It was fucking crazy when he showed up in Darrow, and he's lucky that he hasn't had to explain how all this shit works to too many people. There was Merry, but that whole thing had been kind of a disaster, considering she'd been about to bawl on a bus bench when he and Liam had come across her.

"Uh," Lip starts, but there's really not gonna be any bullshitting this, he realizes, "'Cause I've been here going on a year now. Me and Liam."

Lip's about to continue with what he knows is a fucking crazy explanation, when some lady on the second floor pops her head out of her apartment long enough to yell about a beeping sound.

"Yeah, we're going!" he shouts.