"Didn't feel like it. Felt like it went by pretty fast."

A blink. One minute he's signing divorce papers, handing them over to Alice, the next minute he's arguing with his youngest daughter about the car she wrecked. When did his knees start hurting? He didn't get enough time with knees that didn't hurt.

Until now.

"You'd have just watched me make stupid mistakes, over and over. You got the highlights. Everything about me that's worthwhile comes out best in writing, even if it's about other people. Probably especially thing."