shadowgap all apped! give me a female ex from his college days (he majored in journalism and minored in dead and fictional languages), friends from all stages of life, from childhood right on up to now, radio station interns to share gossip with, people who follow his social media (which is a mixture of important news and tips and contemplations of the void), other people who end up in the cave complex with him and get to eat ~simmering's awesome food as they're being re-educated.