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The paint aisle.

Eddie, a sales associate, shows a young couple a can of freshly shaken paint.

Eddie: It dries darker

Customer 1: No, I get that.

Eddie: It’s a process.

Customer 1: Yeah, I just don’t think it’ll dry to the shade we want.

Customer 2: We want something darker.

Customer 1: We do. Something quite dark.

Eddie: It takes time.

Customer 1: We’ve painted our living room before.

Eddie: But not your living room…on this day.

Customer 2: I don’t understand.

Eddie: Buy the paint. Put it on the wall. Give it time. Let it become what it wants to become.

Scripts

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The waiting room of a community health centre.
283
The visitor’s gallery of the European Parliament in Brussels.
282
A café in Paris, 20th arrondissement.
281
The paint aisle.
280
A downtown café.
279
A large hardware store.
278
A laneway.
277
A path through a forest of old cedars.
276
A cafe in Oregon.
274
A used bookstore.
273
In Christian heaven.
272
At the home of a crossword puzzle setter.
271
Outside a car dealership.
270
The Salish Sea.
269
A cafeteria.
268
In a forest.