TE19 Iberian Adventure

Two Pieces

does not obey the same rules as the infinitely large; I told you that in Los Angeles 60% of the population saw the Milky Way for the first time only after an earthquake which caused a power failure; I told you that a long time ago people slept not once but twice a day, that the night was divided into two, and that the time spent awake between those two periods of sleep was the most relaxing part of the day, one where anything felt possible, because the brain generated higher levels of prolactin, a hormone that reduces stress levels and gives you the same sense of wellbeing you feel after an orgasm. The same feeling hens get from brooding. You were always impressed by the sheer quantity of random facts I carry around in my brain, but this time you interrupted my monologue and made a suggestion:

Let’s pretend we’re Fakirs, you asked.

How do you do that? I asked you back.

It’s easy, I saw it in a Brazilian documentary: we climb to the top of a tree, lie down on a branch of our choice, and stay there doing nothing for as long as possible. The last one to move wins.

We climbed the tallest tree.

We stayed there. We were always so good at doing nothing.

It was impossible to tell whether we were in motion or at rest. It was as if we were a single particle.

I was the first to break the silence. 57