"This wasn't a hasty decision. Please don't worry about that. But today -- it was as good a reason as any."
Slowly his thumb strokes Moiraine's hand.
"At eleven o'clock this morning I sat and waited for a group of adolescents to finish pouring grain alcohol into a trash can along with other ingredients used for flavoring. I had to wait, because if I didn't, they'd be able to scatter and take the ingredients with them. And it struck me that upholding this law wouldn't fix what made them want to do that at eleven o'clock in the morning. Or at all. I'm here in Twin Peaks because this is where I want to be. But sometimes..." Cooper shakes his head a little. "I'd like to do something more necessary."
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Slowly his thumb strokes Moiraine's hand.
"At eleven o'clock this morning I sat and waited for a group of adolescents to finish pouring grain alcohol into a trash can along with other ingredients used for flavoring. I had to wait, because if I didn't, they'd be able to scatter and take the ingredients with them. And it struck me that upholding this law wouldn't fix what made them want to do that at eleven o'clock in the morning. Or at all. I'm here in Twin Peaks because this is where I want to be. But sometimes..." Cooper shakes his head a little. "I'd like to do something more necessary."
Pause.
More quietly: "For you."