*is pretty sure if he gets his finger wiggled into the bigger loop on the knot, he can get the cord loose* *fuckin' queer and your bitch relative or whatever, which one of you thought this stupid shit up??*
*picks and yanks and swears, his fingers shaking with drunken coordination, head throbbing in time with his pulse* *stopped paying attention to you when you stopped paying attention to him (and if he did hear that threat, after all, he's sure as hell not taking it seriously when you look two steps shy of a ditch, yourself)*