Easy. I'm really, really smart. [ he grins, letting that settle for a moment before he corrects himself. ] Or maybe it's because I like weird things like that. Thought I could use it for something. The idea, I mean. For like a song, maybe.

[ sometimes he does that. takes ideas from other planets they've been on, remembers the things he'd seen, or the way he'd felt, and then puts it into one of his songs. he's got a lot of half-finished material, a lot of verses started but never finished.

he's got a lot about what happened to him and viv, but none of it will ever see the light of day. ]

Yeah. It's for the best. As long as you know, that's all that matters to me.

[ he isn't doing this for any other reason than because it needed to be done and he was the only one left.

him and viv. ]

And I hate to bring this up so soon but ... you've got a lot of fans out there, waiting to hear from you.