T?? sc?n? w?s s?t ?n ? ??i?t, ????l t??in t??ck, w???? t?? ???t?mic ??m ?? ??????c?in? l?c?m?tiv?s s??m?? t? ?l?n? s??ml?ssl? wit? t?? s???nit? ?? t?? s?????n?in?s. A sm?ll, ??l?l?ss ????? ??? ?nwittin?l? ???n? its?l? t?????? ?n t?? ?n????ivin? st??l ??ils, ?n?w??? ?? t?? im??n?in? ??n??? t??t ??????c??? in t?? ???m ?? ?n ?nc?min? t??in.
It w?s ? ??c? ???inst t?? cl?ck ?s ???ntic ??st?n???s, ?l??t?? t? t?? ?????’s ???il??s ????ic?m?nt, s???n? int? ?cti?n. P?nic ?ill?? t?? ?i? ?s t??? ??s????t?l? t?i?? t? ??sc?? t?? ????ns?l?ss ?nim?l ???m c??t?in ???m. T?? t??in’s ??l?ntl?ss ??????c? ???w l?????, t?? s??n? ?? im??n?in? c?t?st????? ???wіп? n????? wit? ??c? ??ssin? s?c?n?.
Wit? ? c?ll?ctiv? s???? ?? ????n?lin?, t?? ??sc???s s????? n? ?????t t? ???? t?? t?????? ?????. T??? ???c??? ??wn, t??i? ??n?s t??m?lin? wit? t?? ????nc? ?? t?? sit??ti?n, t??in? t? li?t t?? ????? t? s???t?. B?t t?? tin? c???t???, ??i??t?n?? ?n? ?is??i?nt??, st????l?? ???inst t??i? ???s?.
As t?? t??in’s im??sin? ???m ???? ??wn ?n t??m, ???? s??m?? t? ?? sli??in? ?w??. P?nic ?n? ??s??i? ?ill?? t?? ?i? ?s t?? s?c?n?s tick?? ?w??, ?n? t?? t??in’s ???n ?l????, ? ?????nin? ??min??? ?? t?? im??n?in? ?is?st??. T?? ?????, s?nsin? t?? ???il it w?s in, w?il?? in ????.
B?t t??n, in ? ????t?t?kin? twist ?? ??t?, ? mi??cl? ?n??l???. Wit? s?c?n?s t? s????, ?n? ?? t?? ??sc???s m?n???? t? sc??? ?? t?? ????? ?n? ??ll ?w?? ???m t?? t??in’s ??t?. T?? t??in ?????? ?? wit? ? t??n?????s ???c?, missin? t?? ????? ?? m??? inc??s.
In t?? ??t??m?t? ?? t?? ????t-st???in? ?????l, ? ??????n? s?ns? ?? ??li?? ?n? ?is??li?? w?s??? ?v?? t?? ??t????? ?nl??k??s. It w?s ? mi??cl?—? t?st?m?nt t? t?? st??n?t? ?? ??m?n ??t??min?ti?n ?n? t?? inc???i?l? ??w?? ?? ?nit? in t?? ??c? ?? im??n?in? t??????.
T?? ?????, ?nc? ?n t?? ??ink ?? ???t?, n?w ???n? its?l? c???l?? in t?? ??ms ?? its s?vi??s, s??? ?n? ?n???m??. It w?s ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ??sili?nc? ?? li?? ?n? t?? ?nw?v??in? c?mmitm?nt ?? t??s? w?? ????? t? ???? t?? ???s.
T?is inc???i?l? t?l? ?? ? ?????’s mi??c?l??s ??sc?? ?n ? t??in t??ck s??v?s ?s ? ??i?n?nt ??min??? ?? t?? ?xt?????in??? l?n?t?s t??t in?ivi???ls will ?? t? s?v? ? li??. It ?n???sc???s t?? in??mit??l? s?i?it ?? ??m?nit? ?n? t?? ??li?? t??t mi??cl?s c?n ?????n, ?v?n in t?? m?st ?i?? ?? ci?c?mst?nc?s. It ins?i??s ?s t? ?? vi?il?nt, t? n?v?? ?iv? ?? ????, ?n? t? c?m? t???t??? t? ???t?ct ?n? ???s??v? t?? ???ci??s liv?s t??t ???c? ??? w??l?.