Mr. Nine: I also had a salad last month that brought true joy to my life.
Magnolia: It seems to me that any mildly good thing could bring you joy right now.
Mr. Nine: Let's test that theory over sandwiches. Since we both enjoy them.
Mr. Nine: There's a place near my office with amazing turkey sandwiches.
Magnolia: That's wonderful for you.
Mr. Nine: It's from an actual turkey. They smoke it in the shop. That makes all the difference. I hate when it's slimy deli slices.
Magnolia: I think I know that place because my brother shares your devotion to smoked turkey and he goes out of his way to stop there whenever he's in the city.
Mr. Nine: It's a good spot, right?
Magnolia: Yeah. They make their own flavorings for coffee and seltzer. I'm a fan of their raspberry even though I'm ride-or-die for black cherry.
Mr. Nine: So, your brother. He lives out of town?
Magnolia: Linden lives on the southeast coast, near my parents in New Bedford.
Mr. Nine: Just the one sibling?
Magnolia: No, another brother. Ash.
Mr. Nine: Who is the oldest?
Magnolia: Ash was Baby A, I was Baby B, and Linden was Baby C.
Magnolia: We're triplets.
Mr. Nine: Wow. That's not something you hear every day.
Magnolia: About as often as a dude introduces himself with a baseball card of his dick stats.
Mr. Nine: Got your attention.
Magnolia: And look at all the good it's done me.
Mr. Nine: I've offered to do you all kinds of good.
Magnolia: Yep. That is true.
* * *
Mr. Nine: Tell me about landscape architecture.
Magnolia: That's a broad request.
Mr. Nine: What's a typical day look like? Are you out there digging up yards and planting trees?
Magnolia: No.
Magnolia: Okay, yeah, that was how it used to be but now I spend most of my time developing proposals and designs, managing subcontractors, and evaluating progress rather than doing any digging myself.
Magnolia: I've carved out a niche in the roof garden business. That's the bulk of my residential and commercial work.
Mr. Nine: I was way off the mark.
