"No, don't apologize. I can't say I completely understand how you feel, but I do know that some things just compound inside and come out all at once. We all have something like that that we have to deal with." He wasn't going to be that guy that tries to make somebody feel bad for just Talking About It.

"I think I do understand that last part, though. About feeling like you've been cheated. I got yanked out of my world and thrown into this one before I had a chance to make things right. Or, maybe I couldn't have made anything right anyway. But I don't think I'll ever know now."

He looked a little troubled by the thought. There were still some things he didn't talk about. Then he remembered that Justin mentioned Anya, and that guy, Misha.

"I've met Anya. She's a real go-getter. And I've heard of Misha, but I've never met him. Pepper and Anya have hardly distinctive opinions of him."