[flashback:]
Eleanor: Whoo! When we started three months ago, I never thought I'd get so into philosophy that we'd study past midnight. Esmerelda must be wondering where her soul mate is.
Chidi: Ah, no, she's off in her aviary. Sometimes I think her ravens are her real soul mate. [Eleanor chuckles] I'm not kidding, actually. You should see her with them. It's intense, and if I'm being honest, sexually charged. Anyways, um, this has been fun as always... [Eleanor kisses Chidi] Uh, what was... Why did you... Who was it?
Eleanor: Okay. I'll take those one at a time, I guess. Um, it was a kiss. I did it because I wanted to. And as far as who it was, it was me, weirdo.
Chidi: Eleanor, I... I have a soul mate.
Eleanor: Yeah, and you're not into her at all. I mean, come on. There is no way you're supposed to spend eternity with a woman who sleeps in a giant nest.
Chidi: Look, I... I know she and I are in a rough patch, but we just have to find the answer for how to get out of it, like my parents. You remember that story I told you about my parents.
Eleanor: Yeah, I don't think that story is as cute as you think it is, man. I mean, I'm sure you were cute, you know? Big melon head and a little neck tie. But that moment, woof. That's too much to put on an eight-year-old. I kinda wish cute little Chidi just got to be a kid rather than a miniature professor trying to solve all the world's problems.
Chidi: Well, but... Living that way led me to philosophy, and, sure, I was written up in a medical journal as the youngest person ever with a stress-induced ulcer, but I got into the Good Place, so if you don't mind, I'm gonna take a second to think about what I owe my universe-approved soul mate and, not just, uh, make out with you.
Eleanor: Okay, man. Kiss rescinded. We'll just study like two platonic nerds until Michael discovers me or until Esmerelda turns me into a toad with her magic amulet because she can see that we're obviously into each other.