You should just stay down here. Really piss off Mrs. K. You said it yourself that headquarters is here.

[It's a gentle admission, but also one made entirely out of selfishness. All he had to do was look at Eddie and his heart hung out in his ears, pounding away until nothing else made sense in his brain.]

That's because I have an auditor. Stuff starts mine and by the time it gets released to the act it's not anymore. Part of the job, I guess. I mean, when you're thirteen and desperate just about anything's funny.

[Desperate to get away, desperate to be noticed for anything other than what reputation you have that Derry decided to designate.]