as he tends her feet , taking each toe by toe and balling his hand to work the small of her insole , small fires flare-up , slowly , one by one burning a pathway zig-zagging up and through and all over the inside of his chest to his heart , fingers and palms radiating intense heat , he feels connected to her organs , as if moving through precious channels in her feet , touching from this lowliest of her earthly parts the fleshly innards which carry her intimate passions and store both her cool and fiery emotions .