How It All Goes Down
24 December 1997
- Alex decides that he and Jonathan shouldn't critique each other's writing any more.
- With that out of the way, he recalls a recent event in which he went down to the beach to think, and Grandfather followed him there.
- Grandfather wants Alex's savings so that he can find Augustine.
- He won't take Alex or Little Igor with him: he wants to go alone.
- Alex doesn't think that Grandfather will ever find Augustine, and he wonders what to do.
- He also wants Jonathan to know that he could never accept the money from him. It's not about the money; it's about principle: "This is about choosing. Can you understand? Please attempt to. You are the only person who has understood even a whisper of me, and I will tell you that I am the only person who had understood even a whisper of you" (25.50).
- Aw, BFFs.