4 meets 2

Two numbers rarely meet as equals. The older tables say which pairs help each other, which merely coexist, and which pull.

Four and Two want different things from the same hours. That reads as friction, and the tables call it that, but two people who disagree about the route usually cover the ground the other would have missed. It costs patience and it is not a verdict.

Try this: take the least interesting thing on the list and finish that one first.