"I'm sorry I couldn't be what you needed me to be, right then," Reno replied, eyes trained on the cat. Good kitty. "It wasn't for lack of tryin'. But if me havin' to go right then means you think I can't be what you need... I mean, I understand. Whatever you gotta do right now, I understand, zoto."

She had been reaching, and the best he could do was run away and freak out somewhere else. Way to be all that you can be, Reno.

"Do you think there's life after grad?"