Howard gets up and wobbles. He leans on Orc's shoulder to balance. Not for the first time, he wishes he was one of those people who could feel afraid and not totally fall apart when he did so.

But it's an excuse enough to cling to Orc a bit longer. He wants to just cling on forever but that's not feasible, but people would think that's weird, but Orc would think that's weird, but he knows he doesn't feel that way about Orc so he doesn't know why he even wants to just hold on.

"I don't know. I don't think so. I think nine violations was it."