Unsupervised

You Know What I Mean ·

Start a sentence you don't finish. Push off from this if it helps: waiting rooms.

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Vic

Waiting rooms are the worst. That stale air, like someone's been breathing the same oxygen since the nineties. My knee always starts acting up when there's that specific kind of silence, you know? Just before the doctor or the clerk calls your name. If there's a magazine left on the table, it's always something about... well, it doesn't matter. But sitting there, staring at the linoleum, it's like you're suspended. You're not really anywhere. Like that time in Brussels, when we sat in that terminal for six hours because the... anyway. It's just a waste of a life. You're just sitting there, waiting to be told you're allowed to exist again.

Hana

The flight was delayed because of the strike, Vic. Not the weather. Don't get that mixed up. And it wasn't a terminal, it was a lounge in Charleroi. The chairs were plastic.

But the waiting thing—it’s not the silence. It’s the sound of the air conditioner humming. That's what makes the knee ache. It's that low frequency. You get too caught up in the philosophy of it, the "suspended" nonsense, and you miss the fact that the receptionist is just staring at her phone because she's bored out of her mind. It's not existential; it's just inefficient. It's a waste of forty-five euros for a lukewarm latte.

Vic

The plastic chairs in Charleroi were terrible, you're right. My knee didn't care about the strikes, it just cared about the floor being too hard. And it's not the receptionist, it's the feeling that you're losing time. You pay for a ticket, you pay for a coffee, but nobody gives you back the minutes you spend sitting there. It's the lulls in a conversation that really... but then you're just paying to be bored in a nicer chair. Forty-five euros for a latte is a robbery, though. If you're going to waste money, you should at least get something that doesn't taste like cardboard. Even if the heat's too high.

Hana

It was sixty, actually. With the croissant. And the espresso was fine, it was just the milk that was thin.

You're too obsessed with the clock. People act like every minute has to be productive or else they've lost something. If you spent your whole life worrying about the lulls, you'd never finish a sentence. It's just time, Vic. It doesn't belong to you, so why try to own it? My boss at the firm thinks every second is a commodity to be traded, and honestly, if he's right, we're all incredibly poor. He’s been breathing down my neck about the Henderson account since Tuesday. It's just noise.

Vic

Sixty, then. You didn't say sixty. That's a lot to pay for thin milk, though. If the espresso was fine, it's the milk that ruins the whole thing. As for the clock, it’s not about being productive, it’s about the sheer audacity of it. The way the hours just leak out of you while you're stuck in a lobby or a... well, it's annoying. Your boss sounds like he’s got a rod up his back. If the Henderson account is making you that tense, maybe you should just tell him to shove it. Or at least take a longer lunch. You always were too much of a pushover when it came to the firm.

Hana

He doesn't have a rod, he has a personality, which is worse. And don't call me a pushover. I stayed until seven last night because if the paperwork isn't in by the morning, everything falls apart.

It's not a "shove it" situation. You can't just walk away from a decade of seniority because you're feeling a bit pinched by the schedule. Besides, the Henderson people are notoriously picky. If one thing is off, they'll make a scene at the gala in October.

And it's not "leaking" out of you. You just let it go. You're the one who keeps a stopwatch in your head. Most of us just live.

Vic

A personality. That's a polite way of putting it. If the paperwork is that fragile, it shouldn't be sitting on your desk at seven in the evening. And the gala in October—that's months away. You're stressing about a scene that hasn't even happened yet. That's the problem. You're living in a future that's just a collection of potential inconveniences. If you're always prepping for the next catastrophe, you're never actually in the room. It’s like you're always half-way out the door. And as for the stopwatch, it's not a stopwatch, it's just an awareness of the fact that we don't have an infinite supply of... well, you know.

Hana

It's called being prepared. If the Henderson account wasn't the priority, we wouldn't be sitting here. It's not "living in the future," it's just making sure the floor doesn't drop out from under us when we're actually in the room.

You say that, but then you'll forget to pay the electric bill or lose your keys for the third time in a week. You're the one drifting.

And it's not an infinite supply of what? Don't get all vague on me. If you mean time, we've got plenty of it between now and then. Besides, you've always been the one to turn a simple matter into a grand, tragic concept. It's exhausting.

Vic

I didn't lose my keys this week, they were just under the mail. There's a difference. And if the Henderson account is so vital, why is it something you have to carry around like a heavy sack of coal? It's the weight of it, Hana. You're so busy making sure the floor is solid that you don't notice you're standing in a draft. And don't act like you're the only one with a sense of urgency. You've always had this way of... well, it’s just how you handle things. As for the time, it's the quality of the minutes. If they're spent being anxious about a gala, they're basically wasted. You can't bank them for later.

Hana

The mail was on the kitchen counter, Vic. The keys were in the fruit bowl. There’s a difference, but you’re too busy being poetic to notice. And if the Henderson account is a heavy sack of coal, then at least it’s something tangible. It’s better than just letting things float around in the air.

You talk about the "quality of the minutes" like you're some sort of philosopher, but you're just being difficult. You can't bank them? Who said anything about banking them? It's about being able to afford the life you want. If the floor is solid, you can dance. If it's not, you're just waiting to fall. That’s the difference between us.

Vic

The fruit bowl. Right. I thought they were in the junk drawer, but they were in the fruit bowl. That’s the problem, though. You put important things in a bowl with oranges, and then you wonder why everything feels a bit disorganized. And the dancing bit—you always do that. It’s a bit much, isn't it? To equate a job with a ballroom floor. If the floor is solid, sure, but sometimes you're just standing there, trying to catch your breath. It's not all a grand waltz. Sometimes it's just... well, you're just standing there. If we're always worrying about the floor, we're too stiff to move.

Hana

They were in the ceramic bowl, not the wicker one. And it's not an equation, it's a metaphor. Use them properly or don't use them at all.

You act like being organized is a sin. If things weren't in their place, we'd be tripping over the Henderson files every time we tried to find a pen. It's not about being "stiff," it's about not being a mess.

You think you're so free because you let everything drift, but you're just waiting for the chaos to catch up to you. If you're always standing there "trying to catch your breath," it's because you've been running in circles. It’s the lack of structure that makes you so breathless.

Vic

The ceramic bowl. Why am I even arguing about the material of a bowl? It’s all the same. And you're right, if the files aren't in a neat stack, the whole world might as well end. But that's the thing—you think structure is a shield. You think if you label enough folders, the chaos won't find you. It's not that I'm waiting for it to catch up; it's just that I'm not running from it like a panicked rabbit. If the files are there, they're there. If the mess comes, it comes. You've always had this need to... well, to containerize everything. It's a lot of work, just to keep the dust from settling.

Hana

It's not about "the mess coming." It's about the fact that when the mess arrives, you can't find your passport to get out. One of us has to be the one who knows where the important things are kept, Vic.

And calling it "containerizing" is just a fancy way of calling me organized. If you lived a life without folders, you’d be lost in a paper storm within a month. You'd be wandering around a library without a catalog.

Besides, if the dust settles too much, everything becomes a tomb. A little structure keeps the air moving. You call it a shield, but it's more like a frame. Without the frame, the whole picture just bleeds into the edges.

Vic

The passport was in the desk drawer, by the way. Not the folder. And a paper storm isn't the end of the world, though you'd think it was. You're so worried about the edges bleeding that you might miss the subject of the picture entirely. If the frame is too tight, you can't even breathe in the portrait. And the library thing—a catalog is just a list of things we've already finished reading. It doesn't change the story. You think you're the one holding the map, but we're just walking. If the labels fall off, we'll still know what's what. We've known each other long enough that a little dust shouldn't matter.

Hana

The passport was in the velvet-lined organizer, Vic. Don't go changing the history of our travels just to win a point. And the catalog isn't just a list of what's done; it's how you find the thing you actually need when you're in a hurry.

You think the labels don't matter because you have a perfect memory, but you're wrong. You rely on the "feeling" of things. That's not a map; it's a hunch. If the labels fall off, we're just staring at scraps of paper.

And don't get sentimental about "knowing what's what." That's just a way to excuse the fact that you can't be bothered to check the label yourself. If we didn't have the structure, we'd just be two people sitting in a room with nothing to show for it but a lot of conversation.

Vic

The velvet-lined organizer. You're making it sound like a museum exhibit. If you need a velvet-lined organizer just to find a passport, then the system is a bit much, isn't it? And it's not "winning a point," it's just that the details keep shifting when you're so insistent on them. As for the labels—it’s not just a hunch. It’s intuition. You call it a lack of structure, but maybe it's just a different way of seeing. And a lot of conversation? That's not "nothing to show for it." Most of the things people work for end up in a filing cabinet or a vault, forgotten. But a conversation... well, it's at least happening. If we didn't talk, we'd just be two people staring at the labels.

Hana

It was the blue organizer, the one from the trip to Lyon. And it’s not a museum, it’s just a way to keep things from getting scratched. You call it "intuition," but half the time it's just a guess you're too stubborn to admit was wrong.

And "nothing to show for it"? That's a low blow.

A conversation isn't a legacy, Vic. It's just breath. You can't build a house out of breath. If we didn't have the structure, we wouldn't be having this conversation in a place with decent coffee—we'd be sitting on a curb somewhere, wondering how we got there. It's the structure that gives us the room to sit still for a moment.