Better humans than I've known, I mean. Never really thought of that kind of shit as a defining characteristic of humanity.

[ He puts a lot of thought into his noodles, at that, because they're not the conversation. They're- good. And it's weird to think that. Weird to care what food tastes like. Wrong. He'd be furious with himself for it a few months ago, for the pointlessness of it. ]

Don't ride the water horse. They're sticky.