"It happens sometimes," Anders replied, thinking of Xander. "It's really good to hear from you, man."

He'd missed that rambling. You just didn't get that from anyone else -- and he knew Bridge-style rambling well enough that if you gave him a thesaurus, access to Wikipedia, and enough time he could probably write you a short dissertation on the differences between Bridge-style and Stark-style rambling.

"Long as you're going to be okay, right?"