Colm abruptly ends his lifelong friendship with Padraic, citing a desperate need to focus on his musical legacy before he dies. Padraic, confused and heartbroken, tries to defend the value of their 'normal' conversation, highlighting the tragicomic divide between Colm's existential dread and Padraic's simple outlook.
COLM: I was too harsh yesterday.
PADRAIC: Yesterday, he says?! I know well you was too harsh yesterday! And today!
COLM: I just, ah... I just have this tremendous sense of time slipping away on me, Padraic, and I think I need to spend the time I have left in thinking, and composing, and just trying
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