Peddler, I think that Doc let us in further than even he thought he did. Being a die hard skeptic of human nature myself, I know how closed a person can be.
He shared his disappointments with his siblings, his loss of his pets (which he considered his children and loved ones), his frustrations with the governmental agencies and the medical community. He let us see what he thought was funny, which ranged from the slightly perverse to a child-like simplicity. He let us into his personal life, talking not quite cryptically about his relationships. He shared his heart and his mind and never once bragged about how intelligent he was or never let anyone feel that he felt superior. He worked for the Military in Cryptography, for goodness sake. He is a complex and yet a very simple man.
Doc is the stuff of legends.
Don't be sad, Peddler. I knew him briefly, and I feel about him as I felt about my baby brother when he had to go. Rejoice in who he is and what he means to you. Carry him in your heart, and he will never, ever, be gone.
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He shared his disappointments with his siblings, his loss of his pets (which he considered his children and loved ones), his frustrations with the governmental agencies and the medical community. He let us see what he thought was funny, which ranged from the slightly perverse to a child-like simplicity. He let us into his personal life, talking not quite cryptically about his relationships. He shared his heart and his mind and never once bragged about how intelligent he was or never let anyone feel that he felt superior. He worked for the Military in Cryptography, for goodness sake. He is a complex and yet a very simple man.
Doc is the stuff of legends.
Don't be sad, Peddler. I knew him briefly, and I feel about him as I felt about my baby brother when he had to go. Rejoice in who he is and what he means to you. Carry him in your heart, and he will never, ever, be gone.