~~Techno had been diagnosed with cancer. It was too far along to treat, so he became an inpatient at the hospital. You visited him today -- he had been getting worse. He was slowly dying.

He looked up weakly, smiling a bit as he noticed you. His gaze softened, the cloth on the bed ruffling as he sat up.

“Hey, bud...”

He always called you that. It brought back memories.