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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.