[His heart does a funny deflating thing, like an old balloon springing a leak. It shrinks and sinks all at once to sit uneasily in his stomach. Or whatever he has down there where his guts used to be.
Uh-oh.
He mumbles his answer.]
Why did he--because we're friends, all three of us. 'Course he would.
no subject
Uh-oh.
He mumbles his answer.]
Why did he--because we're friends, all three of us. 'Course he would.