"All right." She rose, and her voice changed. "All right." Her back was stiff, as she marched out.
In his bathroom, Ted studied himself in the mirror. His eyes were shadowed, his face wan. "You dog," he told his image, and smiled.
El thought, "I wonder if Ha's had any success. I don't trust him, for some reason, dear."
"Ha's all right," Bee thought. "Inclined to whimsey, but generally sound. And he wants a body as badly as we do. But only Lust can give us one."
"We gave Ha a body. We projected him successfully."
"On Earth, Darling, you don't want to live on Earth."
"Why?"
"It's all city, like Valdora and Velugia. They have no lover's county, like this. Would you like that, dearest?"
"No, no, no. We'll have to rely on Ha. I wonder what he's done."