In Which Leon rediscovers Innocence; and Honore is introduced to virtues beyond the normal condition.
Leon never enjoyed his visits to the city of Congress whenever they were necessary. He was very uncomfortable squeezing his enormous penis into the leg of his trousers - even though he always made a point of wearing them very baggy irrespective of how fashionable or not that might be at any one time. He particularly dreaded getting an erection as it pushed so obviously against the inside thigh of his trousers, and when he walked when his penis was in such a state he could easily be mistaken for someone with a war wound or congenital limp.
He was standing at a newspaper kiosk just outside one of the parks that so adorned the city, wondering what to do now that he had settled his business affairs for the day and rather relishing the opportunity to see something more of the excitements provided by such a large city. He was a little weary at the moment, and the thought of just settling down to read a newspaper was very attractive. It was then that he saw Innocence in shorts and a simple top that covered some but not all of the mound of her breasts. She was dawdling through the park looking around her at the children playing on swings, the naked statues of famous people and the clusters of sparrows. Leon strode into the park and waved at her. He noticed that she now had much longer hair, falling freely well over her shoulders. There were so many women in the city who'd shaved off all their hair that this seemed almost unusual.
"So what are you doing in Congress?" Leon asked. "You've left Brook, have you?"
"I'm here looking for a job," Innocence confessed, "but I really don't know what to do. None of the jobs I've seen advertised look very good to me. I'm staying with someone in an apartment she's temporarily letting, so I'm also having to look for a place to rent."
"So you've only recently come to live in the city," Leon surmised. "Where were you living before?"
Innocence was clearly quite grateful to have someone to talk to, so she chatted about her studies in Labia, her departure from the flat she'd shared with her sister and how she was now staying with the famous authoress, Honore L'Oeuf.
"I've heard of her. She doesn't leave Brook very often, does she? It must be very difficult for her restraining her enormous breasts in a place where full nudity is generally reserved for the very young."
"You must have difficulties in restraining your own assets."
"That I have! It feels so stupid hiding everything. It makes it so uncomfortable!" He looked down at the length of his penis which despite himself was swelling against the inside thigh of his trousers as a result of the attraction he was feeling towards Innocence. "But you also have some quite unusual assets don't you? Wouldn't you rather have them out in the open too."
"Oh no! I'm much happier if no one knows about it. People stare so much! It's so embarrassing."
"I'm sure it's mostly out of envy."
"Do you think so?" Wondered Innocence, clearly enchanted by the idea.