Rob Bottoms, Ben "Seymour" Bottoms' brother, is visiting Periwinkle County this week. He is there to see Seymour, of course, but also Randall Nathan, because they were college friends. Since his brother always had the nickname of Seymour, Rob was always called Seeless.
Randall is especially glad to be able to update his mental image of Rob, because Rob spends the day with Randall, in his mind, every month or so.
Each evening before he goes to bed, Randall picks a friend with whom to spend the next 24 hours, some friend he doesn't normally get to see in person. Some of them are dead, like Andre' Havel and Dave Goode, or uncles like Hubert or Forrest, or Aunt Norma. They stay alive or present for Randall by spending a day with him every once in a while.
He knows that friends are one of life's great gifts, and just because they are a thousand miles away or in another life doesn't mean the friendship is no longer a gift.
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