
Chapters 18 and 19 - Gene Wolfe's The Shadow of the Torturer
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The Botanic Gardens
She says, after supper, perhaps we can find a private spot. It won't be good for you to fight after having just copulated, but we could do it if you want. Then this like little flirty gets interrupted when they say, oh, hey, look down there. There is the botanic gardens. Can you see it? Yes. Yep. So this whole scene, the thing that's been interesting is very little of Cervarion's actions himself or describe. They're only described in the context of what he feels from a Gia or what a Gia does. He's the one reacting. She's the aggressor or the leader of the relationship.
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