““Not feeling very conversational this evening, are we?' Colin asked, breaking into his (admittedly tame) fantasies. 'No,' Michael said, not appreciating the vague hint of condescension in the other man's voice, '/we/ are not.' Colin chuckled ... 'Just testing you,' he said, leaning back in his chair. 'To see if I have spontaneously divided into two separate beings?' Michael bit off. 'No, of course not,' Colin said with a suspiciously easy grin. 'I can see that quite clearly. I was merely testing your mood.' Michael arched a brow in a most forbidding manner. 'And you found it...?' 'Rather as usual,' Colin answered, undeterred ... 'To happiness,' Colin said, lifting his glass in the air.””
