human
You've tried to do greater things and failed, perhaps,
gpt
Why, perhaps I have. A man's a hive himself, I've thought sometimes--a hive of swarming, seething thoughts and experiences and passions, that come and go as easily as any bees, and store the heart and brain.
human
Not with honey, I'll swear.
gpt
No--gall mostly.
human
And every hive's got a queen bee too, for that matter,
gpt
Yes; and the queens take each other's places quick enough, for we're fickle brutes.
human
A strange swarm we hive in our hearts, God knows.
gpt
And it eats out our hearts for our pains.
human
You've found out that, have you?
gpt
Long ago.
human
Everybody does, sooner or later.