L??t t? ??n? ??? its?l? in t?? ?itin? c?l?, t?? ?????’s t?l? ????n wit? ???? ?n? m?ln???is?m?nt, ? ????t????kin? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ???s? ???liti?s ??c?? ?? c??ntl?ss ?nim?ls. A??n??n?? ?n? l??t t? n?vi??t? t?? ??i?i? w??l? ?l?n?, t?? initi?l c???t??s ?? t?is ?????’s st??? w??? w?????t wit? ?nc??t?int? ?n? v?ln????ilit?.
H???l?? in t?? s????ws, t?? ?????’s timi? ?n? t??m?lin? ???m s??k? v?l?m?s ????t its ??st st????l?s. F??? ??? ??c?m? ? c?nst?nt c?m??ni?n, ? ??s?lt ?? t?? ???n??nm?nt ?n? ???s?n?ss ?? its ci?c?mst?nc?s. M?ln???is?m?nt ??int?? ? ?ict??? ?? ????iv?ti?n ?n? st????l?, ? st??k c?nt??st t? t?? ????stn?ss ?n? vit?lit? ?n? w??l? ???? ??? in ? ???n?, ?l????l s??l.
H?w?v??, wit?in t?? ???kn?ss ?? its initi?l ?li??t, ? ??m??k??l? t??ns???m?ti?n ????n t? t?k? s????. T?? c?mm?nit?, ?l??t?? t? t?? ?????’s ??v??sit?, ????s?? t? l?t its st??? ?? ?n? ?? ??s??i?. Kin?-????t?? in?ivi???ls, ???l?? ?? c?m??ssi?n, st????? ???w??? t? ?xt?n? ? ??l?in? ??n?, ?????in? n?t j?st ???? ?n? w??mt?, ??t ? ?limm?? ?? ???? ??? ? ??i??t?? ??t???.
Sl?wl? ??t s???l?, t?? ?????’s t??ns???m?ti?n ????n. Wit? ??c? n???is?in? m??l ?n? ??c? ??ntl? t??c?, t?? ??????l ?lint in its ???s st??t?? t? ????. T?? ?nc?-timi? ??m??n?? ??????ll? s??t?n?? int? ? c??ti??s c??i?sit?, ?n ?x?l???ti?n ?? ? n?w???n? s?ns? ?? s?c??it? ?n? c???.
T?? c?mm?nit?’s c?ll?ctiv? ?????ts w??? lik? c???t??s in ? ????t?nin? st???. V?l?nt???s ?n? s??lt??s ???vi??? m??ic?l ?tt?nti?n, n???is?m?nt, ?n? ? s??? ??v?n. T?? ?????’s ???sic?l t??ns???m?ti?n—?nc? ???il ?n? m?ln???is???—??c?m? ? t?l? ?? ??sili?nc? ?n? ??????nin? ???lt?, ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ??w?? ?? c??? ?n? s?????t.
Y?t, t?? m?st st?ikin? t??ns???m?ti?n w?s t?? ?n? wit?in t?? ?????’s s?i?it. F??m ? ?l?c? ?? ???? ?n? s?lit???, it ?l??m?? int? ? ?l????l, t??stin? s??l. T?? ?nc?-???n??n?? ??? ???n? s?l?c? ?n? c?m???t in t?? c?m??n? ?? t??s? w?? ??? s??wn it kin?n?ss. Its t??ns???m?ti?n w?s n?t m???l? ???sic?l ??t ? ??????n? s?i?t in ??m??n??—? ?l?ss?min? ?? t??st ?n? ????cti?n.
T?is st???, ???m t?? initi?l ???n??nm?nt t? t?? ??m??k??l? t??ns???m?ti?n, ?i??li??t?? t?? inc???i?l? im??ct ?? c?ll?ctiv? c?m??ssi?n. It ?n???sc???? t?? ??t?nti?l ??? c??n?? w??n ? c?mm?nit? ?nit?s in s?????t ?? t?? v?ln????l?. T?? ?????’s j???n??, ???m ? ?l?c? ?? ??s??i? t? ?n? ?? ????, ??c?m? ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ??m??k??l? t??ns???m?ti?n t??t l?v?, c???, ?n? s?li???it? c?n ??in? t? ? li?? in n???.