- I want to go somewhere where nobody knows me and people don't have bad ideas about me before I've even done anything. But I don't know if I can do it.
- Why not?
- People. People drag you down.
- Who? - I asked, thinking he must mean the teachers, or his brother Eyeball, or maybe his parents.
But he said - Your friends drag you down. They're like drowning guys who are holding on to your legs. You can't save them. You can only drown with them.