Ryan and Tammy have just arrived at Ryan's house, and Ryan opens the door and leads Tammy inside. As they are taking off their shoes, Ryan notices that Tammy's shoes look to be the same length and width as his shoes are. When they get into the house, Ryan offers Tammy a cup of tea. Tammy accelts the offer ,and after they finished drinking their tea, Ryan says, let's go to the bathroom, and take off these thongs. Once they were free to walk around individually, Ryan says ,"Tammy, when we took off our shoes in the porch, I noticed that our shoes appear to be the same length and width. Would you like to see if our feet are as closely matched as our height is?" Tammy, now free to walk on her own, says "Sure,but don't be surprised if my feet are bigger than yours." Ryan replies "Let's compare them sole to sole " Tammy agrees, and Ryan takes off his socks,and Tammy follows his lead.
Ryan and Tammy sit on the floor, facing each other. Ryan starts to extend his feet toward Tammy's feet, and Tammy extends her feet to meet Ryan's feet. Tammy, starts to wonder, as their feet get closer, whether her feet are indeed bigger than Ryan's feet,or whether they aren't. Ryan gently places his feet sole to sole with Tammy's feet, and he takes a few minutes to make sure that their feet are lined up properly. Tammy is shocked. She can't see any difference between the length and width of their feet. Her flat feet, are a perfect match for Ryan's feet, which also happen to be flat. Ryan noticed that Tammy's feet were cold at first, but within a couple of minutes, her feet have warmed up, while they have been pressed against his feet. Ryan can also feet the wrinkles on her bare soles, fitting in between the wrinkles on his own bare feet. Ryan finds himself wondering yet again, how two random strangers can have identical feet, right down to the wrinkles on their soles. Tammy sighs and says "This is the warmest that my feet have been in years. " Ryan replies "If you want, we can interlock our toes,and put a couple of cloth strips around our feet so that they won't separate." Tammy says "That actually sounds fabulous." Ryan bends forward and interlocks all of her toes with his toes. He picks up some cloth strips, and ties their feet together. Then he lies down on his back, and goes asleep. Aided by the warmth that Tammy is feeling from their connected soles, she lays down on her back, and falls asleep within seconds as well. What's next for our conjoined swimmers?