❝ —- Fancy a drink? ❞ ( the liquor cabinet has already been opened — last night, actually; and there’s a lot of alcohol in there for Life to drink on her own, so it seemed a good idea to share. serves at christmas gift, too, after all. ) ❝ Choose your poison, if you must. I have a bottle of anything you can think of. ❞
[More unknown entities. Maybe this is a cosmic Christmas gift to Garrett, in which case the cosmos seriously misread his nonexistent wish list.]
I think I'll decline for today, ma'am, though - thank you for the offer. Still on the clock.
[Despite Christmas, his agency waits for no holiday.
Anyway. When you don't know what you're looking at, when it has more depth than you can comprehend, be polite. And also keep your hands ready to reach for weapons that don't, strictly speaking, exist on a physical plane.]

















