"I considered not worrying you about it," Jessica admitted. "But there are enough moving parts in play that I needed to ruin your sleep a little. At least to make sure that I wasn't starting out behind the eight ball."

"Oh, I'm also gonna send you this guy's number. If you don't hear back from me by Sunday, I may have been eaten and you should warn him that Fandom is still a target. He probably won't be able to help directly, but at least he'll know. For the multiversal war we're fighting. Good times."

And that was how Jessica talked about boys and phone numbers.