"It's exactly the sort of thing you share wit' friends," he says evenly. "You don't tell your barista, you tell the people who love you."

Jean-Paul sighs and shakes his head. "It's your life, David. I'm not your... ew, let's never use that comparison again. And of course you don't talk to Quire, nobody talks to that little dickhead. Except Logan. He has a high tolerance for arrogant assholes." Is that a self read? Maybe.

His lips twitch. "I did," he says. "While we're here, anyway. I figure he'll shit on the floor maybe less than Amazing Baby. Maybe."