What happened after the school year, however, was more clear. "That summer, I barely left his flank. I did everything he did and went everywhere with him." Remembering a poignant moment at a late-summer festival, Artemis sighed. "It was for a whole sky full of reasons. I liked him, and he made me feel small again because he was even bigger, and he didn't mind me hanging around, and he was kind and gentle, and I liked helping him in the fields, and his family was nice, too, and I think I did it also just because it drove my mom and pop a bit crazy me wanting to be only with him and his kin for the whole season."