[Her meddling really has made it worse, though, from what he could tell. Sigh.]

Well... ░▋░▋▋ too much stuff here... things ░▋░ too normal.

Shouldn't ░░▋▋ less stuff? People acting ░▋░░▋▋ life as usual but the world's ░▋░▋░░▋▋