The chair faces the wall.

At the edge of the terrace, a woman turns her chair away from the garden and toward a plain stone wall.

A small speech device rests beside her water. When she touches it, a voice says: I use this to speak. It stays.

The person beside her nods. Nobody calls for a manager. Nobody moves the device.

Would you like me to leave you alone?

The device says: No. Just stop asking.

Of course.

They sit without talking. The chair faces the wall. The conversation does not.