You had me going for a minute, he lives in Casey Key near where my Mom lives so we often joke if we see a private plane it's him! It does seem like the kind of thing he would do. ;-)

I have a copy of this and could do with a re-read to be honest now that I am on Medium! My only second degree King encounter was actually when I was in college I drove the vans for disabled students and staff, and one of my regular riders was a King super-fan. I drove her to a signing and I think she had met him before but she was as excited as a kid at Christmas before and after, he must be pretty nice to his fans is the impression I got.