Köhler: [humming in German]

Lightning: . . . ninety-seven, ninety-eight, ninety-nine . . .

Köhler: !!

Heidelberg University.

Köhler: We agreed to wait longer than this before giving up. Does this mean that you have . . . ?

Camellia: They’re holding your Being right next to mine. I wasn’t expecting this to work so fast!

Köhler: Fast for you, perhaps. I have been waiting for months. Years!

Cohen residence, Boston.

Miranda: Hey, Dad . . . What’s new?