Graham smiled too, thinking he was finally on the right track. Women really were complicated, but maybe he was getting the hang of this after all. He spins in place for a moment, on one foot, happy with his progress.

"You should! You should feel the whole spectrum of emotions, as people are supposed to do. That's what makes us alive! That's what makes you you, too! Ha! It sounds kinda dumb when you say it like that. But that's okay, isn't it?"

Hands on his hips, Graham looks around the room. "And I think you can stop cleaning before you scrub the floor into infinitesimal pieces and it disappears forever. It's as sterile as a hospital in here, like you could perform heart surgery right here! On the floor!"