I love the role that ritual plays in your virtual sessions, Scarlet.

I get the impression that it also plays a role in your in-person sessions as well.

The candle aspect is something that I'm going to miss for the duration of this virtual experience ['Be polite, Lost']

Now wondering whether it's something I could ask her to do on her end.

Because me and fire don't mix, R usually lights the candle I have set up at the beginning of our sessions, and I'm the one to blow it out.

The setup of the space I'm in for virtual sessions would make it tough for me to have a candle around as well.

It's frustrating because the only reason this is happening is because of summer traffic.

We live in a popular place, and her area in particular is somewhere a lot of people go in the summer.