[About a week or two after
this.]
He hasn't seen Sam since that night, since he woke up in the infirmary the following morning and found him gone; not long enough to speak to. Seen him with his brother once, ducking out of the bar, clearly in a hurry -- it was reassuring, to know that he's okay and still working, but he wasn't about to interrupt.
Right now he's sitting in a booth with a Coke, and hoping to find Sam alone sometime soon.