[He snorts. Joshua can't imagine his clean cut new friend donning a disguise and scaring the shit out of the people he cares most about in the world because of some crazy misguided and twisted sense of vengeance.

You'd have to be crazy.]

Is this a lawyer joke? You can't put yourself down for that.

[He curls his hands round his arms, trying not to lash out at the compliment he feels too dirty to take.]

Case in point, you tryin' to cheer my ass up. It's...look. I've done a lot of shit I ain't proud of. And the preponderance of evidence states I'm clearly a shithead.

I've come to accept that.

You'd probably be better off not sticking around long enough for me to fuck up this friendship too.