Friends fight, right? Don’t they say the more intense the fight, the closer the friendship? The more heat, the brighter the flame and all that?

Okay, I’ll be honest. I don’t know anyone who said that.

But I did know of two people once upon a time – whose real identities will of course remain concealed – who once proclaimed to me they were proud to never have fought in the ten years of their friendship. I knew they were lying; but I also felt envious. Deeply envious.

Bandem, who you may remember from the previous episode, and Shanky Vai sparred today. It came from somewhere deep within the two of them, and the effects lasted for a considerable length of time.