In this world a person's skin is puzzle pieces. The puzzle pieces represent an idea or belief that person has. When you exchange ideas with someone you physically exchange a piece of yourself, one of your puzzle pieces. Some people don't like their ideas and hide them by colouring them so they can ignore them for now...
It's the lake in November, and the move closer to the ocean, and Gerard's fixation, and Gerard's compulsions like tidal waves dragging him down, and Mikey's more distant than ever: like they're drifting out into the middle of the ocean, whereas Gerard's just stuck there: water turning to quicksand around him, drowning...
