The tempo should ease over the course of the next eight minutes, as bodies and brains settle into the idea of actually playing in the N.C.A.A. tournament.
Over coffee, we quickly establish a shared interest in writing something melancholic, and settle on the idea of a family celebration gone wrong.
"There was a moment," Mr. Burkhardt said, "where we needed to settle into the idea of there suddenly being four writers who are, in other circumstances, each accustomed to making final decisions".
As the day of his ascension nears, however, it seems as if Mr. Codey is beginning to settle into the idea of spending quality time at the governor's residence.
Since Marcel is nice, he has to settle into the idea of "dragging" what I have on offer.
Any time you might settle into the idea of having a direction, the book switches from anorexic to starving to melodramatic to terrified to pissed.
Over time, as Marco settled into being a man, Sadie settled into the idea of their semi-straight relationship.
"That's 'the science is settled' argument," he says, "but the science is not settled and the idea of dismissing these people suffering chronic fatigue syndrome, amongst all sorts of problems, is unconscionable".
We settled on the idea of a woodland shelter, rather than a traditional farm, for simplicity.
Now I am settling on the idea of unity based on freedom.
