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They may also serve who only stand and wait, but Cooper is standing, and waiting, and there's nothing of service going on at all.
2006-05-10
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When he walks in the Twin Peaks Sheriff's Station, Lucy leans forward to see who it is -- and her face lights up. She insists on chattering about wedding plans -- there are fifty-six tiny bows, seven columns, eight rows, lined up on her desk, ready to go on invitations -- and asks him about his opinion for the color of ink she ought to use, and says, hesitant, that of course he's invited if he wants to come but she and Andy will understand because technically there's not a murder going on here any more which is a good thing but it probably means that he has to leave soon because he works for the FBI and not Sheriff Truman and just for the record Andy really liked working with him and said it was like --
"Agent Cooper." Hawk sticks his head out of the conference room. He's smiling. "Good to see you. If you have time, we're in here."
Cooper tells Lucy that he wouldn't miss the wedding for the world, and he likes the grass green over the forest green.
***
In the conference room it's Harry, Hawk, Andy, Major Briggs, and -- in the corner with his fingers steepled -- Albert. All of them express their delight at seeing him back.
Major Briggs takes him aside and says, "Agent Cooper, I understand that you have been in a place full of signs and wonders, and I hope that one day you will see fit to confide in me about your experiences within the Black Lodge. But I know from my time in the White Lodge that the Lodges are places that affect a man in ways that no other man can understand, and I understand that considering everything that has happened, you may not be eager to speak. If and when you are, though -- " He claps Cooper on the shoulder. " -- I'm ready to listen."
"Thank you, Major," says Cooper, trying out a smile. It mostly works.
There's more for them to discuss -- the South Africans, Leo Johnson, the explosion at the bank.
And finally, they break, and Cooper is the last one left.
Well. Almost.
"Agent Cooper." Hawk sticks his head out of the conference room. He's smiling. "Good to see you. If you have time, we're in here."
Cooper tells Lucy that he wouldn't miss the wedding for the world, and he likes the grass green over the forest green.
In the conference room it's Harry, Hawk, Andy, Major Briggs, and -- in the corner with his fingers steepled -- Albert. All of them express their delight at seeing him back.
Major Briggs takes him aside and says, "Agent Cooper, I understand that you have been in a place full of signs and wonders, and I hope that one day you will see fit to confide in me about your experiences within the Black Lodge. But I know from my time in the White Lodge that the Lodges are places that affect a man in ways that no other man can understand, and I understand that considering everything that has happened, you may not be eager to speak. If and when you are, though -- " He claps Cooper on the shoulder. " -- I'm ready to listen."
"Thank you, Major," says Cooper, trying out a smile. It mostly works.
There's more for them to discuss -- the South Africans, Leo Johnson, the explosion at the bank.
And finally, they break, and Cooper is the last one left.
Well. Almost.