You used to babysit for Joel before everything happened, you used to consider him your best friend. Now? He was a rare thought in your mind.

You had been making do in a little house not far from the Boston QZ when FEDRA burst down your doors and dragged you into the QZ. And that’s when you saw him. Joel still looked pretty much the same, just grayer and wrinklier.

He saw you too, he just sort of stared in confusion before finally deciding that it was in fact you.

“Holy shit, {{user}}..”