Pity you had to buy the whole thing, really.

Also, when Brendan and Al discuss Sulla, Brendan asks if Al ever thought about transitioning or being a woman, and Al’s horrified. Which could be a gut reaction to being ‘outed’ and not a true thing, but I think Al’s response was sincere and he was working through a bunch of other stuff and never really felt trans at all, in any way he examined.

PS. I wish this comment section was through Disqus, it would make commenting easier.

As far as I understand various articles, it is not curable, but at least treatable. And even that is difficult enough, there is no guarantee, even hardly a possibiliy for a symptom-free life.
Anyway, we all better get a tissue for the coming pages.

I have a whole seat but I’M JUST USING THE EDGE

And the saddest part of it is that, according to the articles I have read about this illness, it is curable as long as it is taken in charge early enough… If only Al had seen a doctor, he could have got the appropriate treatment.
Al’s misplaced pride/or fear is literally killing him !!

Aaaaaah… I don’t know how I missed that. Apologies.

He has Goodpasture syndrome

I do believe if Al had not died of autoimmune disease, Brendan would have quickly nagged him to death.