I do not want to end up rolling on the ground again or being scared out of a year's growth by your driving. I don't know who's worse, you, or Kat for ...ncouraging you. Kat and I will sit in the front and you in the back. As far as our kissing, I guess you'll just have to close your eyes, or you can sit up front and I can kiss you all the way back." Eww, that's disgusting, Dad. I'll sit in the back, thank you."Kat and I both broke out laughing at her, sitting there pouting with her arms folded.. Another way he had changed since he immersed himself in this culture, now he adjusted his environment to suit him, rather than adjust to the environment. He stilled debated which philosophy was more valid. Sighing he cleared his capricious mind that without his discipline would be inclined to engage itself it that fruitless argument. However unappealing the exercise was, it allowed his mind and body a welcome respite. His exhausting work left him somewhat scatterbrained. His years of training. “I meant, if you wanted to, you know, to see what it feels like.”Her pulse raced at the thought but she hid her excitement. “I’m sure I’ll find out someday,” she said nonchalantly.Her uncle spread his hands as if to show he had nothing to hide. His smile was gentle and disarming. “Why not now? Don’t you trust me Nastia? You know I love you too much to do anything to hurt you.”“Of course I trust you and I love you too but I couldn’t do that. I’d die of embarrassment.”“It’s your fault it’s hard,”. Mother Septina follows their gaze, and her cold, brown stare burns a hole in my head. I gulp. An hour later, and I’m only a quarter of the way done scrubbing the floor. I wipe my brow, curse under my breath, then immediately pray for forgiveness. I grit my teeth, trying to ignore the pain in my knees, and I scrub the grout between the stones, where cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes have formed a thick glue. There’s the sound of indignant yelling, of dishes clattering, and of a stern,.