the piercings : she and he in profound amusement : reliving the thousand approaches , the innumerable grapplings , the unspeakable ins and outs : like sponges soaking up the leaping flames , of their drivenness : each , at this sharing , so profoundly amazed at how they had forged without sharply conscious intent the purity of the others individuality and here in awe before the revelation , for it came like thunder and stilled the air , the revelation that mark and priscilla were parts of their individuality : ( `` are !