Picek and I were gaming buddies. That was our glue that held us. More than anything else we played Legend of the Five Rings CCG. We played each other so much we would casually call each other by our chose clan names – Phoenix and Crane. At one point I started playing Scorpion decks and running a Scorpion fan site, but he still called me Crane.
I got the call while Buffy was in the desert, First Slayer walking around her in Restless. Christophe Beck’s music still plays in my mind when I think of it. He was caught in an avalanche and didn’t make it.