[Well, whatever he might say, the punk's not stupid. The look on his face says he knows something. How much, Blake can't say.

One lesson he's learned the hard way is that there's things you're better off not knowing.

It's pure damn luck that the kid changes the subject. Thank fuckin' god for short attention spans.

Blake grumbles,] He'd damn well better be. You keep an eye out for him, or I'm gonna smack you upside the head, you hear me?

[Something of the usual asshole vigor is lacking from his voice, but he does the best impression he can muster.]

And don't put any weird shit in his hair.