"So you see where he's comin' from? He don't see nothin' wrong with her bein' the 'smart kid.' He's the teacher. He's askin' for respect, and he ain't gettin' it, and he's probably more pissed off about the tone you used than he is about you walkin' out on the fight."

Reno took a moment to let that settle before he pressed onward.

"But then there's you. You worked damn hard to get to the point where you're at, and it bugs you that the things you can do, you ain't allowed to. What you got left, this other chick can watch and learn like it ain't nothin', and what you can do is half of what makes you who you are. You don't want nobody else havin' that. Am I right so far?"