Clean And FoldedSoaking in a hot bath felt like such a luxury that I couldn’t imagine anything better. The tub was not plumbed but was filled instead with hot buckets of water heated over a fire. The soap was primitive but felt good and smelled like moss when I scrubbed my odd body down. The tub was long enough for me to lay down in and raise my hands over my head. All of my body felt like me, despite every part of me looking so different. I ducked my head under the water, with my eyes shut under soapy water. I imagined I was doped up on LSD and this current entire future was just a psychedelic vision.
I felt footsteps through the tub, so surfaced my head and wiped soapy water from my eyes. It was the lady that ran the place carrying a bundle of cloth.
“A robe and a towel for you,” she s
