Celia and Shane in “Lude Awakening”

Is your mom home?

Not yet, she went to bail uncle Andy out of jail.

Well, tell her I stopped by.

Okay... I like your jacket.

Well, thank you, Shane. Everyone thinks I've lost my mind.

Everyone thinks I'm weird.

Well, I can see how you might give that impression.

I really don't care what they think.

Good for you. Let your freak flag fly.

Really?

Really. I've recently stopped giving a shit what anyone thinks and I've gotta tell ya, I feel great.

But you have cancer.

And you have a dead father. Both of us make people really uncomfortable. There's no way around it. So we can feel all self-conscious and pretend everything's normal, or we can just be our strange selves.

Thanks, Mrs. Hodes.

For what?

For telling me the truth.

You're welcome. It's a bitch though, ain't it?