Mmm, I see. The real reason you asked me to come help, no doubt.

[He was still grinning, shaking his head a little. What was it about Booker and Joe that made him willing to venture so far out of the shell he'd hidden himself behind? If the him of two years ago could see him now, he'd be amazed.

And probably a little horrified. Mostly for the same reasons that current him was horrified. But he was trying really hard not to think about the state of his future in favor of focusing on the state of his present.]

Please tell me you brought the truck keys down with you so that you didn't have to go all the way back upstairs.