In this short scene, Shmoop explains that he's not going to sleep tonight because he already got the guy's permission to do so. He's tired, he says, and they're both too busy with their jobs to sleep. He wants to have a cup of coffee with him, though, because he thinks it's going to be a bitter pill to swallow. He asks if she's thinking about the bitter pill because her way of thinking makes her feel guilty. She doesn't want to be the one to feel guilty, so she says she'll give it a try. She's also worried that the guy won't be able to sleep that night because he'll be too busy working on his new project. She asks him if he'd like to have coffee, and he says yes. She tells him he can have it, but she'd rather have something bitter than something sweet. He tells her that he doesn'