Generally, this sort of thing doesn’t bother Fran quite as much as it does Olive. But at the moment even the people who might explain these things to them are distracted by economics. With dozens of people talking over their heads a mile a minute gives the effect of being alone in a crowded room.1

Meanwhile, the one person who can make Brian’s tangents come to a grinding halt has just walked into the restaurant. Just like she said she would, here.