[Lars scowls glumly, wishing he could relate to her point of view. What must it be like, living in Sadie or Steven's world? Was Lars the weird one? Did most people think like this?] Not everybody.

Anyway, having a temper doesn't make you less of a good person, y'know. That's more like—bad decisions. People've got limits, even people like you. Prolly even people like Steven.

[His own words kinda sting, though unintentionally. Sadie had run out of patience with him, but while Lars was resenting Sadie all through earlier this month, he was beginning to move past it. He was pretty sure Ronaldo had the same fate in store with her...]