It was taking Gene a long time to reply to him. Sam took that moment to glance at his face and realised that he looked rather older than last time. Last time he saw him his eyes looked slightly younger. But he didn't know what would have made him seem slightly older in age. He seemed to know more too, held himself differently, slightly more slumped, almost like he had more on his shoulders than before.
Sam nodded when Gene finally spoke, taking another sip of his drink.
"Didn't expect to see you either. Thought if you were here I would have known by now. You're not easy to miss."
He hoped that didn't sound quite as rude as he thought it might as he thought over his sentence.