It may arise from the knowledge that, when your task is complete, you will return to the husband you adore.
It may arise from the extremity of the natural beauty around you, and recognition that you are alive in this moment.
It may arise from your knowledge that you have accomplished every goal you’ve set for yourself since childhood.
It may arise from the knowledge that, at long last, you have found a goal worthy of your prodigious energies.
It may arise from the knowledge that, in accomplishing this goal, you will have helped to preserve American life as you know it.
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A wave of joy can make it difficult to sit still.
Beware of internal states—positive or negative—that obscure what is happening around you.
When two subjects begin making sketches, concrete planning has commenced.
The camera implanted in your left eye is operated by pressing your left tear duct.
In poor light, a flash may be activated by pressing the outside tip of your left eyebrow.
When using the flash, always cover your non-camera eye to shield it from temporary blindness.
Never deploy flash photography in the presence of other people.
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Springing from your seat with a gasp and peering toward the villa will focus the attention of others in that same direction.
“What? What did you hear?,” uttered close to your face by your Designated Mate, indicates that your diversion is credible.
Wait until their eagerness to know approaches anger; then tell them, faintly, “I heard screaming.”
Violent men live in fear of retribution.
Your new host will be the first to bolt toward his house.
Your Designated Mate’s glance toward the dock, far below, suggests that his interests are not fully aligned with your new host’s.
His immediate preoccupation with his phone may mean that he is summoning the speedboat captain.
Among the violent, there is always a plan for escape.
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A brightly lit phone will, hopefully, distract its user from a camera flash at some slight distance.
Move close enough to the sketches you wish to photograph that they fill your field of vision.
Hold very still.
A flash is far more dramatic in total darkness.
An epithet followed by “What the fuck was that?” suggests that you overestimated your Designated Mate’s phone absorption.
A bright, throbbing blindness suggests that you neglected to cover your non-camera eye.
Distance yourself from involvement in the flash by crying out, truthfully, “I can’t see!”
It is hard to safely navigate a clifftop promontory at high speed while blind.
It is impossible to defer said navigation when your Designated Mate is forcefully yanking your hand.
A buzzing presages an approaching speedboat.
Trying to descend a crumbly wooded path in a state of blindness （and heels） will lead to tripping and collapsing.
Receding footfalls suggest that you’ve overtaxed your limited value to your Designated Mate.
Blind disorientation may prevent you from doing more than calling to him from where you have fallen.
A boat departing at high speed will send a vibration trembling up through the soil.
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Temporary blindness sharpens one’s appreciation for not being blind.