Rush, I would have laughed and called you crazy. If you also told me along with that, that he transformed into this man that loves me, I would start to get mad because then I would feel mocked. Yet somehow, it was my reality now. I would do whatever it took to keep that reality. That obviously included taking care of him. I leaned over his body, his eyes staring up at me with silent encouragement as he took another hit from the joint. Then he smiled, his teeth shining brightly from the illumination of the firelight. Hopefully, it would stay a smile. I did not want to hurt him. I focused on his side that wasn’t cut, eyeing the vine which was wrapped several times around him. Wanting to make it as painless for him as possible, I didn’t want to untie it and take it off. “I am going to cut this off first,” I said, grabbing the knife I had next to the kit. I started working at the tight vine, trying to pinch for some slack. It wasn’t too hard and a couple minutes in, I was a success. With a snap, I cut through the first length of the vine. Cutting through each part that was wrapped around his torso, his body became more visible before he was free from it all.
