Nick has a proper notebook, finally. It's nothing fancy, just spiral bound and blue-lined, but he's been assured it's not going to, say, scrawl his conversations out on every piece of hotel stationary.

Beats eating out of a can. Nick smiles after he writes that, looking up at Raleigh. It's thin, wan, and more than slightly sad, but it's a smile. Nick Andros, Boulder, CO.