I spoke with him last month. He was all excited to talk about the research topic our handlers gave him for a few weeks, which was dragons. He seemed pretty damn chipper about it too. [then again, who wouldn't be? It was dragons!

He watches Smoker witn unwavering eyes in consideration of the sport with a small smile and a shrug.] Anything, really. It doesn't have to be boats, but maybe organizing something like that in the summer might be fun. Just as a thing to do, really.

[Because veryone needed a diversion, from teenagers to geniuses. People needed a distraction. people needed something, anything.

being told those things by a man he barely knows is a really good ego booster. Not that he needed it, but hearing someone say it not in jest is refreshing. He can feel some of the tedium that had settled into his brain lifting.]

You know? I hadn't actually looked at it like that, Cap'. Got wrapped up in things and all. That's what I mean by distracted.

Have you ever considered life on the other side? You'd be damn good at it.