| Linda: | Snowflakes melting in sunlight: is that not a good metaphor for our existence? |
| Ron: | Is there any need for metaphors? Why not experience things directly? |
| Lis: | There is no such thing as direct experience: every experience has countless layers of subjectivity. |
| Ron: | (giving up on the conversation) Anyway, snowflakes. Sunlight. Warmth. . . |