"A shipwreck and a promise," Oliver said, leaning on the pool cue. "It was working out fine, the job was getting done, until we... relocated." A circumspect way of putting being sucked into a different dimension.
"I can't say that I was as close to them as I had been years ago. Things change, people change." Oliver shrugged. "It may have gotten better with time if Tommy and I hadn't moved here. What about your family?"