Reno took a deep breath... then just sighed and shook his head. He'd heard some of what had already gone on.

"Y'know... I'm sure everyone else is gonna bitch at you as it is, so I won't," he told Sparks, feeling generous. "Shit happens. It ain't your fault."

How many times had Reno opened his big mouth and had something bad come of it? But that was just what Reno did -- and this was who Sparks was. That was all. If not him, someone else would have voiced the same sentiment -- maybe even Reno himself.

"Don't take it too hard, Nevada. So what -- now we die?" Reno smirked and shrugged. "Like we've never had to deal with that before."