Sharky doesn't even bat an eye at the sympathy "that sucks" -- it's not like there are a lot of other things a dude can say about it, right? Even if Marc had experienced the Collapse for himself, he'd probably say the same thing. Just with, like, a little more sympathetic oomph.

The question is a headscratcher. Which he does, openly, like he might have fleas. (He doesn't, he's just really anxious without realizing it.) "Uhh, nah, he didn't come along with me. It's cool, though -- he's got, uhh, y'know, a family. A hot girlfriend and an adorable baby, who's gonna grow up to be the... you know... toughest sonofabitch out there."

He's not getting emotional, there's just. Dust in the air, okay???

"Uh! But right before camp, a... different friend of mine showed up. He's... from a couple of years behind me, and all, but still! It was really good to see him." Especially because he's supposed to be dead!