"You got it--let's do tomorrow afternoon. Maybe one o'clock? We'll skate and grab some food after. Skate rentals are on me, but if that bugs you? Buy me a drink sometime and we'll call it square."
When the time and a place is settled, John makes a phone call--and learns a fun fact when he makes arrangements with their 'teacher.'
When they meet by the chosen lake the next day, John has the skates in hand--and a familiar face by his side in Colonel Samuel Trautman.
"Found a mutual friend." John greets Jack, grinning as he offers him his hand. "Hear you two know each other."
"Loosely, but happily." Sam declares with a smile of his own, offering Jack his hand in turn. "Good to see you again, son. How's life in this place treating you?"
"I am well. Warm, fed, clothed. What more does any man need?"
Jack is wearing a pair of threadbare gloves scavenged from somewhere, and cloak rather than a coat. It's large on him, like a kid wearing a blanket while playing superhero.
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He sounds like he's slowly relearning happy, and there's hints of it here.
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When the time and a place is settled, John makes a phone call--and learns a fun fact when he makes arrangements with their 'teacher.'
When they meet by the chosen lake the next day, John has the skates in hand--and a familiar face by his side in Colonel Samuel Trautman.
"Found a mutual friend." John greets Jack, grinning as he offers him his hand. "Hear you two know each other."
"Loosely, but happily." Sam declares with a smile of his own, offering Jack his hand in turn. "Good to see you again, son. How's life in this place treating you?"
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Jack is wearing a pair of threadbare gloves scavenged from somewhere, and cloak rather than a coat. It's large on him, like a kid wearing a blanket while playing superhero.