Jack needed to change the subject, desperately. He was glad when the doctor seemed to want to let this drop, because honestly he was not sure how much further with it he could go. He knew, too, that thinking about Jilly would probably only cause further pain, and pain is something Jack avoids at all costs. He was, however, curious about Bones's thoughts on another member of their Luceti social circle.

"How do you think Kennedy's been settling in?"

The lad's behavior at the pub the night they'd played dice had been strange, to say the least.