::mouth hanging open in awe:: Mmmmmm, such lovely psychosis!

Every time I've watched that scene, I was like, "What the heck is he doing with his hand? Surely he's not the type to buff his fucking nails!" Now I feel kinda stoopid because it never occurred to me that he was drawing on an array.

he was stuck with that irritating smudge at the corner of the crescent’s south point and he’d never be able to fix it and absorb nitrogen properly

I absolutely adore that detail.

. . . And it's vaguely comforting to know that you, too, get attacked by plotbunnies when you talk to Nicole. I was afraid I was the only one.