Hey kid--Eddie, right? I, uh. Really don't want to be the 50th bearer of bad news, but...

[ Man, hearing it like this hurts more than it should. Hits home harder than usual when he thinks about home in the context he used to. Is it because he's been here? Because he's still dealing with his own loss, or because this kid actually has someone back home to worry about him?

(And a "creep" taking kids? Well. It might have worked out okay for him, but that feels way too familiar. He couldn't just let this sit.)

God, this is weird. ]

I think Mom may be waitin' up a while.