"It's been an adjustment. And sometimes something goes ugly enough to make me want to run again. This summer's been doing its damnedest, there. It's easy to lose sight of." He paused a moment. "That was part of my reason for this trip. Getting perspective back. Remember what it is I'm doing it for."

A shrug.

"But it's the best way I've had of looking at things since the war. That has to mean something."