"You shouldn't be here. You don't really have a reason to be here, honestly."
"I thought I'd pay a visit. You know, to celebrate the occasion. Besides, the door was open."
"I've left it open a bit recently. I shouldn't have. I'm probably going to close it sometime soon, this whole thing wasn't the best idea."
"But you do have to admit, the occasion is special enough. And you're late again. You forgot, didn't you?"
"Maybe. And that's all of your business, yes. And I suppose you're right. You're here now, at least, so we might as well make the most out of it."
"See? It's not so bad, after all. I like your desk, by the way."
"No peeking."
"You don't keep notes. There's nothing for me to peek at."
"Maybe. I'm afraid we ran out of cake yesterday. And most other sweets as well."
"I can always get some more myself."
"That's nice of you. So, any plans on where to go next?"
"Asking me? Is it desperation or presumption?"
"Both."
"I'm pretty sure you can imagine the answer. I have a couple tricks I haven't used yet, it's time to have fun with those. You need me out of the way for a while anyway, don't you?"
"Well, yeah, it will be nice to have that covered. You just do your thing and have fun, I suppose. Don't mess things up too bad though, please."
"No distractions until we get to the war, right?"
"I said no peeking."
"You don't have notes."
"Right. Just, pretend you don't know about that, okay?"
"Oh, but I need to rehearse my line. I come in right at the end, I want to make sure I don't mess it up."
"Well, you can do that in private. I'm frankly glad things will get moving again in a few days, so I don't have to keep that line on stall longer."
"You dug yourself into this hole."
"You did."
"You asked me to. I was perfectly happy not doing that, but you just refused to have second thoughts on the matter. Too late for that now, isn't it?"
"I could always change it. I've already done it."
"That was different."
"It wasn't that much different. It was functionally the same thing, here it would just be explicit instead of implicit."
"I don't think anyone would appreciate it much, if I'm being honest."
"This is why I keep the door closed."
"Close it all you want, you can't shut the windows."
"This room doesn't even have windows."
"Well, there's your problem. You should add one. It'll be good for your skin to get some light in. Probably for your eyesight too. And maybe you could take a walk outside for once."
"I'm not going out, and you know that. But a window might be nice. I'll think about it."
"Have it ready when she visits. Then you can talk about it with her too."
"No peeking, I said."
"Maybe you should keep notes. Have a good one."
"Thanks, you too. Maybe I should."