Because all the while

It's good to have old friends to help cut through the miles of bullshit, most of which I've built a fine road with myself. There's a preciseness or nature of acuity that is lost if someone hasn't known you forever enough to feel comfortable to not say something just to make you feel good, or okay or blind to the reality of life.
When an idea is given to me at the level of honesty and with just a kernel of the bigger picture, that's when I actually learn something. It doesn't have to be overt, or lectured, explained, rehashed, bullet pointed. I just need a little bit, an idea-craft for me to start working on, expand and make into a full and pointed realization