Continuing with her reliving of her unwitting incest with her son, unconscious Camilla was re-experiencing the morning after her third sexual encounter with Eros.
She got out of bed and put on a bathrobe to cover her nakedness.
"This is the third time I've found myself naked in bed, but I don't remember undressing and coming up here," she said as she left her bedroom. Naturally, she suspected, but couldn't prove, Eros' acting out of his desires for her.
Hearing him eating breakfast in the kitchen, she slowly went downstairs, scanning his mind for thoughts about sex with her from the night before. She found no such thoughts, nor did she sense him blocking her scanning with his own psychic abilities.
Of course, his skill with Nigrovum was already so advanced that he could easily trick her into believing he was innocent. Also, she simply wanted to believe he was.
"Good morning, sweetie," she said as she walked into the kitchen. She yawned.
"Good morning, Mom," Eros said, shovelling a spoonful of cereal in his mouth. "Did you sleep well?"
"Baby, don't talk with your mouth full," she said. "And yes, I did sleep well...a little too well."
"Oh?" he asked, pretending not to know anything about the night before.
"Yeah, I dreamed about making love with Joey, a boy I lap-danced...oh, I shouldn't be talking about that with you."
"Why not?"
"You're too sweet and innocent to hear that kind of talk," she said, closely noting what his reaction would be.
"I'm not that innocent," he said, more than slightly annoyed, but careful not to think about any of the sex he'd had with her, for he knew that's what she was psychically scanning for.
Sensing no guilt in his thoughts, she said, "No one's an angel, but you're pretty close." Relieved to have found nothing implicating him, she kissed him on the cheek. Then she felt, ever so slightly, her lust-energy in him again. He'd allowed that, but nothing else. "Why is it every time I kiss you, baby, I psychically feel my desires?"
"Well, as your son, I am part you, and therefore, part your desire."
"Yeah, but it feels stronger now." Her suspicions were coming back.
"How much stronger?" he asked, finishing his cereal.
"Well, a bit."
"Then what's the big deal? A little stronger one day, a little weaker the next. Maybe it's stronger because you need a lover."
"Eros, nice boys don't say things like that to their Mommies."