I didn't volunteer. Apparently they started plucking people out of nowhere through screens. But I got a few days of rest beforehand, though for my head to mostly clear.

[ He was a bit of a mess right afterwards. Not much to be done about it. Better him than anyone else. ]

How are you? I feel like you took off pretty much right away and by the time I could think straight enough to look for you, you'd volunteered for this.

[ Which isn't blame it's just. He noticed. He worried. ]