8:43 pm

"…It doesn't feel like swimming."

"Well, how the hell am I supposed to move?"

"…Do you know '26 is dancier than 4'?"

"Yeah, why?"

"…Let's dance then," and she smiled.

Her singing voice transcended the cricket's-cries-filled night and oscillated within the pool. We danced for a while to mathrock in the chlorinated water.