My residence is conveniently located next to a park that's just a few blocks away. Due to the fact that it faces a busy road, I have never like coming here, not even when I was a child. However, there aren't a lot of other options.

I eventually break the uneasy quiet that has been between us as we sit on a seat that is covered with graffiti.

"I'm sorry that you were forced to see it. I have no idea what possessed me to do it. I just couldn't put up with them any longer."

Leonid responds with some trepidation, "I suppose that explains a lot."

I can only...