[ kaveh teeters back and forth in midnight's grasp. and then, with the grip of hands who have toiled to drag dreams kicking and screaming into a reality where dreams go to die, he gives midnight's shoulder a proper shake. ]

And as I keep pointing out that you are the veritable king of the phrase 'do as I say, not as I do', because for every hour I've spent on your host club's worksite, you've spent three times the amount. Where was this concern when you tore out every slat wall I'd marked out in a single night to make way for the refrigeration units? I even told you that was a week-long project.

Midnight, you don't know me at all if you think I would ever settle for just functional when it can be perfect. Let me do this, or I will never sleep because I will be up a ridiculous number of nights just thinking about how there is still work left undone, and believe me, I will make it your problem!