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[jolting]

Work Phone: You've reached Doctor Frankenstein. Leave your name and number and I'll return your call as soon as possible. My office hours are from [time] to [time].

Personal Phone: If you're calling this number, then it must be pretty important. I'll call back soon.

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[jolting]

One of her babysitters was the Mad Hatter.

Who also best qualifies as my best friend.

So you'll be fine.

[deploy]

From Alice in Wonderland? Are you guys part of the same book club?

[He’s laughing at his own shitty joke right here.]

I’m pretty good with kids.

…Not in a weird way.

We’ll see what happens. I’m pretty busy but I’d make time if you and Jim needed a night off.


[Casual. Because he doesn’t want to seem like a weirdo jumping at the opportunity to babysit. Even though he would.]

[jolting]

Wow. That was bad. But I liked it. It's not a half-bad way to describe it.

That's something you can actually ask Lucy about. She's gotten to be a pretty good storyteller.

[deploy]

She a bookworm?

[jolting]

Yeah. We're going through Nancy Drew right now. So if you babysit, you may need to be prepared to read a few chapters of it with her.

[deploy]

I'd rather read Nancy Drew than the Hardy Boys.

Does she do comic books? I've got stacks of them just sitting around.

[jolting]

Her dad was into them at her age, so you can give it a try.

Biological dad.

I don't know if I made that clear. That I adopted her.

[deploy]

I'll give Jim a box at work.

Did you know her biological dad?

Jim told me.

[jolting]

Ever since he was a baby.

Did James explain that, too?

It's a long story.

[deploy]

Uh, nope.

He didn't give me the details.

Sounds like it, but if we've got one thing in this place? It's time. A lot of it.

[jolting]

Then I guess we have a conversation starter when we go out for drinks.

[deploy]

I was thinking.

Maybe we should go for coffee.

[jolting]

Coffee is a drink, last I checked.

So sure.

[deploy]

Don't be a smart-ass.

You know what I meant.

[jolting]

I had to get at least one shot in.

And yeah, I know what you mean. Coffee sounds good.

[deploy]

Know a place?

I keep drinking the crap from the vending machine.

[jolting]

Yeah. There's a place I like to go on my breaks. We can meet there.

[handwave location]

[deploy]

Cool.

When do you want to meet? Not tonight.

I'm already... kinda buzzed.

[jolting]

Why don't we meet before my shift? I'll need the caffeine anyway since I'm doing a later shift.

[deploy]

Sounds good.

Should be after mine, so as long as you don't mind me showing up a little worse for wear.

[Not that Victor has seen him any other way.]

[jolting]

You have a rough job. Look whatever way you want.