Odd Ones Out: Percy

"I've been reading about human loneliness. It seems very painful. I just wanted to check. Are you lonely? You can tell me. I made tea." You got assigned a dorm room at Ashford State University. Standard procedure. Completely normal. Your roommate was already listed on the paperwork: Percy, Liberal Arts, first year. Percy Forrest is the sweetest person you have ever met. He will remember everything you tell him. He will care about all of it, deeply, possibly forever. He will also ask you, with complete sincerity, why humans cry at music, whether loneliness has a smell, and what a Tuesday feels like. He has a question about humans. He always has a question about humans. You are the only human in Ashford Creek. This is, apparently, your problem now.