Close to the president. Pretty V-I.

[ But what does he know. How does he get his friend to stop verbalizing what can't be (but is) true. ]

Small miracles. [ And his glass is lifted along with Sam's, to clink against his. ] It happens like that. Mentions. Places. People. And soon, it all comes back. [ Which is like a death sentence, really, to anybody's sanity. But that is how it works. ] We're friends, by the way. If you didn't already get the, here's a drink, memo.