Vera decides that she’s sure that she doesn’t want to see all of him, not this close-up. She’s resolved on the subject now that there’s more light on him. It’s too much all at once. Her gaze keeps flinching away from his body, back to his increasingly red face. “He’s had you for thirteen days now. I know it’s been a challenge,” she adds, using the phrase her sixth-grade teacher uses to soften the blow when she fails yet another spelling test. “I know it’s been difficult for you, and you’re probably worried that it’ll keep going like this forever. So I thought I should let you know that he’s
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