We returned to the hotel ecstatic from the experience. I was pleased to see Arvel feeling better about the transformations. It was still painful, but it seemed possible to make them lighter. I still didn't know how I was going to deal with the memory issue, but if I solved the violence, that would be the height of progress.
Arvel was in good spirits when we arrived. We went together to take a good shower because we were in a deplorable situation. It was almost lunchtime, and we needed to look presentable. We had decided that, at least for lunch, we would leave the room. I was very excited to visit the reserve, and ever since Arvel had said we were going to see it together, I had been looking forward to it.
Although we didn't have s*x, our time in the shower was very hot. The synchronicit
