This part of their story begins with smiles. The day village native Aaron Marden met city suburbs native Dwight Murrey, their lives completely changed. From that moment on their days were filled with seemingly ordinary rural village adventures for young friends. Rambling walks down the railroad tracks, munching wild strawberries, trips to a beaver pond, being pummeled with rain on the golf course, conversations about journeys to other stars, an Amtrak weekend in Toronto.

Their days were as unique as the two of them. Aaron called Monarchs to his hand, saw Dwight through Ma Beaver's eyes, had Dwight look through the windows of his soul to see Aaron cringing in a corner, had Dwight in a trance recalling their previous life together as cobblers in the time of Dickens, heard Aaron chanting during a thunderstorm, held hands on their snow walk-

It ends with kisses.