"It really is, and there's a lot of other awful facts downstream of that one."

"But I think the next step is to see if Emily can buy things from Pierre.  Emily bought things from you last night, and my read then was that Emily had come more alive than Gus, at that point.  So maybe it's just the shopkeeper who needs to be asleep.  Wouldn't bet on it, but it's the next thing to try."

"It really is, and there's a lot of other awful facts downstream of that one."

"But I think the next step is to see if Emily can buy things from Pierre.  Emily bought things from you last night, and my read then was that Emily had come more alive than Gus, at that point.  So maybe it's just the shopkeeper who needs to be asleep."