Locke and Eko in “?”

What are you doing?

I'm taking this back with us.

Why?

Because they may be important.

Important? I'm sorry, weren't you watching the same thing I was?

Yes, and I believe the work you have been doing is more important now than ever.

Work?

Pushing the button.

That's not work! That's a joke. Rats, in a maze, with no cheese.

We are being tested.

Tested?

The reason to do it, pushing the button, is not because we are told so in the film.

Well, then what is the reason, Mr. Eko?

We do it because we believe we are meant to. Isn't that the reason you pushed it, John?

I was never... meant to do anything! Every single second of my pathetic little life is as useless as that button! You think it's important? You think it's necessary? It's nothing, it's meaningless; and who are you to tell me that it's not?