"It could be," Jim agrees, thinking back. It seems like a lifetime already. Though he himself hasn't noticed, he's traded some of his youthful exuberance for a growing maturity, thanks to the events of a few months ago. "It's good to hear I don't look like a wreck anymore, either way. I had to spend some time in a hospital not that long ago and getting back to normal's been a trip and a half."