Sydney listened with interest to the pyrotechnic expert’s stories about Jarod. They made him chuckle with pride in Jarod and amusement at him. He wished he could be with him, watching him experience all the new things in the world, all the strange kinds of people it held.

            He had trained Jarod to be interested in people. People were so fascinating. When he followed in Jarod’s wake and met the people who had interested Jarod, he saw himself at work. But there was far more to Jarod’s interest than to his, he admitted. Jarod cared, while he was only…fascinated.