"From pre-Norman, 'Of Ver', came over to England during the Norman invasion." He really did know a lot of random things. Very random things.

"You'll need to write it on something, I have no phone of my own and they aren't permitted in intensive care." His hand been destroyed on V-Day in whatever had happened to him. "And my dear boy, you're what? Twenty four? Maybe twenty six? If the age in DeVere's passport is something like the truth, I'm twice your age, which makes me old in comparison."