"Plenty of morons have educations. There's rich idiots all over Harvard and Yale." Kyle jabs the air with a finger. "YOU are NOT stupid. You're not, and I'm not gonna stand here and let you spout bullshit about it!"

That just breaks his heart again, and the angry tirade he was working himself into just collapses. "Yeah," Kyle says. "It's not fair. It's really not fair, and I'm sorry you missed so much. But, dude, hey. You can learn. It's not too late." Without thinking his hand reaches for Tommy's.