You'd be surprised at how anonymous some people could be. [A little quieter.] When everyone's ashamed, no one talks. That's the whole trick.

[A ny way, before the subject depresses him-]

I'd thought maybe when I was old and grey I'd settle down with someone. Wear matching leisurewear. Own plants. I had relationships, but never - it takes time, to let something like that happen, and it's hard to give one person time when there's always someone else. If I'd ever felt tied down I don't think I'd have stayed. But he... kept me up all night. Talking. And we had incredible, totally inelegant sex. And after a while we just. I don't know, stopped bothering with the rest. The rest became a bother, more than an attraction. Maybe that was it.