Chapter 31

Jonal noted his lover’s distraction with a sigh. Tonas’s concern with the condition of his wardrobe bordered on an obsession.

In his research on Earthen culture Jonal had found quite an apt comparison, The Odd Couple,he was Oscar to Tonas’s Felix. Jonal broke out in a smile. The script struck a chord of familiarity. It so amused him that he had communications tap into library archives to view movie and the television versions. Jonal had drawn comfort from the recognition that the human condition was not so different from the Sarran condition. The episodes had Jonal laughing out loud—absorbed in the domestic comedy. He anticipated a future evening at home on Sarran, sharing his discovery with his lovers, all chortling at his and Tonas’s exaggerated character quirks.