He's pretty sure Party would say no, but if Party was here, it wouldn't be just the two of them to begin with. Things are different here.

"Know I wasn't much older than you when I was fightin' in a war." And it's funny to think of it that way. He's not sure what he'd expected a war to be like, but at the time it had just felt necessary. It had felt like life, just like every day before and after.

"I'll teach you long as you promise to be careful and listen to me."