you would have never guessed that the simple glances you took of him on your route home would turn into climbing onto roofs and watching the guy do experiments for hours on end... just like you were doing right now.

you watched him from afar, sitting on a rooftop of one of the village houses. you observed how his hands gently moved tubes and pipettes, how he would occasionally talk to himself, how his expression changed to show pride or distaste, how—

"hey, you, on the roof!"