Roland and Sandalphon bond over coffee

Roland

The key to good coffee is patience. Let it bloom properly...

Roland

Sandalphon, I heard you're quite the coffee connoisseur.

Sandalphon

I learned from the best. My... predecessor was passionate about these mortal beverages.

Sandalphon

He believed coffee connected realms in ways other things couldn't.

Roland

Connections, huh? I've found books work the same way. Stories bridge understanding between different worlds.

Sandalphon

This is... exceptionally balanced. You have skill, Librarian.

Sandalphon

(It reminds me of his technique... but with something uniquely different.)

Roland

Before I became a Librarian, I didn't have time to appreciate these small pleasures. Always onto the next job, the next fix.

Sandalphon

We walk similar paths, you and I. Former roles abandoned, new purposes found.

Sandalphon

The weight of the past doesn't lift easily, does it?

Roland

No, but it gets lighter when shared. That's what this Library taught me.

Sandalphon

To new beginnings, then. And decent coffee in unexpected places.

Sandalphon

(Lucifer... I think I understand now why you cherished these moments so.)