August, meet Reuben

Despite my trepidations about August's arrival, I still wanted both him and August to get along really well. 

So, I gave Reuben a lecture on what to expect and how to behave with August. 

I needed both of them to get along or at least, civilly tolerate each other.

Therefore, that evening, before he arrived, I sat Reuben down in my room and began what I termed a mind-blowing lecture.

"So, all you know about Reuben is that he's a tall, big guy that goes to the same gym as you right?" I asked for clarification.

"Yeah... We've established that already," He drawled, resting his chin in the palms of his hands. 

"Good good. Well, there's something else you should know," I said, pulling a face as I thought of the best way to go about the lecture. 

He raised an eyebrow in response, signaling for me to go on with whatever I wanted to say. 

"I'm going to start from the beginning so just listen."