[Sigh.] Sometimes people have to hang onto things even if it's never gonna happen, I guess. It's the only thing that keeps them going. Which is not to say it's remotely healthy.

Yeah. I'm fine now, it's been years, but it was definitely not how I wish it had gone down. Like if I had it to do over I'd try and pay more attention to other people or something. Which, okay, is hard in a very small town when you're only attracted to people you actually like.

Easy solution: always make somebody else try shit at any sort of city-wide gathering.

I'm sure there's differences, there always seems to be some. But I promise I'm from the boring Earth. [This is a lie, but he doesn't know it.]