Episode 173: The Two Cultures

Mazolli’s unfinished quilt lies in a corner of the bedroom. Terrastina gathers it up and brings it to Mazolli, who is lying on the couch, napping. She drops it on his chest. Mazolli starts and groans. Are you going to finish this? asks Terrastina. It turned out to be a lot more work than I thought, he says. All those stitches. It got really boring. But Moz, says Terrastina, you’re over halfway done. Don’t you want to complete the process? Mazolli considers this. Some people need to finish things they start, he says. I can just let them go.