She talked with them, drank with them, danced with them (skin touching skin in the dark corners of clubs and bars…). xxx18 Elsa would stay up all night looking at it. Blood, bone, heart; these hidden things were so unaccountable. Anything could have gone wrong with any of them. She kissed its neck and shoulders and the hard protuberances of its nipples, letting her tongue wander. Once, Elizabeth had asked what Elsa loved most about her. Mind racing, Elsa imagined a new and better body for it, a perfect body. Still, one by one, she found the things she was looking for:
A heart that beat strong and steady when she put her ear against the chest. That meant Elsa had to go shopping.
