3. Where are we?

There were two clearly defined elements one could observe at the time. The first was a sense of complete disorientation for both the moon and the boat. The second, was a massive quantity of colors in their surroundings. Both these factors helped distort the moon's and the boat's reality like never before. They continued getting closer, talking to one another about things they were not used to talk about and were also perhaps more open to each other than in their typical interactions with others. This did surprise them both at first, but it was the environment which played a pivotal role in rendering their situation more promising than usual. They were now surrounded by stars and colors and sounds that would have turned the hardest person into the most sensitive soul in the universe. Nature was indeed, for some reason, doing its best to help them out. Just like magnetism had so successfully done earlier.

What made a considerable difference was that for the first time, they actually started getting closer to each other physically. The small boat resting on the side of the moon and the moon getting closer and closer to the boat. As it happens, they both ignored at the time that in order to reach this point and finally get truly close, they had to make a distinct move towards one another, effectively starting to be suspended in the empty void of space between earth and the moon's natural position. And they truly did end-up being suspended in the emptiness of space. The moon was not accustomed to this and it was inevitably going to start to feel dizzy; not being grounded in the open air, for once.

Eventually, the uncertainty and risk of being suspended stopped being an issue for those two. They were together and them hovering freely in open space was no longer important to either of them. The boat would feel the moon's surface and the moon would remain still next to it. Both were enjoying being next to each other more than anything else. Predictably enough, a sentiment of "too good to be true" appeared out of nowhere and it did so in the form of time. Time was going to be short and they both had to hurry up with their exchanges. The moon, eager to make use of the shortage of time wanted to, but did not try to, rush things initially. But she ended-up quickly changing her tune. On the other side of the equation, the boat was becoming more and more aware of the time issue. He began to feel like having to carry an anchor on his back. The result was as unsurprising as it could possibly have been.