Malcolm Bright

It's fine, he wants to say. But it's not. Whatever keeps the man that high on alert and robs him of the most basic peace of sleep can't possibly be fine. And it's kind of a pain when someone tells you it's fine when you know it's absolutely not. Tim nods, like he gets it.

"I lived alone too," he says. "I emancipated but I was on my own for a while before then, anyway. Being here just reminds me of being back in boarding school, honestly. I guess that's one reason why I hate feeling trapped here." But back to the... relating. "Man, everyone's got problems. No 9 AM quiz of world history? Already an improvement to Brentwood."