you look like hell (because you are)
Michael craved stimuli and yet despised it; Lincoln, in his own ways, was much the same. Michael tapped things, counted, checked, tested, always consuming more information. Keenly aware of what normal was and how difficult it was for him to achieve it, Lincoln got an early start dulling the edges of his own perception, because he wanted that kind of thing to get the fuck out of his head.
There were times they wanted the same sensations at the same time, but there was always a line, some hidden seam between good and bad that neither of them could locate until they snagged it and the moment passed.