▁He ▁mar ries ▁the ▁irre ver ent ▁Nar la ▁ge F ul da ▁Ses om . ▁ ▁He ▁studies ▁bi ology , ▁especially ▁the ▁insect ▁p est ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁h ug l . ▁ ▁Then ▁a ▁new ▁h ug l ▁begins ▁appearing , ▁stri pping ▁the ▁cro ps , ▁stri pping ▁even ▁dead ▁animals ▁of ▁their ▁flesh . ▁ ▁The ▁old ▁Way ▁of ▁dealing ▁with ▁h ug l , ▁spread ing ▁Ed ris ▁pow der , ▁does ▁not ▁work ▁on ▁these ▁insect s . ▁ ▁K iv ▁has ▁the ▁answer ▁- ▁he ▁knows ▁that ▁the ▁h ug l ▁bre ed ▁in ▁p onds . ▁ ▁They ▁leave ▁the ▁water ▁to ▁gather ▁food ▁for ▁the ▁next ▁bre eding ▁cycle , ▁but ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁water ▁their ▁hard ▁shell s ▁resist ▁Ed ris ▁pow der . ▁ ▁In ▁water ▁the ▁lar va e ▁are ▁vulner able . ▁ ▁K iv ▁tries ▁to ▁persu ade ▁the ▁authorities , ▁who ▁are ▁also ▁the ▁priest hood , ▁to ▁dict ate ▁a ▁new ▁way ▁of ▁using ▁Ed ris , ▁but ▁he ▁is ▁up ▁against ▁mill enn ia ▁of ▁tradition . ▁ ▁The ▁old ▁Way ▁indicates ▁that ▁more ▁Ed ris ▁must ▁be ▁used , ▁but ▁if ▁it ▁does ▁not ▁work ▁there ▁will ▁be ▁none ▁to ▁protect ▁cro ps ▁that ▁the ▁new ▁h ug l ▁have ▁not ▁yet ▁reached . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁end , ▁more ▁Ed ris ▁only ▁po isons ▁the ▁cro ps . ▁ ▁Des perate ▁for ▁a ▁solution , ▁and ▁with ▁the ▁encourag ement ▁of ▁the ▁Earth