Bacon improved things dramatically.

“He was handsome, like Po, and confident, like Po, and so much more authoritativ…”

“I'll give you a dream," he whispered to her. "A wonderful dream. I won't tell y…”

“She groped forward, hands and feet, in search of darkness, distance and solitud…”

“Find something useful to do with your morning,' she thought to him as she neare…”