”Well— if by home, you mean the military base that
they keep me shacked up in, yeah I’m far from it.
I’m on vacation. Just finished a big project, lots of
science and math. They take severe advantage
of my intellect, they don’t deserve me, so I ran off
before they could scoop me into another one. I
have three weeks of vacation time built up and I
intend to use every last minute to be off base.”
Bruce reached over, pressing one of his hands
against Leo’s face for a second.”I wanted to pay you a visit. Sorry for coming
unannounced.”
A smile graced his face when the boy’s hand
pressed against it. “No apologies necessary.
I don’t want ye to get in trouble.” His hand in
turn squeezed Bruce’s shoulder. “If it were up
to me, I’d keep ye as far away from there as
possible. Y'know I would. I miss having you
around."
