He knew us by scent and decided who he wanted that morning. He awoke at dawn and breathed over our beds, a warm spray of peppery notes that made us sneeze.
I sneezed first, so he chose me.  That morning he took me by the hand led me to the warm water where he bathed me, licked me clean. Then he carried me back lay me back down, the led the other one of us by hand, to begin the same process with the other.