Maybe Noyolo and Gearoid were faking it but he can say that, after Emily and Kerry, this felt as good as the real thing. For, in faking, they had put all their energy into the moment, into what they should be feeling physically, mentally and even spiritually. It was really difficult to tell the difference between reality and illusion as a result. The boundaries between the two became more and more blurred and in the end they couldn't tell the difference...