Hey, same, Ray. I kinda fluctuated between being a sort-of popular kid and isolated, depending on the school. And I went to a lot of schools. ... And the popularity would usually die down once kids pegged me as a circus freak. Or I got into a fistfight. The two weren't always correlated.

[Venkman takes a sip of his drink.]

I tried inviting friends to my place a couple times. Since "my place" was usually a trailer home attached to a truck that moved around as the carny did... They either loved the free admission to the carnival and tried to disrupt things, or they thought I was weird- again, circus freak. Either way, I wouldn't see them again after a couple months passed, so it wasn't really worth it.

[An upside of being with two of the people he loves most in the world and who he's known for for over a decade, is that he can actually talk about stuff like this instead of just changing the topic or outright lying.]

... Oh, what? Is my love for you not enough repayment? [He bats his eyelashes.]

I know meeting him later doesn't change how much we love Winston, but still. We missed out on him for so long. And not having him here now... Well. He came into our lives fashionably late once, right? So maybe he will show up here, too.

[He can't start dwelling on his absence right now or he'll get all depressed again even with two of his partners right here with him.]