[He glares, more at Hermann's hands than at the man himself and wipes his nose on the back of his own hand.]

Why? Why's it terrible? Because I'm in here making a MESS, spilling my GUTS on your side of the brain-line?

It's only a terrible idea because it was MY idea and because it didn't just work. [Bitterly.] You always shit on my ideas. If it worked, it'd be an excellent idea and we'd be patting ourselves on the back-- !!

We're both volatile ALL THE TIME, Hermann. It's who we ARE. We worked with that before.