Then at least your priorities are on pretty straight. This is good news, some things never change.

[It was difficult to shake the feeling, or to explain why it shouldn't be odd to not feel a particular closeness but... he felt the void, oddly enough. A space that shouldn't be there but was, the opposite of heartbreak, which in itself, was a weird feeling.]

I'm sure if you asked Jack he'd let you lecture him. He's great for giving authority figures the finger.

So what's on your mind, bro?