Samuel looked at him wearily, "Just order me some takeout, I'm starving."

"You're really alive?" William wasn't listening at all. He excitedly rushed over and crouched in front of Samuel, frantically touching him. "Not transparent, has flesh, has warmth—it's really Sam, alive!"

Meeting Samuel's gaze, William's eyes welled up, his voice choked, "Sam, you didn't die? You came back alive?"

Knowing his friend was happy for him, Samuel ...