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"I prefer wine," said Cellar Dweller.
"I'd like to try wine," said Caveman.
"You've never had wine?"
"No," he said, somewhat abashed.
"Maybe once you have, Caveman, you can make your work taste like wine! And maybe I can help you, through my feedback! We'll turn it into fine wine - no water necessary! There are plenty of people out there who like fine wine, regardless of whether they come from a cave. And they are willing to pay!"
"It's nice when they pay," said Director with a grin.
"How will they pay - beyond merely buying books, I mean?" asked Caveman.
"Do you like," asked Director of Cellar Dweller, "how easily the man in the cave says 'merely'? Perhaps they'll pay you back, Caveman - pay you in kind."
"Send me books that they write?"
Director shook his head. "Open up to you, and share the fruit of their own vines, whatever that might be."
"Who knows?" said Cellar Dweller. "You may even find other cave dwellers. You may even be the one to talk them into leaving footprints that lead to their caves!"
"If I find other cellar dwellers, do you think I should be gung ho about talking them up and out of their cellars and into a cave?"
Cellar Dweller frowned. "I take your point. How do we know what's best for them, right?"
"Right. And even if it is best for them, ultimately, timing is everything, right?"
"Right."
"Do you two agree it's high time to go on up and out and get ourselves a drink?"
"It's time," they said in unison. And so they left.
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Nick Pappas, pappasnick.typepad.com
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