in the world of boy scouts, we learned a new game called "surreptitious tracking," where we pretend to be detectives finding clues in the forest, but we have to be super sneaky so the animals don't notice us. our scout leader told us it's like creating our own secret mission, kind of like the stories where kings give out secret edicts to protect their land. he said there's no precedent for disowning nature; instead, we should learn to reconstitute our bond with it, making sure we leave no trace behind.