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*Adam enters. With arms wide open. And looks about, trying to stifle a laugh.*

Oh, me.

*Adam notices how good they look. Oh, he notices.*

Ghosting?

Sirius grins. "Yeah. Oh -- you never met me, did you? Just the kiddie-me."

He examines his nearly-translucent fingernails. "I'm dead. And not actually here. I mean, you can be dead and be here -- I was that, too -- but now I'm not. I'm....dead to Milliways."

He pauses.

"Except for tonight, obviously."

*Adam notices how good they look. Oh, he notices.*

Ghosting?

"Oh -- you never met me, did you? Just kiddie-me. You'll meet him again. Have fun. Buy him a beer."

Sirius examines his nearly-translucent nails. "I'm dead, you see. And not in Milliways. It's possible to be dead in Milliways -- and even still have a good time. Like Las Vegas, so I hear. But I'm dead to Milliways, too."

A pause.

"Well, except for tonight, obviously."

He slouches a little more.

*Adam tilts his head.*

Met kiddie-

OH. YOU. Dog liked you. I think.

Or did he pee on you?

Eh, he might've liked you, anyway. He pees on Crowley, and he likes him well enough.

A beer. I can do that.

But so what happens if you both end up here at the same time?

"Well, I don't remember being peed on, but it's not out of the question. All that absinthe, you know."

He thinks about it.

"I'm a ghost, and when I was a kid I was pretty stupid. So, probably I'd buy me a beer and then thank me, and then I'd think, what a swell and handsome bloke he was."

Not that you think much of yourself or anything.

*He laughs, though, and winks.*

"Hey, I'm dead. Modesty is for people with a pulse," Sirius answers, winking back. "It's not like I have anything to lose."

I guess not. That whole afterlife thing's gotta be a sweet gig.

"It has its perks. No alarm clocks. No fleas. No flea collars."

Sirius stretches and stands, setting his empty glass down.

"I should go -- if I wait for the cock-crow, it'll be harder to get back."

He puts out his hand. "Nice to meet you again."

*Adam takes the hand and shakes it enthusiastically, still giving the man an odd look.*

Nice to meet you.

Sirius fades even as he's shaking Adam's hand, and by the time Adam finishes, he is gone.

Except for a moment of laughter, floating in the air.

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