Two opposites are having lunch together. Man with russet hair and beard, black shorts, beige t-shirt. Woman in smart, coordinated colours. They open their laptops back to back and focus on the screens. They have mice.

Later when I look across, she has her laptop closed and her elbows resting on it, hands clasped to her mouth. She nibbles a nail. She gazes into the distance.

He taps on his phone.