Joscelin doesn’t know what to think about the fact that Romeo wasn’t in the other group. Is it a good thing? A bad thing? He just knows that he feels Romeo’s absence as a physical ache, an emptiness. All he wants is to see his best friend again, and to know he’s safe.

But Conan changes the subject and Joss can’t help but feel grateful.

“I don’t think it’s too bad—there’s a reading chart in the medical car and I could read the top few lines. But the Doctor said he’d make me a pair, somehow. Probably with that flashy penlight of his. No idea what that thing is meant to be.”

He peers at Conan. “What’s it like, wearing glasses? How bad is your eyesight?”