a: are you lonely?

b: [pause] yes, I am.

a: i'll accompany you.

b: [pause] No...we accompany ourselves.

a: that's a thought.

b: it is true.

a: so are you alone now?

b: no.

a: oh?

b: I am lonely. but I am not alone.

a: how?

b: by definitions.

a: tell me more.

b: I can't. I'm alone.