Side Story 9-3: Petals Kissed by Science, Part 3

"Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings."

– Anaïs Nin

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We're finally finished with the draft and are ready to call it a day.

What we felt when we made the mock-up design of the airship was just our imagination running wild, as we let that happen when we made out somewhere outside the town.

The next day dawns.

After a breakfast of some decaffeinated coffee, leftover donuts, and leftover cupcakes…

We seek to continue what we have started yesterday – that is, consummating our love for each other – and thus we head off to that tree to the northwest of town.

However, something is stirring within our bodies, and it is not our honest feelings and passions.

Knowing that fact, we just clutch our hands tight…