"Must have been difficult," Wayne mused, tracing his finger around the puddle of condensation on the tabletop his beer was leaving.
"Like water must be wet, after all." He knew he was understating things, but talking about this - he was being honest earlier. He was too sober and it was too early in the day.
"What about other stuff? Who else from our class is around here? Not around here? Kids? Married? Gay? I want the whole rundown." Wayne wasn't really a gossip per se, but he was aware of how information traveled and how to tap into it.
Plus, he had eight years of gossip to catch up on.