It wasn’t exactly cutting of power but he wasn’t going to explain that to her because then he’d have to explain the fact that someone was screaming bloody murder inside his head to get him to kill himself. It wasn’t a happy conversation.

Penny took another swig of the bottle as the numb feeling began to spread to his limbs. It wasn’t the same as drugs but it was slowly doing the trick and taking the edge off. It didn’t block out thoughts like other drugs did but it did make them easier to ignore.

"You should give yourself more credit." It was annoying when people were down on themselves for no good reason. She might not be a genius but he didn’t think she was an idiot. People were good at different shit, that’s all there was too it.