"I wonder if that's partly what pushed that version of me to befriend him?" James explains, "I responded to a network post of his around the time he arrived. Told him to check out that guide the sinners put together."

It'd been a jarring post, at that, what with how flippant Kavinsky had been about his suicide. A little heartbreaking. James is sure that that also played a part in seeking the younger man out, that he could probably use a friend, even one technically old enough to be his dad.

The Earther looks around as if it may help determine hunger or thirst. In the end, he just shakes his head. "I'm not really feeling anything either. We can make ourselves eat something light in a few, though?"