A moment ago she was so near that he had almost taken her in his arms.
Now, in an instant, she had placed something so vast between them that he would not have dared to touch her hand or her hair.

Like sun and cloud and wind she changed, and for him each change added to the wonder of her.

And now it was storm.

He saw it in her eyes, her hands, her body.

He felt the electrical nearness of it in those low-spoken, trembling words, "YOU SHALL NOT!" The room seemed surcharged for a moment with impending shock.