I can lighten the load.

You'll let me help your loneliness?

Expect me to cool off the sun?

But I wanted to feel Iess guilty.

I spent the first five minutes underwater desperately trying to slow my heart rate down.

Well, at least I tone down some of the crazier notions he wants to spout on the air.

But I have always sought to use that skill in the service of man, to relieve his pain.

If I could find a few wild radishes or something.

No problem, what matters to me most is being able to relieve some of the tension and anxiety, and, most importantly, relieve the burden of caring for the blue jacket by packing it safely folded between my sweatshirt, now that have the new pyjamas to wear.

The first Christmas is as ordinary as possible. I try to ignore the imminent threat and have an ordinary family Christmas, trying to ease my mother s fears and wishes for me to stay safe.