The selving process is one that cannot be reduced to origins or to a repetition of antecedent/repressed conditions.

'Fuck this for a game of soldiers!” Neville shouted. And without bothering to close the front door behind him, he set off down the pub.

“I hope you're right,” Jake said, “because if you aren't “Jacob Lee Grafton, we've been betting our heinies for a lot of years. One more big bet won't make any difference.”

I know it's overclever and underwise in places.