Padraic attempts to defend his recent 'mean' behavior to Dominic, insisting that he is still the nicest person on the island. As Dominic expresses disappointment in Padraic's changing personality, Padraic experiences a crisis of identity, eventually resolving to embrace a harder, less 'happy' version of himself.
PADRAIC: Hah? Well... aye, it was a bit mean, but he’ll be fine once he gets home and finds his daddy hasn’t been hit be a bread van. And how can that be the meanest thing you ever heard?! Your Daddy killed a little Japanese man!
DOMINIC: I used to think you were the nicest of them. Turns out you’re
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