"Picky, picky," Matt laughed. "I will buy you a drink after you reply to the email. Scouts honor and all that."

He sat next to Simon on the couch and leaned over, looking at the email again. "Maybe you can get some sympathy gifts out of this," he said. "Think of all the birthdays and Christmases that they've missed. I'm not saying you should ask for it, but, it'd be pretty sweet if they offered to get you an XBox 360 or, even better, a PS4."