“I did everything I could to avoid problems, but I made mistakes and had to pay for them by summoning all my meager reserves of courage. If you ever ask yourself what you would do in such a position, I can assure you that you don’t really know until it happens. I’ve seen the toughest cats bitch up and run to the cops for help, and the clearly outclassed go into battle with no hope of winning but every intention of fighting for honor. I suppose I fell somewhere in the middle.”