Beardless and unable to grow one thanks to that request to Josh. Yes, David knew. He got plenty of annoyance from his friend over that.

"I heard that it happened to other people before they came there. And while there I was bounced around more dimensions too. It was a mess. I've been through another failed utopian island of course. Which was so stupid. We should have known better. I think. A lot of bad things happened there. But I miss it. I miss Josh, and Laurie."

And oh he can't help the way he misses them, or the way memories of loving them and second hand memories of intimacy with them bubbles into his surface thoughts. He did push them down quickly though.

"From my experience, you need to play ball a little. But that's just my experience. Could prove wrong here."