| Boris is intoxicated by the shapes of things. The whirl, blob and silhouette of things. The curious bumps of flesh that make up earlobes. He sees patterns in curtains. diamonds glinting specks in concrete. Ant diamonds he called them. Speckles catching the sun.
Faces in bathroom tiles. sex in the position of carpet fibres. limbs angrily tossed around in the sand. He sees things that others don't. He wants things that others don't. Imagines things that others can't even dream.
Boris's sister Indigo. Lady. Angelic tele tubby face. fine features. This years elf.. Defiance. Spirit stubborness.
Boris's unknown parents. Lost father and dessicated mother. Dead in a road accident when Indigo was just a baby and Boris was three. Hetty said he looked like JFK Junior.
Boris' special relationship with Hetty.
Indigo competitive with Hetty. Distant. So different. Shirley Temple and Shirley Bassey.
Hetty imperious gaunt and thin, fit to giggle. Shrouds and shawls. old table cloths worn with panache. In love with the industiusness of a wellington boot look. Scared of her. Obsessive. Manipulative. Fragile. Hard. Eccentric. Independent.
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