Summary

“Autobiography of Red: A Romance” - Part 4, pages 53 - 62.”Pair”: The single sentence at the beginning of this section references Geryon feeling a pain “not felt since childhood” (53). Narration describes his discomfort because of the pair of wings on his back, and how he straps him down. Herakles, while inviting him to see the volcano, notices he’s behaving oddly. Geryon, when asked, says he’s fine. Narration comments how they watched each other, “this odd pair” (53).

“Grooming”: The single sentence at the beginning of this section references living childhood close to the sky, and then a surprising dawn. Narration then suggests that Herakles got Geryon to perform oral sex on him in public (explicit terms for sex or the sexual organs are never used) and how, afterwards, they went on with their friendly activities until a waitress brought them their food, asking if...