"No, no," he insisted, then stopped. "I mean, he is going; he's there already-- I'm just going to talk to him and then ... leave." He accompanied that last bit with a quick jab of his thumb out the window.

Havi wanted to be very clear about the fact that he Was Not Going to this party. He didn't go to parties. The last party we went to with Tanum and Lia was ... bad. Very bad. Things had been very bad.