Mako has a story about how he and Rob met.
Mako was riding the T. Rob recognized him from a video he was editing. He went up to Mako and told him he knew who he was. Mako, as is his wont, invited Rob over for dinner. Mako was recognized. Normally, this happens in relation to his name, rather than his face. However, Rob had been working on a video. He had seen Mako rather extensively.
After all, Mako has fairly unique vocal patterns. Cutting video with him in it takes a lot of work.
Rob has a story about how he and Mako met.
One time at the grocery co-op, Rob and his girlfriend were standing in line. Mako was ahead of them. Rob pointed this out. “To show off,” he told me.
Some time later, on the train, Rob saw Mako again. His girlfriend encouraged him to go say hello and introduce himself. Rob was resistant to this but relented.
Mako invited him over for dinner.
“You know how Mako is,” Rob said.
I asked him if he would have talked to Mako on his own, had it not been for the push. He admitted that he wouldn’t have.