"Oh yeah, I'm sure! I can make more!" But his face sort of fell, then, from the cheerful smile he'd been sporting, and he nodded.

"Yeah, me too. I had a couple friends walk off too." Not that he didn't count almost anyone as a friend, but there were a few people he still wasn't sure of.

"Have you been holding up all right? It's a roller coaster ride here, isn't it?"