| Carlos: | A single flower is more eloquent than all human poetry. |
| Anya: | Indeed. Things from human hands inherently have imperfections. However, flowers have been around for over one hundred million years and have evolved to astounding levels of beauty. |
| Brice: | (nodding) One hundred million years. That is less than one-tenth of the time humans have existed. |
| Carlos: | (pausing) Nature may not be a rapid craftsman, but it is an inexorable and tireless one. |
| Devani: | We can barely perceive the timespan of a few decades. Imagine the timespan of a few billion years! |