"Crazy people, each and every one of them," Sparkle replied. But he was smiling a little, trying like hell to take that to heart. And maybe actually managing to, a little. "Atton?"

He fidgeted with his bottle a moment more, and then set it to the side of the table so that someone could come collect the empty.

"... Thanks. You're one of the reasons I got this far."

Instead of just crashing and burning and never getting up again, years ago.