Chapters 3-4 Summary

As Kiriel learns the new sensations of living temporarily in a human body, he comments that most of the "sins" that humans commit and go to hell for are actually quite normal and petty. He tries masturbation for the first time, since he knows Shaun does that while taking a shower. Before doing so, he examines his body meticulously in the mirror. Kiriel's experience of a body, after all, is something new—as is the body of any teenager in the throes of puberty and adolescence. After coming to climax, he comments that he can't understand why people don't do it more often and without guilt. Next, he decides he wants to have sex with a girl With the new-found experiences of sensuality coursing through his body, Kiriel notes that Shaun didn't realize how wonderful and pleasurable it is just...