"Can't argue with that," Reno decided. "Always somethin' standing on the sidelines to smack you around until you appreciate it, anyhow. Sometimes it just feels like it's gotta smack a little harder than others, I guess."
He snorted and sat up.
"When it does that, I just do my damnedest to be a bigger ass about it. Screw it, zoto. Not gonna stop me from livin', no matter how rotten it turns out to be."