Before the Ceremony | Caleb & Mickey
"Hey," Mickey said, almost pouting, "I've turned my life around. I'm not doing everything that moves anymore." Even during his round-trip around the world, Mickey had gone for weeks on end - a week, at least - without sleeping around and since returning, he had only slept with his partners. Mickey and Leon, and Andrei, they were trying to keep it together.
Caleb was one of those people you didn't realize you had missed until you ran into them again. One of Mickey's oldest friends. With a pang of regret, Mickey realized he should have visited him. "Studies are beginning in September," the djinn said, slapping Caleb on the shoulder. "I did something else for a year. And you? You... in the desert? What do you do?"