No way, you wouldn't even wait until we were a few meters out the door?

[ somehow, it's not the fact that he would be ditched that shocks flat, but the distance itself. surely that can be negotiable! ]

And sure I can go and talk to a bunch of other people. I probably will after you ditch me. But it wouldn't be fair to you if I didn't reach out to talk to you, would it?

[ this is perfectly sound logic to flat. ]