Ignatz & Cyril B

Cyril
Hey, Ignatz. Whatcha doing?

Ignatz
Cyril, hello. I was just looking outside. Are you off to work right now?

Cyril
I'm gonna get a bucket and get rid of that big puddle everybody keeps walking around.

Ignatz
Oh, you're getting rid of the puddle over there? That's a shame.

Cyril
Huh?

Ignatz
I've quite enjoyed looking at the puddle. But pay me no mind. The work needs doing, I know.

Cyril
I... Huh? What's so nice about it?

Ignatz
Well, look at it.

Ignatz
With the addition of the puddle, the whole landscape has changed dramatically.

Ignatz
Plus, it's perfectly unique. No two puddles are alike. Light will never again hit the water in quite that way.

Ignatz
This whole landscape is unique, in fact. Here, now, for us to enjoy. It didn't exist a moment ago, and it won't exist in a moment.

Cyril
I guess you're right, huh?

Cyril
Weird. I never thought about the rain that way.

Cyril
How it makes the world look different and how that's kinda special, I mean.

Ignatz
Your mood just brightened, Cyril. And that made the world a little brighter, didn't it?

Ignatz
That's the other thing about looking at a landscape. The view is affected by the viewer's feelings.

Cyril
Huh... Maybe you're right.

Cyril
When I remember it, I think Almyra was a real dull and lonely place.

Cyril
Once you're outta the city, there's nothing but the plains and sky, and they stretch on forever.

Cyril
You can lose yourself out there. That's the kind of place it is.

Cyril
It's strange, when I remember it now, even though it's lonely, it also seems real pretty too.

Ignatz
Maybe the image in your memories is affected by your emotional state.

Ignatz
Anyway, it sounds fascinating.

Ignatz
Endless plains, boundless sky. That's Almyra, huh?

Ignatz
The thought of it makes my pulse quicken.

Cyril
Heh, you're a big weirdo, Ignatz.

Ignatz
Am I? Heh, I suppose I am.

Cyril
Sitting around, talking about how pretty puddles are?

Ignatz
Well, when you put it like that! Still, I'd love to see Almyra some day.

Ignatz
Cyril, after the war, would you go there with me?

Ignatz
We can make some memories of your homeland that aren't all dull and lonely!

Cyril
I don't know. Maybe. But, yeah, I'll think about it.