[ I open my mouth, but couldn't think of anything I really wanted to say, really right to say, so I ended up closing it. After a beat, I opened it again.

...

It's no good. I only feel frustration and helplessness building. What he said didn't really piss me off. It's this entire setting that I'm clenching my fist and teeth against.

...]

You...

You better still be here tomorrow, Levi. If you thought you did what you had to... You picked up that oar, and a real man wouldn't just drop it now!