Strange territory for Joe, not to be 'in control' and exert-
ing his power, but his inventions and responses in lovemak-
ing are so real that an emotional exchange between he and
Susan builds. Joe has found himself in an unexplored land
of feeling and passion, he loves what is happening and yet
at the same time, is terrified by it. He feels himself being
lured by some power he has not only never been aware of, but
is deeply dangerous to partake of; he knows what he is doing
is putting who he is at great risk, yet he goes right on.
The powerful contradiction is transmitted to Susan, and in
the end there is the knowledge they have together made a
journey, they both have been swept away in a stream of events
they have created; and they don't care about the consequences.
Spent, they lie in silence. Finally Susan speaks:
SUSAN
It's so wonderful to make love to
you. It's like making love to some-
one who has never made love before.
Joe senses an opportunity not only to admit to what she has
said, but to tell her more, even the truth about himself.
He weighs, then resists, the impulse.
JOE
Thank you.
Her head nestles underneath his arm, she has a sense of his
comforting her without knowing that he is doing so.
SUSAN
Did you like making love to me?
JOE
I loved it.
SUSAN
More than you love peanut butter?
JOE
Yes!
She laughs at the earnestness with which he answers.
Joe seems to drift away now, they lie together as one but for
the first time, she feels separate from him, sensing him gone
to some distant, distant land.
SUSAN
Where are you going?
JOE
Nowhere? I'm...here.
SUSAN
For how long?
JOE
Oh, I hope a long, long time.
A moment.
SUSAN
Me, too.
Another moment.
JOE
What do we do now?
She smiles.
SUSAN
It will come to us.