I hung out with some very nice schitzophrenics in the psyche ward.
There was one I used to have breakfast with all the time. I can't remember his name at all, so I will call him Lloyd.
Lloyd was nice. Lloyd was Lloyd.
Sometimes his brown eyes would glaze over into a nice doughnut blue; diamond-like when it was time to talk in a different way. But Lloyd always came back, and Lloyd was nice. He wore a red shirt once.
I think.
Scene 1: Llyod and Luci sit in the cafeteria with other patients. Lloyd and Luci are eating cornflakes cereal (or something like it).
Lloyd: Did you sleep well last night?
Luci: Yes, did you?
[Lloyd's eyes turn to diamonds and time slows down dramatically]
Lloyd(-ish): Once...when I was 16 years old...I was thrown out of the house. I had to learn to defend myself on the streets...I ran away from home. It was cold.
Luci: OK.
[Time restores to normal pace, Lloyd comes back]
Lloyd: I slept very well, thank you.
[End Scene]
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