Rules
Order. There was order.
The universe ebbed and flowed as it should. Calculations could be made, derivatives could be taken and predictions would be absolute. The synergy of states could be documented and controlled. Invisible boundaries could be trespassed. Every action had a reaction, every cause had an effect and every problem had a solution. Blueprints were everywhere, but only the ones willing to look could see. Duplicity was hidden in everything. Inconceivable yet so simplistic. A cosmic inside joke that the world only revealed to him.
He could find her, easily.
But Jake never asked and Spud never offered.