I don’t know how to continue. Of course, I was at Meredith’s mercy. Like Aphrodite, she demanded exaltation and idolatry. But what was her weakness for me, tame and inconsequential as I was? A thing of mystery.
This feels oddly misogynistic and I’m not sure why. I think it’s similar to the notion of “she asked for it” if a woman is beautiful, that men can’t control themselves because of how hot a woman is.
