[Quatre might not agree with calling it a family dinner, but he eases back into the conversation with ease, pleased to at least be with one friend today instead of alone at home.]

It's nice to think that people can agree enough to decide on shopping so much the day after Thanksgiving, but...

[He shrugged, certain that he wasn't the first person to say this. Nor would he be the last.]

It feels like such a shallow reason.