I'm not asking you to join me, I'm asking you to do what you feel is necessary, which is to tell people things will never get better. I'm here to counteract that with the possibility that, sometimes, things do get better, no matter how hopeless things seem.

[ he pauses. ]

But do what's best for you. I'll keep what you said in mind, and do as you said, and endeavor to be more honest to the people who ask the odds.

[ to some extent, anyway. ]