Windows work both ways

Allegiances are a complex animal, but somehow we all understand how they work.

People important to you seem to fall under the cloak of your charity and sympathy.
Those close to them are invited to join. Its a wonderful system we use to determine who we love and who we trust and who we praise. It simplifies things that are of such a complicated nature.

So what happens when people no longer fall under this veil of amicable thought? Well, a shepherd tends to his flock. The most permanent fixtures take precedents, and you hold up the weakest heads. I suppose you take it on faith that those closest to you were either left or leaving for a reason. It never gets any easier, knowing a shadow, and permanency almost never paints itself in shades of gray.

That having been said, current social standings have no effect on things I may have said in the past. I'm not much of a liar. I spent my childhood being lied to, and I would do well to stay as far away from that childhood as possible. What I say now relative to what I have said in the past is a function of where my allegiances lie. If this implies guilt, we are all guilty.

Even so, I have never spoken without evidence to frame my words around. And If you find yourself with a swiss army knife and a bottle of something, I can round up some spray paint and a new deck of cards.