There a grave difference between believing in something and simply doing it, Quentin. [ He offers this as advice, though he quickly gives a shrug to dismiss it. ] Even if we do figure things out, I don’t know that it means any of this had a point.

[ He stares hard into his cup for a few moments before continuing. ]

I didn’t ask to have a wife. Or to be a father. Sometimes, it’s— [ and he takes a breath to even psych himself up to say it ] —just the way things are, and you have to learn to live with it.

For better or worse.

[ Yeah, time to gulp down some more punch now. ]