"I know, I know," Virgil said. "And even if not, when I get home, I'll see him again. But it just sucks." He took a bite of pizza. "Man, he's been so distant the past couple of months? Like distracted, kinda out of it and stuff. I just thought it was like, stir crazy? Sometimes those crazy genius thoughts kind of bottle up for him. But now I feel like I should have noticed something was wrong."