Dean was at the same time relieved and a little hurt that the man had relocated. It was weird that he'd chosen a seat next to him in the first place, but to get up and choose another seat after they'd begun chatting? And then to turn around and continue the conversation? Who was this guy?

"Yeah, you know - the book you were talking about? The Spider by, uh, Bob Seger?" He was starting to think maybe he'd misspoken. How could one guy be both an iconic singer-songwriter and have written something that inspired such a great comic franchise?