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ROHIT: After we shifted to the city for work, there has been a little disconnect between us.
When he visits us, my busy work schedule does not permit me to spend time with him. Even
today, I was reluctant to come. I wonder if I was a good son to him.

DAMINI: I never complimented you before, but you are a wonderful human being. Though
you were driven by your work, he understood your passion. Last year, during his cancer
treatment, you were throughout with him. He told me he is proud to have raised a son like
you.

ROHIT: I hope this is true, and just to make me feel good.

DAMINI: Believe me. Oh, you do not believe me. I swear on my life.

ROHIT: You are not going to stop this, right?

(Damini chuckles)

ROHIT: I am trying to recollect moments from my life, and you know what? Only good
memories are flashing before my eyes.

DAMINI: You want to share all those happy memories.

ROHIT: Like when I won that triathlon in school. The day when papa gave me the key to my
first bike and when we bought our home. Remember when you proposed to me?

DAMINI: So, you are trying to say that our marriage takes you to a happy memory lane?

ROHIT: No, I was talking about only the proposal.

DAMINI: (Slaps Rohit on his back.) You seem to be doing well now. Aren’t you? Wish you
could learn this fast while you are alive.

ROHIT: As a great philosopher once said, “After being dead, there is nothing we can do
about it”.

DAMINI: The philosopher is happy to hear you found her philosophy logical.

DAMINI: We have come a long way. Don’t you think we should walk back to the site? I do
not want to get lost in the jungle.

ROHIT: I think after losing lives, getting lost in the jungle does not concern me anymore.

(Both of them turn around and start walking back.)

ROHIT: What are the things that you will miss the most?

DAMINI: First, I am going to miss giving piano lessons to children and watering the plants in
our garden. I liked my morning yoga sessions, so those will be missed as well.

ROHIT: Yes, I remember you used to wake up on the first sound of that alarm clock. It was
the hardest thing for me to get up.

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