Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

(D) "See? You managed to speak with your supervisor for an hour and a half and you are not dead. Could you now go back to breathing, please?"

(L) "I AM DYING."

(D) "You are not, for goodness sake!"

(L) "THIS IS HAPPENING; JODER, THIS IS HAPPENING. I AM HYPERVENTILATING"

(D) "Oh, my, what a nightmare of three years awaits us..."