Man proposes, God disposes," Singh said. Both fems looked at him. He shrugged. "Whenever you run into a situation that you cannot control, we on Anan… - Steve Perry

Perhaps the voice stilled. Perhaps not. Either way, he lost the sound of it in the surging wave that crested and carried him to new places with this new woman. For a few moments, at least, the sound went away, along with the darkness, the worry, the memories. He and Moon danced the oldest man and woman dance, yin and yang, and all else was less than a shadow.
For a few moments.

The good old days always seemed better in distant memory than they had actually been at the time.

Why would he do that?"
"Because he is insane, a fool, a man so devious they will have to guard his corpse after he dies, or he'll steal it himself!