Chapter 10. Well? Will it?

Her question cuts through the darkness. “Is it going to have a story?”

“Of course it will. It does. Things are already happening in three timelines. Don’t you think?”

“Mmmmm. I’m just trying to get a hold on all the characters.”

“But you are paying attention to all the characters then.”

“Yes.”

“Good, good. You like that?”

“Yes ... but come on, the whole thing is really just an excuse to post pictures of babes, right?”

“Perish the thought.”

“Come here.”

“...”

“So. Is the fox significant or is it a red herring?”

“The fox is the fox. The red herring is the red herring.”

“Very droll. Is ... it ... significant?”

“Oh. Oh, um ... come on, um, you have to read it like a book. On some, level. You’ll see what, happens.”

“And all the metafiction stuff?”

“It’s 2009, isn’t it? Gotta have the meta...”

“Now. Oooooh...”

•••••

Thus did it come to pass
That while Abélard was utterly absorbed
In pride
And sensuality
The cure for both diseases
Was forced upon him
Even though he
Forsooth
Would fain have shunned it.

For his sensuality
He lost those things
Whereby he practiced it
;
For his pride
He knew humiliation.