“Sebastian: I want to let you know you're looking at a new man.
Bill: Good.
Sebastian: A man who's happy to be here.
Bill: Excellent.
Sebastian: Very easy to work with. Yeah.
Bill: Right, and you'll play the set list.
Sebastian: Happy to. Even though I don’t think anyone cares what I play, but yeah.
Bill: Well, if by ‘anyone’ you mean anyone other than me, that would be correct. I care and I don’t want to hear the free jazz.
Sebastian: Right. Okay. Although I, I thought in this town it worked on a sort of ‘one for you, one for me’ basis type system. How about two for you, one for me? [Bill doesn’t answer]
Sebastian: How about all for you and none for me?
Bill: That’s perfect, yes.
Sebastian: Great.
Bill: Okay.
Sebastian: Okay, a mutual decision then.
Bill: Right, made by me.
Sebastian: Right, and I sign off on it, so.
Bill: Whatever. Tell yourself what you want to know.”
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