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[k_in_black]

Agent K is at the bar, enjoying a glass of Eli Lockhart's finest bourbon, and minding his own business until somebody decides to help him mind it.

[And unless he gets Milli-timed into this disaster in the making.]

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[scurlock]

It's not like Doc has an outright sense for when someone is drinking good bourbon, but it just so happens that when he comes in from another long afternoon working out near the stables, he stops by the bar for a drink and orders a glass of Woodford Reserve, on the rocks - spitting rain and sleet be dammed, ice is still a novelty to a man from 1884, and he'll take it when he can get it.

Thankfully for Agent K, Doc doesn't smell too much like a barn. Most of the work today was on mending a busted stall door - he'll have to get in touch with Teja to order a new latch.

[k_in_black]

K was a Texan, born and bred, back in the day. And he knows what a Balgrazian Razorworm smells like. From the inside. (Long story.) So he could probably handle even what Milliways stables can dish out.

But he's grateful, just the same.

"Evening, Doc. How long's it been?"

[scurlock]

"Shit, K," Doc shakes his head. "Too long. I couldn't tell you. It's a sight for sore eyes to see your sorry face, though."

He hops up onto the stool next to the Agent, his glass carefully placed on the counter.

"Bar's been strange with my door and the timeline lately again."

[k_in_black]

"Sorry to hear it," K replies and means it.

"Been missing time altogether, or has it got you bouncing back-and-forth? I have heard some tales around here."

[scurlock]

"Just some gaps," Doc says. "I was out in my world for a handful of months without access to the bar - I think it was longer in here than in the territories, which is a bit unusual. It's often the other way 'round, but I'm not ever going t'count on Milliways operating on any sort of logical timetable."

[k_in_black]

"Smart man," K says, taking another drink.

"Zed and I were out of here a while ourselves. Door started opening again only a month or two ago. Damned if I could tell you why it stopped or why it started again, though."