The moment is, at least, a moment. They were on the level about something, and that something was an understanding that Joseph Kavinsky was a damn menace that neither of them liked--though, as Henry understood it from Noah, Ronan was from before everything went bitterly sour and wrong at last year's Fourth of July. Kavinsky was still a wretched creature, though.

"He tried to kill one of my friends," Henry said. "Just for the hell of it. Nearly ran him down in the street. I don't know if he even knew what or who he was chasing--and it doesn't matter."