>>151218201
Granted, Mike is basically impossible to help because he refuses to admit he has problems. If anything Paulo's reflexive dickishness is actually useful in Mike's case, because it's the only form of help that Mike will (sometimes) accept.

I just don't think Paulo can be described as "principled". Caring, sure, and if things get dire enough for him to lock in he's very ride-or-die. But he's also a thoughtless prick who's super unreliable on basic stuff like "don't deliberately upset your friends" and "don't be a creepy sex pervert".

>>151218065
I read Lucy's expression there as
>despair but also arousal