I don't care how it makes me sound. [He's blunt about it, but he doesn't say it like he's annoyed. Just setting the record straight.] I'm not gonna pretend to like shit just to look cool. I'm way too old for that shit.

[He figured most people in Hadriel would be, honestly.]

I ran into him my first day here and we cross paths every now and then. [Always at the most obnoxious times, too. Ugh.] I didn't see him during paintball.