"But it's bullshit!" Priestly stood up and started pacing on the rocks, still all worked up. "She didn't even give him a chance! She just left, no word, no nothing. What chance do -- do any of us have if we just . . . leave everyone hanging?"

And how many people, pre-mohawk Priestly, had looked at him and said "no, he's too good looking, he'll just be an asshole"? How many more awesome people just gave up before they even got a chance?

"God, I'm so angry!"