He appreciates the vote of confidence. It would be a hard-pressed situation for such a thing to happen, and his sentimentalities are an awful roadblock when it comes to keeping these things in perspective. Of course, this seems to be an awful topic for a birthday. It's making his head heavy just thinking about it.

A slow, mostly obvious, scan of the bar follows. These are all people he's seen before and they're mostly harmless or have already been humiliated enough to leave him and his company alone.

"There's a couple of rooms back there if you're worried about keeping your back to the wall. You said it yourself, music and that shit really push the experience."