[He doesn't even bother with how do you know I don't like him, or other protests in that vein. That's all bullshit, and not exactly secret bullshit.

And he's not, by the way, an animal. He doesn't give her a once-over, doesn't so much as look at her throat--the words 'hooking up' are pretty direct, and that's not exactly high on his list of Things To Picture--and in there, too, is some pity for Sally.]

The reason I'm askin' isn't to put off answering your question. I don't like him. I don't trust him. But if there's shit he's not told you, about himself, about what he is--and what all of that means--you shouldn't be hearing it from me at all. You should hear it from him.