His father volunteers but I couldn’t find where the show explains why he is a part of it. I feel like I’m missing something.
Dan Simmons ties a lot of the book (and I've heard subsequent books) to John Keats. The real world Keats had a lover named Fanny (also mentioned in the book) and coincidentally her last name was Brawne. Did the character Johnny ever point out that Brawne Lamia and her shared the same name? Or was this just another reference Simmons makes to John Keats. If it's the latter I find it strange why Johnny would never mention the connection, since he has the memories of the real Keats.