In the worn canvas satchel Marcos had borrowed from Cass were a pair of small pumpkins, and each time they bumped against his hip they reminded him of Adrian. He just hoped that the jack-o-lantern carving was happier than the present moment, because as it stood, thinking of his brother meant thinking about whatever Better Living was doing to him. Even the pumpkins weren't enough to cheer up those particular thoughts, and he felt anger like static buzzing behind everything else.
Ahead were the lights of some sort of dive bar; Marcos had passed it on his way to Weasel's meeting point, giving it a wide berth as he did so. He avoided the bar for the same reason he'd insisted on walking rather than getting a ride; he wanted time away from people. Away from socializing and being polite. So he stuck to the shadows cast by the bright moon, and didn't notice the figure lying on the ground until he tripped over him, exclaiming as he stumbled and only barely keeping to his feet.