At least it's better than running away. Refusing to admit to something that needs to be admitted to, refusing to talk to one another. Whatever has to be said and done, they'll do it.

They have to.

"We are friends." Firm, uncompromising. He can think he's awful all he wants; everyone they've known has, in some form another, hurt or killed them at some point. He's no different. "We'll help each other out."

That's what friends do.