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[balancethebooks]

One left, the other came back.

... I wonder if it's supposed to be this place's freakish idea of a message. And even if it was ... I wonder if it's too late.

[Lorne]

Can I pick your brain about something? No wine required.

[/Lorne]

[and with that, your resident Accountant ... well, one of two, now that Leo Bloom's here ... is going to be

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[lawyerlarry]

What would the message be?

[balancethebooks]

Sort of an ... well, a ...

[give him a second while he tries to figure out how to be cryptically honest about it, since that's usually his deal]

... Whether I should continue the kind of work I did, back home, or try something else. [a pause] You're a new voice.

[lawyerlarry]

I am. My name is Larry. What kind of work did you do back home?

[balancethebooks]

I'm Timothy. Welcome to Paradisa ... as welcome as you can get, anyway...

[ahem] Simply put, I got rid of other people's problems. But they weren't exactly great people I worked for.

[lawyerlarry]

Thank you, Timothy. It's a pleasure to meet you.

Oh? You mean..."get rid of"? [pauses and clears his throat] I did air quotes there.

[balancethebooks]

Same to y-- what? No, not ... not in a literal sense, no.

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[lawyerlarry]

Oh, well that's a relief.

[balancethebooks]

There are people like that around here, though. Not many - they don't seem to last long, thank goodness.

[lawyerlarry]

Huh. I'll be on the lookout then.

[balancethebooks]

Good luck...