now we are alone. i cried a little. scared at the loss of his senses. he can't see or hear now, but it's simpler alone. without the others he merges more with the environment. i calm and merge too. i realize his other senses work, and i mentally clear the air, in my head, for him, i have to be his eyes and ears, he has to smell and feel. he's feeling his way now, and still he's following me and my thinking of us two as one.