Your whistle came in handy, so my mouth is sometimes able to get me out of trouble instead of in it.

[Roll the painful truth in some self-deprecation for amusement's sake. Try and ease the roiling feelings with little bits of joy and laughter.

God, they have to talk about it. It's the elephant in the room.]

She thought if she was there, she could've stopped you. [Sobering himself up a little. Ease into it.] I reminded her. It's you. No one could have stopped you. Definitely not either of us.