I'm boring. I want to know your other friends. Unless you're embarrassed by me.

Vanessa is my target. When I take to the floor with her, clear everyone else out.

[Target. Matt doesn't use those words. Venom drips from his tone. Fisk has been his enemy for twenty years. Fisk has been his mountain and boulder. Fisk has been what he's won.

Target.

The devil is hunting tonight. Matthew isn't after Fisk's weak spot tonight.

Tonight, the Devil Himself is getting his due.]

Respectable is probably a good way to put 'old.' Although I think Peter's more clean-cut than even I am.

... no, I wouldn't leave you to handle Fisk alone.

I think part of that does come with age, though. Not always, but I remember being much more of a mess in my early twenties than I am now. Or maybe now I'm just a mess in other ways. Either way, I bet your friends are nice.

I'll find a way to speak with her that doesn't leave you hanging. I promise.

A little cockier, a little less cynical. A lot more figuring out how I was going to get anything done. Law firms don't just land in someone's lap - or well, not when you have no money or firm to inherit. I did a corporate internship while going to law school and quickly figured out even if that's where the money was it wasn't for me.

That's the ultimate insult, huh?

There was some partying, especially at Columbia. Of course I would have liked you. You're a good person, Kate. We might not have had that many overlapping interests, but I think we'd get along.

I do wonder if she and Fisk sleep easily. I hope they don't.

Boxing, maybe. Even if your type of boxing isn't the same as mine. We both like to read, don't we? You're right though, our interests don't overlap much.

I don't understand it, either. Unfortunately, I do know what it feels like to hate and want to hurt. I like to think though that I don't want to hurt people who don't deserve it. I try not to use violence first, period. [He does not always succeed, and it makes him worry and wonder about himself.]

Lucky is a master at bringing people together. He should have run for mayor.

Do I?

I would absolutely vote for him. It would give a whole new meaning to the Dog House.

Not everyone has acted on them, though.

I don't think you have. I like it, too. Has everything I need in it, and it's within walking distance of the firm.

Having the chance doesn't always make it right.

The neon lights were how I could originally afford it. They shaved off the price because of them, but the light from them obviously doesn't keep me awake. ... I guess it does mean a lot to me. After my dad died, I didn't have a home. So when I could finally afford to make myself one, yeah, it was a pretty cool feeling.

Some of the time, of course I do. Other times I regret that I don't feel regret.

[He plans on letting her use the bedroom while he takes the sofa, as he usually does when people stay over.] The stairs help with staying in shape, I'll grant that. Nah, I didn't do anything special when I moved in. I just ordered take out from Nirvana's next door and sat on my mattress to eat it because the bedframe and sofa hadn't come in yet. Did you throw a housewarming party when you moved into your apartment?

That's one of the things, yes.

Foggy helped me pick things out. Design-wise, none of it really means anything to me, you know? It's not like I knew anything about styles when I lost my sight as a kid. I just said I wanted things simple, comfortable, and that it all had to be placed where I could easily move around and navigate the space. So I got to feel the items but he mostly picked them out, then I had a say in where things were placed so it made sense to me when I walked around. Which is also why an apartment is easiest, honestly. It's not a ton of space that I have to memorize.

I can absolutely see you having a party to celebrate, so I'm not surprised. I hope you had fun.

Foggy wouldn't have wanted me to kill anyone.