It is not surprising that the jewel didn’t turn dead white when Niwa impulsively pressed Harada-san’s newest trinket to his forehead. He is, in fact, possessed of a body temperature that is perfectly normal down to its last decimal point. And mood rings, Satoshi explains to an audience that suddenly seems to include half the class, are composed of heat-sensitive liquid crystal, encased in quartz, usually cradled in a cheap metal setting. The stone’s current color is perfectly logical and has absolutely nothing to do with any non-existent inner frustrations or secret desires.

The heat is probably mostly Niwa’s anyway.

ORANGE: STIMULATING IDEAS, DARING WANTS [1]