Before Paul, I am of the ocean. At least, this is where the woman finds me. I sense her from the rocky shallows: her dark hair, red bikini, and smooth ankle grazing my shapeless edge, each brush a shocking, tantalizing sensation. By the time Paul appears I am hidden inside her, the bikini gone, and I am attempting to eat a kelp stalk through the sole of her foot.

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