`` would you ask my brother to drop in when it 's convenient ? hash peaks out of the slash , and theres the sound of liquid splashing around inside a tank . he looked away and rolled his eyes , quite certain that he had , in fact , just blamed his inability to walk in a straight line on an inanimate object . i fought the urge to lift my hips and instead just waited for him . i didnt come here to open old sores . the mother 's voice gradually calmed to match his as she repeated her story . 