“The story Oberon tells is of a mermaid on a dolphin’s back, her song so dulcet and harmonious that the rude sea grew civil,” Narciso says. “The sky loved her music so well that certain stars shot madly from their spheres. And among them, Cupid flew between the cold moon and earth, if you believe such things. And if you can hear Oberon speak of Cupid’s ‘love shaft’ without laughing.”
