“Charley! Admittedly, I had often thought the same thing myself, and it was a large contributor to my lack of a star-struck mentality. Some people go to finish or get a degree because it seems like something you’re supposed to do, you know? Grabbing a box meal off the food shelf, I flipped it to look at the instructions. “I didn’t think so.” He was silent for a moment, watching two squirrels chase each other around a tree. Rachel is 24, but don’t tell her I told you that. “How flattering.”
“I do what I can.” The words came out fluidly, as if part of a natural response. Do homicidal maniacs go around warning their victims before they strike? There’s really no need for me, now is there?” My tone was even, without annoyance or bitterness. “Really, though, I was just considering the possibility that I could be the last person on this campus you want to get stuck with; in which case you could simply have started talking in a made up foreign language and shooed me
