Immediately after putting Desire into play, check to see if it is part of your longest chain of adjacent Emotions, or in a chain tied for longest. If so, give Desire a +1 Intensity token. Desire likes friends!
This is a Mild Emotion. If this Emotion is Empowered, it is replaced with a Strong Emotion called LONGING.
Empower is a Spirit Action available in the Full Game rules.