"It's not like he needs me anyway," he said, his voice resigned to that, as if it's a realization that cuts him to the quick. "I'm from his future, I... Keep looking at him as I remember him, a man who is confident and respects himself and even capable of even being my comfort. And yet I am proud of who he is at the moment. But..."

But he's a burden on Josh. And it's miserable.

"He was my best friend once. And now I don't have that."