[Max struggles to sit up, wiping at where Ash's fist made contact with the back of his own hand.]

I'm getting blamed for that shit now...? I know m'the one who told you to do it, but fuck... Now every fuck up I made, you're gonna wrap back around to that? Like I ain't been a fuck-up falling short of Eiji from the start... I hate to break it to you, but when you tried to pick the middle of the road guy, all you got was the worst of both worlds!