The ship approached. Our radio crackled, and I answered it. My ship’s bigger than your ship, the other captain said. Well, I could see that.

He takes her hands in his. She says, look at your cuticles. But he doesn’t know what that means. And so he changes his mind about everything.

They meet in the parking lot of the toy store. I’m married, he says. Me too, she says. And things progress illicitly. Until she sees his car.

They had spent a lovely weekend together. It’s too bad we live so far apart, she said, cuddled in his arms. We don’t think alike, he replied.