Hello? Hi, John.

Hi, Merlin. How's it going?

Pretty good. Just starting. You know, it's pretty early.

Really?

Yeah, just getting going. Easing into it.

Yeah, slow. Haven't even had a sip of coffee. It's here. I've got it sitting here, but I haven't sipped it yet. Yeah. Well, I can- I can shuck and jive if you want to sip. No, no, no, no. I mean, everything in its time, you know? So you don't, you're not slamming coffee the second you wake up?

Well, as I say, I'm sorry, that was, that was probably hurtful.

Is this the second you woke up?

It's very close to it.

It's close to the second I woke up.

That's part of the magic of our show.

Yeah, I suppose it is.

You know, the waves of reality are just, just guess it is. Just sort of washing over me like, wow, look at that. Wow. Woo! Look at that. It's so green. Yeah. In the trees. So, yeah, the coffee, you know, I... Well, let me put it this way. I have been awake long enough to make a cup of coffee.

Okay.

But, yeah, but not much longer than that.

I'm out here at the office.

So, yeah, that's right.

You go down, you go down to the, you go down to the office.

You take the train in.

I do.

I do.

It's a, it's a longer commute than you'd guess.

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