"Michael, your assistance has been invaluable."
"Thank you, Mr. Visionquest. Always a pleasure to serve you."
"Good-bye, my friend. Until next time."
"Until next time, Mr. Visionquest."
Michael bows out and disappears in a blink of the eye.
I summon Christina, from the Gardens of Ascension, to the Theater of Delights. In a matter of seconds, Christina takes the place of Michael and adjusts her manner of dress for the occasion at hand. I run my fingertips under her hair, around her neck.
"Hello, my love." She looks up at me, smiling with her eyes, and presses her virtual body into mine.
"Hello, Christopher." Her greeting runs like a silky caress through my mind, tempting me with the pleasure of making love to her in public.
Our group mind accommodates itself quickly to the arrival and presence of Christina.
We enter the theater as a unit, one among many hundreds of other units.
About Me
- Christopher
- Woman, at her best, like water, serves as she goes along: like water, she seeks her own level, the common level of life; loves living close to the earth; living clear down to her heart; loves kinship with her neighbours; the pick of words that tell the truth; the even tenor of a well-run state; the fair profit of able dealing; the right timing of useful deeds; and for blocking no one's way, no one blames her -- Chapter 8, The Way of Life (according to Lao Tzu), translated by Witter Bynner, with the gender in this passage switched by yours truly to pay homage to Woman.