I've wanted to comment on this story for a while now. I wanted to get my thoughts into order about what it was that I was responding to.

A few of your stories involve the main character "outgrowing" something: other people's authority...(buildings)... kind of like an imagined resistance meant to be overcome. But it's the ones that focus on a couple that tend to be my favourites. Whether a pair that gradually comes together like in "Growing Into Herself," or and impromptu one like in "The Overview Effect" - there's a positive, constructive element that's present which I think inhabit your best stories.

In stories like "Control" there's a character who actualizes her inner strength; but that fact immediately raises another question: what is this strength for? This story in a way offers an answer: for other people.  Kaui helped Esha when she was completely inside herself, and she ends up returning his kindness with (more than) interest.

I adored this story, and thought the steamier elements were some of the most vivid you've ever written. Well done!