During the "first seduction" so to speak there are several intriguing parts that also feel quite unsettling in my belly. In his delusion and obsession, he finds every way he can to make what he's doing seem justifyable and acceptable. "A breeze from wonderland had begun to affect my thoughts."(p. 131) Can we say Alice in Wonderland? This seems to me as if he can't distinguish between what is really going on in front of him and what he hopes to achieve through his fantasies. Later on in the page He uses the name of the motel they are at in his delusions. "Now and then it seemed to me that the enchanted prey was about to meet halfway the enchanted hunter, that her haunch was working its way toward me under the sof tsand of a remote and fabulous beach." This is just soooo warped. I guess being a parent that adores my children, it is hard for me to wrap my head around, but I want to. I think this is a very important subject to tell a story about, especially from the perspective of the pedophile. As much as a society of scared mostly rational parents don't want to think of someone doing this to their child, it is important to think of potential reasons why someone would do this. it's easy to think that someone is sick, but we don't want to think about ways to help them stop being that way.