Happy Hour!

[collects_ears]

George Cooper.

Tending Bar.

He makes a couple of quick additions to the Specials Board and then announces:

"Tonight's drinks are; Gentleman's Club , Gila Monster, Gingerbread Man #2 and Godchild .."

"What'll it be?"

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Penelope drinks sedately.

"I'm a patient sort of person."

[collects_ears]

Mean, mean thing.

"..I get that impression." he says, biting back a smile.

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If Penelope had a sickle for every time someone's thought that about her ...

She just smiles.

"I suppose it means I'm living up to my namesake."

[collects_ears]

"How so?" he asks curiously.

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... Oh. That's right.

Not everybody's heard the story.

"I was named after an ancient Greek queen," Penelope explains. "There's a myth about her-- how she waited for twenty years for her husband to return from war, and then from a really dreadful sea voyage."

A wry smile.

"There's also a bit where she outwits a slew of suitors, but most people choose to remember the patience."

[collects_ears]

He listens attentively. George loves a good story.

"Really? Fascinating.. I'd love to read this story myself, at some point."

He grins - just a little embarrassed at the eagerness in his voice.

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She smiles back, almost a little shyly-- most people aren't half so interested by the story of her name.

"There's an entire book about it, actually, if you're interested," she tells him. "The Odyssey."