"I didn't miss out on any necessities or anything!! I simply..." He was kicking himself for admitting to it in the first place. "...did not indulge in a wide variety of things as my peers did. But I certainly watched and heard about a lot of it!! So I wasn't completely lacking!"

Only mostly.

Also, wow, the closer they got the higher that drop looked. But it was perfectly safe, as evidenced by the fact that it was still running, so it wasn't like it was anything to worry about. Those were definitely screams of pure thrill.