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“Okay, you can say I like it when I told you I love it That’s cool Whatever,” I replied and turned to face front again “And thanks for the bath That river is cold as Siberia but it feels nice being clean”

He ain, this tiht I slid the half an inch back so the side ofsidesaddle) and ht to his front

With no response fro as I watched the lush forest trees and beautiful stone of the et out of that cave for dinner I know you need to take the pulse but I’ me with you That’s very cool of you Thanks”

Still no response but I felt his fingers open up at my side so they spannedaround “This place is nificent Totally out of a movie The colors are so… I don’t know… colorful The trees seem to have ten tilossy It’s bizarre but so stinking cool I wish I had a camera and I could take pictures No one at home would believe this”

Finally, he spoke “Caain and nodded “Yep, it’s this gadget that’s really ss here? Portraits? Landscapes?”

“Of course,” he grunted, staring down at me

“Well, a ca a button, you load it on your computer, print it out and voila!” I threw out a hand “You have your picture”

“That’s rinned up at him “I know but it’s true”

“So my world is ht heart lightenedhim?

I nodded fervently “Yes, totally It’s hard to explain but the birds areThe river is cleaner than any river I’ve ever seen” I tilted my head to the side “There’s a lot of pollution incorporations duood”

“Love, I don’t knohat the bloody hell you’re talking about”

I looked into his sky blue eyes and realized I was glad he didn’t

Then I said, “Well, I guess my world has a curse of sorts too but all ofrid of their rubbish, and we create a lot of rubbish and so it under the fields”

“Why would they do that?”

I shrugged and turned forward “I don’t know,” I whispered “Because we’re stupid, short-sighted and greedy” I looked at the darkening landscape that was still verdant in coht “I wonder,” I went on in a whisper, “if my world looked like your world before we destroyed it”

“Maybe it did,” he remarked

“That would suck,” I muttered

“Suck?” he asked

“It would be bad”

Silence then, “Yes, love, it would”

I fell silent and Salem cantered down theentle canter At the sa me at my side

That felt nice

Oh man