[Conrad was being avoided. He wasn't all that unused to not seeing his old friend for extended periods back home, missions and orders and all that, but this was different.]
[He can't explain what draws him to the education center, other than a strange mental shrug and the thought of 'why not?' He'd looked everywhere else. Imagine his surprise when he sees Josak seated at a computer. When did he learn to -- but then, this was Josak. He probably just figured it out himself.]