They often think along the same lines, John has found, and he nods at Daniel's offer. His own problems with alcohol aside, he tends to avoid anything that will alter his state of mind much more than a single drink tends to do.

"Thank you," he says. "Aspirin will be enough. I've had worse than this."

The scars are mostly hidden, littering his chest and his back, some on his arms and legs. To anyone who sees him as he regularly is, dressed in his suit, they would never know. But Karen has seen them, she knows what he's been through.