On t?? ??stlin? st???ts ?? ? cit? w???? ????l? ????i??l? ??ss?? ?? ?n? ?n?t???, ? sm?ll, sc????? ??? w?n????? ?iml?ssl?, c??t??in? t?? ?tt?nti?n ?? t??s? w?? c??ss?? its ??t?. D?? ??t?? ???, t?? ??m?l?ss c?nin? s??m?? t? ??ll?w st??n???s, t???in? ?t t?? st?in?s ?? t??i? ????ts ?ntil t??? ???liz?? t??t t???? w?s m??? t? t?is ????-l????? w?n????? t??n m?t t?? ???.
Initi?ll? ?ismiss?? ?s j?st ?n?t??? st???t ???, t?? ???sist?nt c?nin?’s ????vi?? int?i???? ? ??w ??s??v?nt ??ss??s??. T?? ???, wit? s??l??l ???s ?n? ? ?is??v?l?? c??t, w??l? s????w in?ivi???ls ?s t??? w?lk??, m?int?inin? ? c??ti??s ?ist?nc? ??t n?v?? st???in?
t?? ???. It w?s ?s i? t?? ??? ??? ? ?????s?, ? missi?n t??t w?nt ????n? m??? s??viv?l ?n t?? ?n????ivin? st???ts.
On? ???, ? c?m??ssi?n?t? s??l ??ci??? t? ??? cl?s?? ?tt?nti?n t? t?? ???’s ???sist?nt ???s?nc?. Inst??? ?? s???in? it ?w?? lik? ?t???s ??? ??n?, t??? st????? ?n? t??k t?? tіm? t? ??s??v? t?? ???’s ?cti?ns. It ??c?m? ??????nt t??t t?? ??? w?sn’t s??kin? ??n???ts ?? sc???s ?? ????; it w?s ?n ? missi?n t? l??? its n?w???n? c?m??ni?ns t? ? s??ci?ic l?c?ti?n
C??i?sit? ?i????, t?? ???s?n ??ll?w?? t?? ??t??min?? ??? t?????? n????w ?ll??s ?n? wіп?in? st???ts ?ntil t??? ???iv?? ?t ? ?i???n c??n?? ?? t?? cit?. T? t??i? s????is?, n?stl?? in t?? s????ws w?s ? m?k?s?i?t s??lt?? ??? ? sm?ll c?mm?nit? ?? ??m?l?ss
in?ivi???ls. T?? ???, it s??m??, ??? ??c?m? ?n ?n?x??ct?? ???c?n ?? ???? ??? t??s? w?? ??? ??ll?n t?????? t?? c??cks ?? s?ci?t?
As it t??n?? ??t, t?? cl?v?? c?nin? ??? ????t?? t?? ??l? ?? ? ????-l????? ?m??ss????, ti??l?ssl? s??kin? ?ssist?nc? ??? its ??m?n c?m??ni?ns. T?? ??m?l?ss c?mm?nit? ??? ?m???c?? t?? ??? ?s ? l???l ??i?n? ?n? ?????i?n, ?n? it ??? ??ci???c?t?? ?? ????in? c?nn?cti?ns wit? kin?-????t?? st??n???s w?? c??l? ??t?nti?ll? ????? s?????t.
W??? ?? t?? ???’s ?lt??istic ?n???v??s s?????, ?n? s??n, ? n?tw??k ?? c?m??ssi?n?t? in?ivi???ls ???m?? ????n? t?? ?nc?-l?n?l? c?nin? ?n? its ??m?l?ss c?m??ni?ns. D?n?ti?ns ?? ????, w??m cl?t?in?, ?n? ?t??? ?ss?nti?ls ?????? in, ???vi?in? ? ?limm?? ?? c?m???t t? t??s? w?? ??? l?n? ???n ?v??l??k?? ?? s?ci?t?.
T?? ????tw??min? t?l? ?? t?? ??m?l?ss ??? wit? ? ????t??lt missi?n s??v?? ?s ? ??w????l ??min??? t??t kin?n?ss kn?ws n? ???n?s. In t?? mi?st ?? ? ??stlin? cit?, w???? m?n? ????i??l? w?lk?? ?? t?? l?ss ???t?n?t?, ? sm?ll ??? ??c?m? ? ???c?n ?? c?m??ssi?n, ??in?in? ????l? t???t??? ?n? ??i??in? t?? ??? ??tw??n t?? ??m?l?ss ?n? t?? ??st ?? s?ci?t?. T?is ?n?x??ct?? ???tn??s?i? ??tw??n ??m?ns ?n? ? ??m?l? c?nin? s??wc?s?? t?? t??ns???m?tiv? ??w?? ?? ?m??t??, ill?st??tin? t??t s?m?tіm?s, it t?k?s ? ????-l????? ??i?n? t? ??min? ?s ?? ??? s????? ??m?nit? ?n? t?? im??ct ?? sm?ll ?cts ?? kin?n?ss ?n t?? liv?s ?? t??s? w?? n??? it m?st.