[Vinnie gave a bit of a snort at that. To think, someone who had been alive for billions and millions of years having to go to school to learn this sort of stuff.]

Nothing like an asskicking to drill the hard lessons into your head, huh.

[He leaned forward, elbows balanced on his knees as his gaze wandered away in thought again.]

...You'll be al'right. You're made of tough stuff. Not everyone is. Fallin' down and getting back up again, that's just how it goes for everybody.