i never specified what his program was so maybe his initial focus was economics and he ended up minoring in it in the end? i wouldn't mind having him at stanford instead of berkeley which would fit the timeline pretty well. maybe miles made an impression on him while roman was teaching him, good or bad, and sort of mentored him into his internship turned career path and from there they likely kept in touch? i'd love if they had kind of a chaotic connection, or perhaps roman was one of the few adults that actually treated him like his own person and he would have really responded positively to that?