"Not going to apologize for being self-sufficient," Marc says, which is his idea of a joke.

Listen. He's been breathing his entire life, except twice when he died and an evil god came and said HI. He'd have two nickels, but it's still weird that it happened twice, etc.

"I don't get anything either. We could just ignore it and not let it make this any weirder. That's my vote."

You are like one of 2.8 people he enjoys talking to.

Hunh. Wait a minute.

"Am I on your item?"