On A Claire Day by Carla Ventresca and Henry Beckett for August 21, 2013

Regarding Delusions:Delusions are often functional. A mother’s opinions about her children’s beauty, intelligence, goodness, et cetera ad nauseam, keep her from drowning them at birth.(from “The Notebooks Of Lazarus Long” Robert A. Heinlein

Gianni’s seem to function as a muffler.