Strange Conversations: Part Ninety-Five

While planning dinner:

NICK: It’s really saturated fat that’s the problem.
ME: No, you said we couldn’t eat any fat at all, or we’d die.
NICK: It’s like there’s this whole parallel world where we actually have these conversations.
ME: Yes. In my head.
NICK: I’m glad you finally admit that.
ME: That doesn’t mean it’s not real!
NICK: I think you’ll find that’s pretty much the definition of “not real.”
ME: No, it’s not—Dumbledore said so.
NICK: But he’s not real, either.
(Pause)
ME: There has to be a way for me to get out of this conversation.
NICK: There isn’t. But I’ll try not to gloat too much, even though I hardly ever win arguments.
ME: You didn’t win this one. I just decided to stop participating.
NICK: No! You can’t log out of the game!