Oh, uh-- well, that's not exactly what I... [ He clears his throat, seeming slightly embarrassed. ] What I meant was that being a pregnant unwed teenager just seems like exactly the sorta thing that'd make it pretty damn hard to graduate. That's all.

[ Not much better, but... slightly. Like they say, you can take the boy out of the conservative Southern redneck town, but you can't take the conservative Southern redneck town out of the boy entirely.

Ray clears his throat again, more slowly this time. ]

You mean like from the future or the past and whatnot? ... How often does that happen?