"I like Parcheesi?" Well, all right, he'd had a bit of a cause -- still did, although what had initially been an offshoot of his job that sprang up one night in front of the television was now just a concerned eye for a friend. Normal people could have causes too, couldn't they?
David shrugged his shoulders. "I've lived through enough of it to know that all of the Doctor Phil stuff is pretty much useless. I'm just a guy who wants the people he likes to be happy." When the people around him smiled, he could smile. Oh, it was selfish, as was his neat sidestepping around her comment about him -- yes, he'd led into it, no he wasn't taking it anywhere -- but he could live with a bit of selfishness. Anyway, it wasn't as though anyone would want to hear his Sordid Past.