[If things are left hanging, they could get heavy, and then the bubble could burst anyway. Some of the colors in the distance are starting to melt and drip like wax.]

The last time I had a house was in Vegas. [So, not all that long ago, but also:] I lived alone, then. And I was only rentin' it. Tiny little place...

[It's easier to start going on about the past, to talk about houses in a more general sense.]

Last time I lived with someone in a house was... [When? He gestures with the fries he's just picked up.] ...the hippie village. Though that was more like the castle, people sleepin' all over in different rooms, like.