"Isn't that just the worst kind of bully?" Linden sighs. "It's so far from justice it almost goes around full circle to bump into it again. There are probably ways to combat it, it just has to be... subtle."

He's already thinking of a way to do it, and turning the pen in his hands as he does so.

"Well, I wouldn't say no to a drink, especially with the psychiatrist's blessing. He said that I'm being too ambitious by trying to quit all my vices cold turkey. It's very tempting to take that as a pass."