welcome me?... and that for the very first time, not giving a damn to how it would seem, I stood under it, my face raised towards the darkened sky and let the raindrops wash away the imbroglio between the Fates and I as I undid my drenched hair so that it fell tangled all over my face. Having made certain that no charted territory of my skin was left unrained, I went back inside trembling as I changed. I knew that no towel could dry the wetness or warm the afterchill.