I had a seller call me sobbing at eleven PM because she found out the buyers were planning to paint over her "artisan hand-mixed sage green" accent wall. She'd spent three hours mixing that exact shade herself and apparently it "held the energy of her grandmother's spirit." I spent forty-five minutes on the phone reassuring her that the new owners painting was actually a good sign because it meant they were excited about making it their home. She wasn't buying it. She wanted me to add a clause to the contract requiring them to keep the wall for at least two years. When I explained that wasn't legally enforceable and would likely kill the deal, she accused me of not understanding the "emotional weight of color theory." The next morning she sent me seventeen Pinterest images of sage green rooms with a note that said "show them these and they'll understand." We close in a week and I'm genuinely worried she's going to show up with paint samples and try to talk them out of it. I've started forwarding her calls to voicemail after nine PM.