"Eh, if you want," came Reno's dismissive reply through another lungful of smoke. "It ain't just him bein' stubborn, yo. But I can take or leave him right now, it's him that's hurtin' back there."

And Rude. Reno's phone calls to Rude lately usually involved a lot of being complained at, in Rude's special, very monosyllabic way.

Poor Rude.