Renne and I do this when we need to touch base with each other. This is just the first chance I had to include you.

Once everything's in order, Billy takes in the sight of the oasis once more. A place between the spiritual and the physical, she'd said---how appropriate.

"It's definitely a surreal experience," he agrees, now taking a minute to study the oasis. There's Tui and La again, there's the grass and trees...he can see why meditating here is so relaxing.

"Should I leave you to meditate, then?"