[At first, Keith processes what had been decided for him as the breakup, as if he had decided it for Lance. But it sinks in that it hadn't been about the breakup, but the transfer. Do people always end things over transfers, or is there something different about the two of them? Keith doesn't ask anyone about their relationships, so he doesn't know. He usually doesn't care. That's their business, just like his relationship with Lance hadn't been anyone else's.]

What's the point? [Because all he can see is a lot of arguing and hardship coming from this.] The end result's gonna be the same anyway. We'll still be broken up. You'll still be gone. No matter what I say, what we talk about—it isn't gonna change things.

[Now, it'll just make things worse. He's convinced that that's the case. Better not to deal than to hash it out and be reminded of how much it hurts. Deny, avoid, and move forward: that's the Keith way.]