Nicholas: did you get my message?
Henry: of course. why else would i be here?
Nicholas: . . . you could be lost .
Henry: . . . you mean i could be lost, but simultaneously at the place where i want to be?
Nicholas: well you may have not even got my message, and you were here not by random luck, but by incredible coincidence
Henry: . . yes. incredible indeed.
Nicholas: incredible in an exclamatory sense, or incredibly as in i should give no credit to the possibility?
Henry: i think both, equally
Nicholas: so you did indeed get my message then?
Henry: of course i did, and i would like to hear what caused you to leave such an urgent message. for the sake of hearing what you have to say next, i won’t point out how ridiculous this whole experience has been so far
Nicholas: very good, all in the interest of expediation. . . though i would much like to hear your thoughts at some point.
Henry: ....
Nicholas: unless you have something else, that ’some point’ at which i hear your thoughts could occur now
Henry: bloody hell, man, do you have a reason to have called me here in the middle of the night or not?! i have to tell you i was a great deal more pleased with things in my bed sleeping than out here at a random dimly-lit intersection at almost midnight! now if you have urgent business for me please present it!
Nicholas: well, the business iteself is not as urgent as the issue which we would have to address if we weren’t here discussing the business
Henry: we’re not discussing any business! my most urgent business is getting myself out of this horrible mess! in fact, i cannot stand to hear another of your words tonight unless i trust they will bring me closer to a conclusion. so unless, no, even if your next sentence illuminates the bizarre purpose that brings me here in the middle of the night, i’m going home
Nicholas: i left you that message to test the reliability of our message-sending process
Henry: ...
Nicholas: we’ll see you tomorrow then?