"What the fuck are you talking about, you fuckin' plonker?" Ren half-shouts, getting louder as her confusion and frustration at being confused grows. "Why? Why? Why the fuck d'you think?" Colin wasn't dense. She knew he wasn't dense. So why was he acting on like he was dense? Ren stared holes through him in disbelief.

"Col. You're our friend."

Was he geeky and nerdy and a little bit lame and a fuckin' wet blanket at times? Yes. Absolutely. But, was he surprisingly brave in the face of danger, surprisingly capable of things he shouldn't be, surprisingly integral to keeping them all together? Yes.

"We din't want you doin' somethin' to hurt y'self or somethin' you were goin' to regret once you came back to y'senses."