And after I dropped him off, I took the longest possible route home... I explored alleys and hidden roads I never knew existed. I discovered neighborhoods entirely new to me. And finally... I discovered I was sick of this town and everything in it.

Josh will begin disappearing into a future where the only place he and I remain friends is on the Internet.

Everything...affects everything

That's why you did it. You wanted your world to collapse around you. You wanted everything to get as dark as possible.

Because it may seem like a small role now, but it matters. In the end, everything matters.

I didn't humiliate him by pointing it out because that's not how you treat friends. You don't judge them. You don't humiliate them. I bet he's been judging me all along.

I don't know exactly what it is, but it looks like interconnected websites where people show their photos and write about everything going on in their lives, like whether they found a parking spot or what they ate for breakfast." "But why?" Josh asks.