Steve could have been Matt's friend in this without being his "very first friend in Crestridge," which is incorrect. Matt could have gone because it sounded fun and he needed a break, not because he owed Steve anything.
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MATT : (sick; entering Science lab to challenge Sorcerer) "All right, you hooded slime. You want me? This time you have to come out and get me."
WALT: (appearing from behind a table) "Matthew, that's no way to talk to your elders."
MATT: "Boy, am I glad to see you."
WALT: "I've been looking for you for hours."
MATT: "I feel terrible."
WALT: "I know. I've isolated a Quadrian virus in your blood stream. It's been dormant within you for some time. A little longer and it could have been fatal."
MATT: "That's right. Cheer me up when I'm feeling lousy."
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