Confusions in a Café

Buddy 1: "What's this story you're writing, mate?"

Buddy 2: "How two random people falling in love is not the end of the world, in a world filled with economic uncertainties, climate emergency guarantees, and the imminent threat of another World War."

Buddy 3: "Sounds like the end to me, mate."

Buddy 4: "Sounds like the beginning of the end, if you ask me."

Brains.exe stop working… Coffees go cold…
Never to be continued…