‘Midway through my life, I found myself in a dark forest — for the straight path forward had been lost… ‘
‘Mal, what are you talking about?’
I turned to face them, walking backwards. ‘It’s Dante! The Divine Comedy!’
‘Only you could manage to think of something like that while on LSD,’ chuckled Theo.
‘Someone as — brilliantly intelligent as me?’
‘I was gonna say pretentious… ‘