[... Well, at least that saves John the trouble of trying to avoid the topic forever. That was never going to work anyway, so good to have it all out in the open.
Yep, that's how John is going to handle this.
What could go wrong??
Oh yeah, and he's going to just... take his hand out of that shake... as gently as he can. No offense, Kieran, but you're making this awful weird.]
I'm, uh, I'm. Well, I'm good. Real good, actually. Aside from bein'... here, I guess.
[Oh, right, there's some context that Kieran is missing.]
Look, uh... a lot happened since you—[Died? Passed on? Lost your head??]
... Since you was around. [Nailed it.] The gang, well, the gang ended. A long time ago now. Things got bad, and we lost some good folks. Some of us was lucky enough to get out, me included.
BD
Yep, that's how John is going to handle this.
What could go wrong??
Oh yeah, and he's going to just... take his hand out of that shake... as gently as he can. No offense, Kieran, but you're making this awful weird.]
I'm, uh, I'm. Well, I'm good. Real good, actually. Aside from bein'... here, I guess.
[Oh, right, there's some context that Kieran is missing.]
Look, uh... a lot happened since you—[Died? Passed on? Lost your head??]
... Since you was around. [Nailed it.] The gang, well, the gang ended. A long time ago now. Things got bad, and we lost some good folks. Some of us was lucky enough to get out, me included.