It is my lady,
                   
                    O,
                          it is my love!
                   
                    O,
                        that she knew she were...

Dead Water

Sophie and Darren’s personalities smudged  off their frames when touched. They would run like dogs away from change

They growled at him now from across the room. He sniffed and sighed. 

He knew that soon these conditions would cause him to  fall into an anti-mood, his brain making words blur into nothing he could issue response to. 

He finished the conversation he was maintaining with some anonymous body to go hide in a corner where he wouldn’t be bothered.