TACHIKOMA 1: So, by that logic it could be posited that ALL relations are inherently traumatic! That means our Ghosts are constantly changing no matter what we're experiencing!
TACHIKOMA 2: (leaps excitedly) That's RIGHT!
(LATER)
DON: ...So?
ROGER: I have a headache...I didn't go to seminary school for a reason, Don. That sounded like hens clucking, but somehow... confusing. (Takes a drag of his cigarette) And what were they? Bugs or something? At least with the secretaries I know where to look when I'm pretending to listen.
DON: (Lighting cigarette) Well, the "Stand Alone Complex" stuff was interesting...looking for connections, trends. Finding the thread... (shrugging) What they do sounds... kind of like what we do.
ROGER: Yeah but topsy-turvy. (frowning disagreeably) Like studying a sausage and trying to figure out how the slaughterhouse works.