Me: “Mom says that the best thing is to marry your best friend. I don’t know, though. I want to be in love. I need there to be a spark.”

Pau pau: (sighs. looks at Gung gung across the table where he is handling a foil wrap of tortillas with palsied hands) “I don’t know if there ever was a spark. I mean, it was so long ago. I really don’t remember at all. But we’ve grown closer as the years have gone on. We hold hands a lot more. I mean. I hold his hand. (laughs) Mostly to keep him from falling. But no. He likes to hold hands. We’ve gotten a lot goofier as the years have gone on. He’s much more huggy. So we hug a lot more. It makes him happy, I think.”