text:  Well, talk to me about that, because, I mean, you often get these stories about outsiders who kind of band together because they're not in with the end click. And I certainly was never in with any click. I didn't even I didn't even have a sidekick. I didn't have nobody. But talk to me about this relationship at the center of the novel. Why was it important to you? And do you think that, you know, people can really just relate to that story?