That won't make him go away. [ he actually rolls over to face dave, after all of this time. ]

I mean... not permanently. You can be optimistic about me all you like, but if he's still... there, for lack of a better term, then you're just wasting your time. I only have an idea of what he's like, but I know he's worse than I am. He comes back again and there's no point in even trying to believe I'm good. I believe I already told you my contingency plan, anyway, back sometime when you were visiting me.

[ "solve my problems for me dave" ]