When Alice broke the silence, Augie looked up into her eyes. She was saying how it was too much up there, to which he just nodded. 

[i]"They'll be... alright, I think---"[/i], she was saying.

When she was done, Augie didn't hesitate in replying. [color=A43333]"They won't be okay for a while, and then they'll grow past it. They're strong, in it together, and kind. Y'know? Unity."[/color] he said, tone shifting slightly for the next words, [color=A43333]"But doubtless there'll be pain before they're alright. It's always like that. Life is the intermission between shitshows. I think... I think this is just the next shit show for all of us,"[/color]
   There was faith in his friends in his words, but there was also a rawness which coloured his words with a sense of unease, though it was her next words that truly gave him pause. What [i]was[/i] it for? 

He sat, staring at her a moment. Taken off kilter by the moment. Fiddling absently with the cord to his ear buds. 

Stuttering and blinking, he said [Color=A43333]"I... don't really know. Maybe some kind of power trip? I- I think it helps to think that... maybe. It... it kinda gives you something to root against. People [i]like[/i] that… need that? People need that. Or maybe... could be that- that someone wants to prove a point about helping friends out. I... I really don't know, Alice. What... what do you think?"[/color]

He didn't normally stutter.