"I was trying to do the right thing... aw, forget it. Don't mean to dump on you, man." Frederick sighed unhappily.
"Ah, well, I don't know if I'm gonna be an Acolyte much longer. Your buddy made it pretty clear I'd be out on my ass if it were up to him," Frederick said guardedly, then shrugged. Trying to lighten the mood, he decided he might as well try and crack a joke. "Maybe he didn't like my movies."
Or maybe coming here had been a mistake, he pondered. He let silence spread between them after that, himself lost in thought. He was trying to weigh the good and the bad about being in the Haven. He had been very excited to join the Acolytes, thinking he would get to show off his combat training and finally get people to stop seeing him as a piece of ass. Not that it wasn't his own damn fault that people saw him that way. Getting into porn had been all fun and games and rabid rebellion. He never stopped to think on how it might affect the rest of his life. He hadn't stopped to think at all, really. Looking before leaping had never been his forte.