Soft plushy toys and pacifiers were only a temporary divertissement from his real interest. His attention had become completely focused on Becky and what she was doing. The fact that often he could no longer understand everything she was saying or doing made no difference at all in terms of his inner world. She had become his entire universe. Other women frightened him. All he wanted was to be cuddled and held by her.
Joey dimly remembered his sin against his former wife, but the wanton carnal behavior for which she had despised and punished him seemed like it had been done by another person. After the change, he couldn’t imagine himself wasting his attentions on another woman when Becky was around.