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[Why must everyone insist on seeing through his utterly transparent attempts to front? John never did this to him, Jesus Christ.

(Yes, he did. So did Rose. Jade, too. Dave just never caught on.)

If Ashley's voice is rough, Dave's sounds taut, like a steel-string guitar tuned too tightly, high notes ready to snap.]

Um.

[Shit, did she really have to switch it to audio? He thinks he's shaking. Dumb. That's dumb.]

No. No, just. Bro used to do that. He had puppets, they, they, um. Anyway, it's different, it doesn't matter.