"Yes. But what else? When the stones get hot and the water hits them... what happens to your muscles?"

"Exactly," Papa Joe said. "The heat doesn't destroy you. It loosens you. The sweat pushes out the toxins. The pressure forces you to slow down, to sit still, to breathe deep. If you run out of the sauna too fast, you get dizzy and fall. But if you stay... you emerge stronger, cleaner, and softer."

She was silent.

"Papa," she sighed. "The sauna is heating up. I’m going to crack."

Coco paused. "They... relax."

"You sweat," she replied.

" Good? " Coco was shocked.