Of all that Paul had said, Gaylord liked best the idea that the shadow world might be one of Nature's experiments. He saw Nature as the great designer, the great creator, fashioning the earth and all that is therein, experimenting, revising, working with vast numbers. He remembered that Paul had said there were thousands of such men and women in the United States alone.
Thus the thought of shots or doctors which might present him with normality made no appeal to Gaylord, since he was part of a great experiment in creation, and looking into Rogers' eyes he wished that they had kissed. Perhaps that climactic scene would have at last answered the confused drama in his heart.
But you weren't even thinking of me, Glenn, he thought. You were thinking of something to eat. But I got my wish … I've seen you naked …
