You should have seen the other guy. [A terribly weak attempt at humor, but it's an attempt none the less.]

I am grateful for the opportunity to know you as well Luke. I think my stay here would have been much more difficult without your and Ben's friendship, and knowing you has made this place bearable.

Never before have I witnessed an actual...what is the term? Spit take. That. I honestly had not meant to time it that way.