ws ?? ??????n?mics. Iv?n, with th? ??t??min?ti?n ?? ? s??s?n?? ?st??n?m??, c?ntin??? t? ??c??? th? ?v?nt, c??t??in? ?v??? ??t?il ?? th? m?st??i??s c?lin??ic?l c???t. It ???????? t? ?? m?ssiv?, with n? visi?l? si?ns ?? ?????lsi?n ?? m??ns ?? ?li?ht. Its m?v?m?nts w??? ??li????t?, ?s th???h it w??? ??s??vin? th? ???th ??l?w. ?s th? h???s ??ss??, th? c?lin??ic?l ??? ????n t? ?x?c?t? ? sl?w, ???c???l ??sc?nt t?w??? th? sn?w? l?n?sc???.
Th? vill????s w?tch?? in ?w? ?s it ??ntl? t??ch?? ??wn in ? n????? cl???in?, l??vin? ?n im???ssi?n in th? sn?w. S??c?l?ti?ns ?n? th???i?s ????n???. S?m? ??li?v?? it t? ?? ? milit??? ?x???im?nt, whil? ?th??s whis????? ????t ?xt??t????st?i?l visit?ti?ns. Th? l?c?l ??th??iti?s, ?l??t?? t? th? ?n?s??l ?cc????nc?, s?nt ? t??m ?? sci?ntists ?n? inv?sti??t??s t? th? sit?. Th? c?lin??ic?l ??? ??m?in?? m?ti?nl?ss, n?stl?? in th? ??istin? sn?w, ?s ?x???ts ?x?min?? it ???m ?v??? ?n?l?. Th?? t??k m??s???m?nts, c?ll?ct?? s?m?l?s, ?n? c?n??ct?? t?sts. Th? ?nti?? w??l? ?w?it?? th?i? ?in?in?s, h??in? ??? ?nsw??s t? th? m?st??? th?t h?? ?n??l??? ?v?? th? Si???i?n vill???. In th? ???s ?n? w??ks th?t ??ll?w??, th? inci??nt ??c?m? ? ?l???l s?ns?ti?n. N?ws ??tl?ts ?????t?? ?n th? st??n?? si?htin?, ?n? sci?ntists sc??m?l?? t? ?n?l?z? th? ??t? c?ll?ct?? ?? Iv?n ?n? th? inv?sti??tiv? t??m. Th? w??l? w?tch?? with ??t?? ????th, ????? t? ?n???st?n? th? n?t??? ?n? ??i?in ?? th? c?lin??ic?l ???. ?s th? inv?sti??ti?n c?ntin???, ?n? thin? ??c?m? cl???: th? ?v?nt in th? Si???i?n vill??? h?? ???n?? ? ????w?? t? th? ?nkn?wn, ? ??min??? th?t in th? v?st c?sm?s, th??? w??? still m?st??i?s w?itin? t? ?? ?n??v?l??. Th? c?lin??ic?l ???, with its sil?nt ???s?nc? in th? sn?w, s??v?? ?s ? s?m??l ?? h?m?nit?’s ???n?l?ss c??i?sit? ?n? its ?n?i?l?in? ???st ??? ?nsw??s ????n? th? st??s.
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