[ he reaches out to touch his arm and squeeze it. it's a brief, sudden touch, fleeting, cold, but a touch. ]

To follow your heart is to walk with the Flame. Someone told me that once, and I'll never forget it.

[ a deeply, deeply important someone. gay.

anyway. he nods a little to the second part, looking a little hesitantly from left to right. ] I - [ and then blips out of existence.

he returns a second later, and shakes his head. nope. ]

No recipes for now. [ rip. ] ... Tell me, how are you? I know you've been working hard. Your clinic looks wonderful.