It was just a long list, and I doubted I'd want to do it sober, so I thought it was better not to try. I have no idea how bad it is or isn't.
It would have been quieter at home, for anyone but me, but not much friendlier.
I'd like to say I might have reacted differently if it'd been a friend, but I doubt it. I didn't have many of those, either. We were all the types who smiled to your face and put the knife if your back when it was beneficial.
That's why it shows who we are. It's why you're technically too heroic for me to spend time with, but I make an exception. In your moment of truth, you stood beside the stalwart, earnest blond.