Right. Fuck. This seems like the worst possible idea for how to do this, but how many people had Tommy's wealth of misery and fear and despair to really draw on? Actually, probably a lot. But how many were willing to part with it?

The thing was, Jon already knew enough to destroy him in the eyes of the people he loved. So really? This wasn't adding much.

"Yeah. Okay. Uh... I need some time to think now. So I'm gonna, yanno, split."