“And now, the bane of your existence, the killer of all joys, the Stage Manager-”
“It is the bane of my existence. One of the banes anyway.”
“Your lack of questioning and curiosity has been the bane of my existence.”
“You carry all the ingredients to turn your existence into joy, mix them.”
“Now she was a killer, a mercenary. And that was all.”
“A family can be the bane of one's existence. A family can also be most of the meaning of one's existence. I don't know whether my family is bane or meaning, but they have surely gone away and left a large hole in my heart.”