[Kieren would say fucked up. In fact he blanches a little, to the extent that he can - Asiatic - but lets it slide, this time. Gene isn't his warden. He isn't even a hundred percent sure that Gene is his friend. Maybe if he was more secure he'd take friendship for granted, but he can't, not anymore.]

[He nods, anyway.]

You won't have to. He's not - I don't know what he is, exactly, but he's not hopeless. I wouldn't be sitting here if he was.

[Part of the point, after all, is Amy. Even if he didn't care about Snafu even a little bit, he'd have to have some kind of hope, for Amy.]

I think I'm starting to see what you see in him. Even if he does say some awful things.