Hi Lynn—thanks for reading! I’m thrilled you enjoyed it.
I do include some speculation in the beginning of the chapter “Letter to Mark” (page 62 if you have a hard copy) as well as the end of the chapter “Therapy” (page 127).
In essence, I think Mark had some voids in his emotional, interior life that he filled with owning and fooling around with guns. The risk of extreme danger excited him. He was a reasonable guy, all things considered, so common sense (I assume) told him it was wrong to sling a loaded gun around his bedroom in our on-campus apartment—but on some deeper level, in the more antiquated parts of our brain, it made him feel good, powerful, more masculine.
I do include some speculation in the beginning of the chapter “Letter to Mark” (page 62 if you have a hard copy) as well as the end of the chapter “Therapy” (page 127).
In essence, I think Mark had some voids in his emotional, interior life that he filled with owning and fooling around with guns. The risk of extreme danger excited him. He was a reasonable guy, all things considered, so common sense (I assume) told him it was wrong to sling a loaded gun around his bedroom in our on-campus apartment—but on some deeper level, in the more antiquated parts of our brain, it made him feel good, powerful, more masculine.
Thanks again for giving Friendly Fire a chance!