[Asbel cracks another grin, but it's just a bit melancholy.] ...Guess even I changed a little, huh? I used to get my friends into all kinds of trouble when we were young. [And honestly, he still causes a lot of trouble for them.] But Hubert almost always tagged along, even when he thought it was a bad idea and even when he was scared half to death.

I wonder how he and the others are doing now.