Endnote 307 — who approached whom
Joelle and Orin each recall being the one approached first, and it's unclear who's right. Tellingly, this is only the second time Orin has ever cast himself as the approachee, the other being the "Swiss hand-model" (p. 1062) whose flank he keeps tracing infinity signs on.
What links here
- The "putatively Swiss" hand-model appears at Sky Harbor and becomes Orin's newest Subject
- The Swiss hand-model: the seduction that is the trap
- The approaches: the Shiny Prize lineman, then Orin and the Columbus Day football
- The punctured football signed "for her Own Personal Daddy" — and the e-mailed sarcasm from home
- The romance takes root; "It was all for free"; cohabitation in the co-op