"I don't wanna sound maudlin," he grumbles, elbows on the table. "I did plenty of dumb shit, but it ain't the dumb shit I think about at night."
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"I don't wanna sound maudlin," he grumbles, elbows on the table. "I did plenty of dumb shit, but it ain't the dumb shit I think about at night."