"Then we'll cover those together. God knows I've been reading since I got here." It had started slowly, unsure he could bring himself to read about things that had happened after his assumed lifetime would have ended. But eventually he bit the bullet and worked in earnest on catching up.

Goodnight got up and dropped a kiss to the top of Billy's head, hand on his shoulder. "You're gonna get through this and you're gonna qualify, cher." And he was going to make coffee, because he had a feeling they'd need it.