process twice more until we both feel I’m clean. I can’t believe I’ve been abducted, I’m on my way to be an alien sex slave and I’m smiling. It’s such a simple thing to feel clean, but it can mean the difference between feeling human and well, alien. I’m still standing in the waterfall when Tahlana tells me to press the button on the left pedestal. She doesn't have to order me mentally I notice. I press the octagon. The water stays clear, and for an instant I think maybe