"Yeah, it's fuckin'... obnoxious. I just started goin' back to school again and I got people talkin' about all these places they've been goin' to for years, all these girls they met, all this good food they eat every day..."

He rubbed behind an ear and looked away.

"I try not to get pissed about it, 'cause it ain't their fault... but I feel kinda impatient, too, 'cause I feel like I'm rushin' to catch up to everyone else. I want a little piece of what makes people happy, just for me. Just a little piece, at least, before a devil shreds me to bits or whatever."