[Well, yeah. Not...going to push much more on that right now. He's curious, but not so curious as to subject himself to even more guilt and worry at this time. Besides, he doesn't want to risk Héctor figuring out what it was that Nekane said to him, and probing at specific names wouldn't be at all subtle.

But his intentions don't matter all that much, because he manages to feel bad anyway, with the reminder that he'd told Héctor about how uneasy the manic cackling and smashing had made him. It isn't at all said to blame him, but try telling that to Cliff's experience being the one to get accused or take the fall. His voice is a grumble that fits both the teen boy and the wolf.]

It's not like no one else has ever taken things too far. [He shouldn't have even said anything.] You know, it's real fucked up, but I think most of the people here really are just nice. ...A couple other people saw my eyes and it's like it wasn't a big deal. They didn't even ask what was wrong with me. Hell isn't the same as being an Animal Person at all, but they might just have their own weird shit you don't know about, either. They might think it's weird you're going around thinking they're nice.

I mean, it's not like you're going to be going around making hand puppets out of people or something psycho like that if you let it out more. You'll still be going to that dumb fountain and getting groceries.