Maybe: someday, Daniel will figure out more about what those moments are. Someday, Armand will feel comfortable telling him.

Maybe.

"Sometimes. It's been—" a movement with his hand, up and down, like a rollercoaster, or an unsteady sea. "The out of control desperation at first, and then overthinking how I'm going to get away with anything, after. There are a lot of needles to be threaded. Things to think about. Amazon not selling you blenders."

A callback of his own. Without realizing it, Daniel fails to evoke Louis. That exchange was only theirs.

"How high does 'the pleasurable thing' rank for you, when you choose?"