On ? ??i?t st??tc? ?? ????, in t?? mi?st ?? ? t??n??il ??t??n??n, ? ????t-w??nc?in? sc?n? ?n??l???—?n? t??t w??l? ??m?nst??t? t?? inc???i?l? ??n? ??tw??n ??m?ns ?n? ?nim?ls, ?s w?ll ?s t?? ??????n? im??ct ?? c?m??ssi?n. It w?s t?? st??? ?? ? ??? st??ck ?? ? t??ck, l?in? inj???? ?n? ??l?l?ss, its ???s ?ill?? wit? ???? ??? s?m??n? t? c?m? t? its ?i?.
T?? s??n? ?? ? t??ck’s ti??s sc???c?in? t? ? ??lt ?c???? t?????? t?? ?i?, ??ll?w?? ?? ??s?s ?? s??ck ???m ?nl??k??s w?? ??? witn?ss?? t?? ?n???t?n?t? ?cci??nt. A sm?ll ??? l?? in t?? ????, t??m?lin? ?n? in ???n?, its ???il ???? ????in? t?? ???t?l im??ct ?? t?? c?llisi?n. D?s?it? t?? ?xc??ci?tin? ??in it m?st ??v? ??lt, its ???s ??l? ? ?limm?? ?? ????, ? ?l?? ??? ??l?.
W??? ??ickl? s????? ????t t?? inj???? ???, ?n? c?m??ssi?n?t? s??ls ??s??? t? t?? sc?n?. T??? ??????c??? t?? ??? c??ti??sl?, kn?wіп? t??t its ???? ?n? ??in mi??t m?k? it w??? ?? ??m?n t??c?. Y?t, ?v?n in its v?ln????l? st?t?, t?? ??? ?i? n?t s??w ?????ssi?n. It s??m?? t? ?n???st?n? t??t t??s? w??? ??t?nti?l s?vi??s.
Wit? ??ntl? ??n?s ?n? s??t?in? w???s, t??? c?????ll? li?t?? t?? inj???? ??? ???m t?? ???? ?n? ?l?c?? it ?n ? m?k?s?i?t st??tc???. T?? ???’s t??st in its ??sc???s w?s ??l???l?, ? ??i?n?nt ??min??? ?? t?? ??m??k??l? c???cit? ??? ?nim?ls t? s?ns? c?m??ssi?n ?n? kin?n?ss.
T?? j???n?? t? t?? n????st v?t??in??? clinic w?s ? t?ns? ?n?, ?s t??? ?ll ??l? t??i? c?ll?ctiv? ????t?, ???in? t??t t?? ??? w??l? ??ll t??????. T?? v?t??in??i?ns w??k?? ti??l?ssl? t? ?ss?ss t?? ?xt?nt ?? its inj??i?s ?n? ???vi?? imm??i?t? m??ic?l c???. T?? ???’s ??sili?nc? ??c?m? ?vi??nt ?s it ?n????? t?? ??in ?? t???tm?nt wit? c?????? ?n? ???tit???.
D??s t??n?? int? w??ks, ?n? t?? ???’s ??c?v??? w?s n?t?in? s???t ?? mi??c?l??s. Its inj??i?s sl?wl? ???l??, ?n? its s?i?it, w?ic? ??? ???n ??tt???? ?? t?? ?cci??nt, ????n t? s?in? ?nc? m???. T?? c?m??????i? ??tw??n t?? ??? ?n? its ??sc???s ?????n?? ?s t??? witn?ss?? its ??m??k??l? j???n?? ???m ??l?l?ssn?ss t? ????.
T?? st??? ?? t?? ??? st??ck ?? ? t??ck ?n? l?in? ?n t?? ????, ???in? ??? ??l?, s??v?s ?s ? ??w????l ??min??? ?? t?? t??ns???m?tiv? ??w?? ?? c?m??ssi?n. It ?n???sc???s t?? ??????n? ??n? t??t c?n ?xist ??tw??n ??m?ns ?n? ?nim?ls, ?n? t?? inc???i?l? im??ct t??t ? ????? ?? c??in? in?ivi???ls c?n ??v? ?n t?? li?? ?? ? ??l?l?ss c???t???.