[His hair always sort of treads that line of just a liiiittle too long to be really appropriate at work, but since he'd argue ceaselessly if someone told him to cut it off, they all just leave him alone about it.]

I know. But you know how you can know something is true and still have a hard time believing it? It's like that. Like I know we're stuck in this room, but I'm having a hard time believing it, or figuring out how it works.