Disclaimer: I don't own HHGTTG

Dedication: for Donna. Also posted at 'marriage is love'

Ford has been a traveller for practically all his life. He's never been scared to take new paths, follow new horizons, run screaming from new befanged monsters. The thrill calls to his blood like tea calls to an Englishman.

So why does this one short walk fill him with such fear? Will his fate be set in stone? Will his road become straight and narrow?

He looks to the end of the aisle, where his smiling lover waits for him. He sucks in a deep breath. Takes one step forwards. Music starts up. The cyber-priest smiles. Ford falls in love all over again.

And the next day, they chase down a new horizon.