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What is midnight? Who asked you that

You keep me on my toes, Eden. And that's why you keep me around there in love

Is it? Conferences change over the years, but I think for a while now you like that I ask you unanswerable questions

They're not unanswerable. Let's not get carried away. We can't answer them

But we're going to answer them. We're going to look up the answers

We've been saying that for a while now. We have a lot of questions to get through

I'm busy. Can't you see that I'm busy? I'm working. That's for when the work is done

When the work is done, we shall sit together and we shall have tea

An Earl Grey for you and a Lady Bergamot for me. And we will answer all the unanswerable questions together

Side by side as we look out at our very pleasant view

Yes, side by side together. Something to look forward to. When do you think

When what? When do you think we will sit side by side and drink tea

I don't know, Eden. Soon. Someday. Someday. Someday soon. Do you think I should get the water ready

No. Not quite yet. There's time yet. We shouldn't rush things. It's just... Never mind

It's just? Never mind. I hate it when you do this, Eden. You say never mind, but you don't mean never mind

I hate it when you do this, Darren. You assume you know what I mean when I don't even know what I mean

Don't you? I don't. I would tell you if I did. I don't. I don't know

Sometimes it takes time to know something. Don't cry, Eden. I'll cry if I want to. And I'm not crying

See, this is what I mean when I say that you... When will you be done? When can we sit

When will you touch me with care and attention the way you do your toothpicks and your glue

They're not toothpicks! This is wood. Small pieces of wood. They're very small pieces. And with them, I am building a great structure

So many small, insignificant, beautiful pieces of wood can make something lasting, something transcendent

You said you understood. I do. I did. You've just been working on it for so long

Would you deny a man his dreams, Eden? I'm building the future. I'm making something that will last

Would you deny me a chance to build something myself, with my own hands? Would you do that, Eden

No, Darren. Of course not. I believe in a future, Eden. In the future

I believe that in that future, there will come a day when this structure, this vessel, will be finished

And I will stand back from it, and I will look upon it, gaze upon it, and I will sigh

I might even cry just a little. And you will come in, Edith, and you will say..

You've finished it, Darren. And you will hand me a handkerchief, and I will dab it at the corners of my eyes

and you will have known as if by magic that I was about to finish it

And you will have the tea ready. The... Earl Grey for you and Lady Bergamot for me

And we will sit together and answer all the unanswerable questions. We might even hold hands

Oh, come on. Just you wait, Edith. Just you wait for the future