Through good news and bad, Robin came to depend on his friend Reeve. They affectionately called each other “brother,” and they would sit together on the roof of Reeve’s building to indulge in cheap wine and war stories about the women they had pined for. “Many of our classmates related to Robin by doing bits with him, attempting to keep pace with his antics,” Reeve later said. “I didn’t even try. Occasionally Robin would need to switch off and have a serious conversation with someone, and I was always ready to listen.”
