I'm still half-expecting it, [ he admits. ] But I'm hopeful anyway. It's pretty great being wrong about stuff going pear-shaped.

[ Jim has absolutely no regret about that whole thing where he decided to opt out of the Coalition to do a glorified stake-out in the event of an attack. Who knows, maybe it was a deterrent - but mostly, he thinks, it gave a handful of people who wouldn't have attended anyway something to do besides sit at home anxiously.

He just knows the second he stops being on guard some stupid shit's gonna go down >:/!!! But he's too blazed to worry about that right now. ]

You done much reading? [ Here, he means. ]