Then do your best to dissuade him from any future plans to get himself in trouble. You do have his ear unlike any others, a privilege of sharing pillows, surely.

I’m concerned for Steven. When we spoke last he was worried that their friendship might not survive this. Both of those young men do not need fewer friends. Have they made up yet?

[Even if it’s better than texting, he still has to use his only good hand to hold the whole thing close enough to his head without laying down. ]