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Truthfully, looking back, a lot of it had to do with his mind state. A lot of it had to do with the way he thought – what others had also made him believe. So, what do you think of him now, Anth? Do you hate him? Your friend that influenced you to do bad things to hurt me, is he still your friend? Yes, but why? It must be denial. He’s always been a good friend to you. And the more you hang out with him, the more he seems like the same old guy from before, right? So, he couldn’t possibly have done anything wrong by hurting me. Which means that you didn’t do anything wrong, either when you made all those mistakes. That’s great news, Anth. Because if he didn’t do anything wrong, and you didn’t do anything wrong, then I definitely didn’t do anything wrong by being drunk that night. And you have no idea how much I wish you didn’t ruin that my life that night. But you did.