[ Ephemera huffs, smiling a little. ]

Nah, I get that. Me and Drake, hah. That was complicated as shit when it started. He was the first friend I'd had in a long time, and then I had to go and make it all --

[ He waves his hand vaguely. There'd been a lot between them, right at the start. It'd taken him a long time to work through it. ]

'course then I got drunk like a jackass and blurted it out when the hangover was kicking my ass. Worked out in the end, though.