Connie Stone:
I heard something about you at the club.
Phil Lovecraft:
Such as?
Connie Stone:
You don't use magic.
Phil Lovecraft:
You heard right.
Connie Stone:
How do you expect to get out of dumps like this if you don't start playing the game?
Phil Lovecraft:
Seems to me we've already had this discussion.
Connie Stone:
Everybody uses magic.
Phil Lovecraft:
I don't.
Connie Stone:
What have you got to show for it? Fly-specked office, a broken-down car and a ugly necktie, that's what all this integrity buys you. Damn it, everybody's got to compromise.
Phil Lovecraft:
That's what I keep hearing.
Connie Stone:
And what makes you so special?
Phil Lovecraft:
What makes me special is that I'm my own man. When I started out, I said there were things I would do and things I wouldn't do. Lot of guys start like that and a lot of them sell out along the way, but the more who fall, the easier it gets. See, look... everybody compromises, everybody cheats, everybody uses magic. So they empty ideals out of their pockets and get on with the job of sticking it to their neighbor before they stick it to them. That's the way it's done. To which I say "nuts." My collar may be a little frayed, maybe I need a shoeshine, but nobody's got a mortgage on my soul. I own it, free and clear.
Connie Stone:
I'm not gonna apologize for my life.
Phil Lovecraft:
Didn't ask you to.
Connie Stone:
I'm happy the way things are.
Phil Lovecraft:
Glad to hear it.
Connie Stone:
You've got to look ahead. You can't drag around the past. There's nothing you can do about it.
Phil Lovecraft:
Sounds like you have a real good grip on things.
Connie Stone:
[a few moments of silence]
Why did you have to walk back into my life?
Phil Lovecraft:
Why did you walk out of mine?
Connie Stone:
Because you're a wiseacre son of a bitch who doesn't know which way the wind is blowing.
Phil Lovecraft:
And?
Connie Stone:
And did you really remember the sound of my breathing?
[Lovecraft takes Connie in his arms and they kiss]
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