More Equations

Today during our passage unpacking, it occurred to me that Lux seemed healthier/more radiant after the car episode. while leaving Trip feeling dead. I think this shows the happy medium in relationships, intimate in the minds or just the body, that if one feels more than the other it can drain them while leaving the other feeling pleased with themselves and their "conquest." Lux lacks any type of love, while trip constantly has physical "love", so Trip is trying to fill the lack of real love with Lux, while she does not particularly care what type she gets. Therefore she is the stronger in this situation and walks away feeling good, while trip sits wondering what just happened. It is like a chemical equation with a limiting reagent, one is all used up, while the other still has more left to be used elsewhere. Trip is the limiting reagent, he is spent/all dried up.