“So am I, in a way. It gave me a first-hand opportunity of seeing what the conversations are going to be like here—just how unbelievably superficial they can be.” He let go of her waist. “I disagree. You don’t say a frieze is superficial just because it has only two dimensions.” “You do if you’re accustomed to having conversation that’s something more than decoration. I don’t think of conversation as a frieze, myself.”