Iman hands the stoic cashier money, takes the bottle and waggles it at her companion. "You haven't even had any of this yet. It's almost 3 in the morning, your peak hour of awareness. You can't be having such intense short-term memory problems."

She accepts her change and bag of goodies with a polite thank you and turns to lead Rush back out into the night. "It's called a movie, Rush. You know, that thing I just suggested. We're going to watch a movie. It's going to be fun. I've seen you fun. I know it exists. And I," she turns back, showing him, showing him gleefully the result of his work as she holds both bag and bottle in two different hands, "have earned a glimpse."

More to the point, he's earned it himself. But she knows that won't get much traction with him.