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Vida slid so up froht it was some kind of utensil, otherwise I have no idea why he didn’t ilasses up

The frames were about the same size and shape that his old ones had been The lenses stuck out, not by any h I opened them and slid them onto his face and Chubs practically reared back in surprise, patting them in disbelief

"Wait--what--this--these are--"

"Don’t lose your shit," Vida said, casually raking her fork through her spaghetti "Dolly had an extra pair of reading glasses and helped me switch out the lenses for yours They look just as stupid as the other ones did, but you can at least see, yeah?"

Chubs and I both stared at her, stunned

"Vi" I began

"What?" Her pitch rose slightly on the word, coot tired of being his seeing-eye dog Itevery ti--and I don’t like feeling like an assle all the tiainst our nature--" Chubs started

"Hehihtful, Vi"

"Yeah, well" God, she was embarrassed I took another bite to hidechildren of Africa or anything He breaks this pair, he’s SOL"

"Wait, what?" Liah our conversation He slid the paper Zu had been scribbling es on closer to him "Are you sure? I mean, positive? Why didn’t you tell me before?

Zu reached across the table and took the paper back out of his hands He was too i the words out and aardly leaned across the table, his eyes scanning the words as fast as she could put theht you would leave to find the a hand on her head "I wouldn’t have I won’t You don’t have to be sorry, I get it But are you sure? It just see a little sick to his stomach at whatever she wrote down next "That sounds like herBut how did it even happen? What were you doing in Arizona?"

Chubs waved a hand in front of his friend’s face "Care to share?"