Pearl is being herself, as usual, talking through me to C. I ask her a question which she ignores.

Bitch.
She blinks.

Later, she goes to take one of her 1 /2 hour showers, and uses my soap.

Bitch.
She blinks.

I am standing at my closet, she walks in and sits on my bed. My bed is OFF LIMITS and she knows this.

Bitch.

She says: That makes two, is it?
No, you lost count. That was 3.

We both grin and go back to hating each other, the way it is when I wake up.