Luckily for Glitch (and for Cain's already dampened spirits), Cain attributed the pause to one of Glitch's namesakes. He pursed his lips, which in reality meant that his mouth turned into a thin line of tension, and tried deciphering what his friend meant, exactly.

But nothing was exact with Glitch; everything was more complicated than it looked. This was the guy who saved his life when all he got from him was a lousy attitude. His best friend.

If you don't go out on a limb with (for) your best friend, you don't make a very good one, yourself.

"There's...stuff. Can't remember stuff I ought to, don't know stuff I need to."