"Well, yeah, that was actually the reason I wanted to talk..." James said. He was feeling really dumb.

"Well...it ain't that bad to live on yer own. I been livin' life on me own fer...fer forever. I don't got no parents, no fam'ly, and no friends. An' even if I did, they wouldn't love me. Who could love summun like me?" Jake looked back at Wylow with an even deeper sincerity.