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(Carter brings some coffee to Abby up on the roof)
Carter: Brrr! You know, there's warmer places to be alone. There's the furnace room in the basement, and the incubators up in the NICU.
Abby: I'd like to see you in an incubator in the NICU.
Carter: (laughing) I'm happy to try!
(they pause)
Abby: Well, uh, it's, uh, you know, all those years of being an OB nurse, 98% of what you see is just pure joy. You know, it's the happiest day of most people's lives. And um, the tragedy is horrible, because it's a life cut short, it's a mom, a baby-
Carter: (nodding) Sure.
Abby: Today was the first day I saw an old person die, and I guess I'm just not used to it.
Carter: Well, you want the good news or the bad news?
Abby: Give me the bad.
Carter: You never get used to it. The good news is you never get used to it. At least I haven't. So, you may have come up here to be alone, but you're not.
Abby: (smiles and sighs) So, they're having a Valentine's Day party, do you think they started without us?
Carter: (laughing) I certainly hope not. Heads will roll...
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