[She smooths past his awkwardness in a way that makes it seem as though it belongs in the conversation.] Sometimes in our lives we see a lot of light. But we don't realize this because we take it for granted. It is always the dark parts that we remember, because they touch us so deeply, and they make us feel most off-balance. To be perfectly harmonized with yin yang is to see enlightenment. Yet, I don't think there is anyone who is truly enlightened...

[She trails off.]