David Lowe
David Lowe, nicknamed David al-Hasar by Haroun the Thrice Cursed, was a man who lived in the same apartment building as Jenny Everywhere and Kim, and apparently a friend of the latter, in one universe. Like Kim, he insisted with intentionally comical stringency that he was a perfectly normal human being despite some evidence to the contrary.
When she suffered from shifter hangover, Jenny dropped in on David to warn him that things might become especially strange around her in the immediate future — with David reacting with wry amusement at the idea that Jenny's life could get any stranger than it already was. She also gave him Haroun's regards. (PROSE: Morning After)
Driving an old Beetle, he sometimes picked up groceries for Kim as well as himself at the butcher, Morrie Greenberg's. He was driving by with just such a cargo when Kim and Jenny picked up the broken dream spinner of Jenny Everywhere, which was blocking the driveway in the parking lot. After parking, David headed back into the building alongside Kim with what he had bought. This included a number of pastrami sandwiches, some of which were shared between Jenny's friends and the extradimensional visitors. After the latter left (their ship having been repaired by Eric), but before David could go home, however, another misadventure began, in the form of an Angel appearing in the parking lot with much fracas. (PROSE: Pit Stop)
Kim once told Eric that David had a story he could tell Eric that would serve as a cautionary tale about the dangers of building a girlfriend for oneself, something Kim was afraid the budding mad scientist might try to do. She noted that Eric had better wait until he was older to ask David for the story, and also that it wasn't Kim's story to share. (PROSE: Misunderstandings)
Behind the scenes
The implications in Parallax and Camera Shy point to Kim being some form of vampire. It is as yet unclear if David is another vampire, or a different sort of supernatural creature In the author's commentary on Pit Stop, Scott Sanford highlighted the mystery of David's nature: “Why does David talk like some Borscht Belt alter kocker? How old is he, anyway? Good questions”. The title Haroun the Thrice Cursed gives him in Morning After, which is pointed out in the next chapter as potentially significant, translates to “the Rock”, suggesting David may somehow be a living stone creation, such as some kind of golem. This is also consistent with some hints in David's dialogue in Morning After towards the idea that David did not have a father in a conventional sense.
