[ Tch. He's backing down then, huh? It'd have been good if he punched him or gave him a reason to do something further, but he didn't even seem to be worth that. How old was this guy anyway? Was he seriously picking a fight with some kid younger than him?

...

Maybe he'd be able to win. ]

What attitude, huh? I'm just trying to live my life the way I want to, the way I wished for. All of you keep bothering me, "get a job" this, "fight Nightmares" or whatever the hell that.

[ It was usually easier to ignore that, and he could even do so by making a joke and laughing about it, but he really couldn't bring himself to laugh today. Ugh. ]

If I wanted to deal with this, I would've just stayed back home.