[ Mikan was something else, at least the time they were spending in the booth wasn't as awful or tense as it had been with his own friends. He certainly felt like he had lucked out on this one. ]

I think that makes you stronger than even some of the people I know, I think most people would just take the opportunity to run and better their own situations.

[ That got the utmost respect from him, to see someone so young with such determination to go back and right the wrongs of the past. It was admirable, really. ]