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[worksmart]

[The screen clicks on to a close-up of a bottle, cold condensation still clinging to the tinted glass. The image recedes - as the network device is set back on the table - and shows the drinker, sitting in what looks like one of the booths at the Blue Light.]I've put my card behind the bar. First round's paid for anyone who can tell me what we're

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voice;

[worksmart]

Or I'm trying to drown the trauma.

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[worksmart]

Huh.

[Sometimes, Wilson, you take things just a little too literally. Chase isn't in a place where he wants to let himself dwell too deeply on anything said, true or not -- and he wouldn't argue with the truth in it. The bottle clinks against another, perhaps a second, and he catches a breath after swallowing.]

I thought you were referring to being joined at the hip with House. Did somebody say I might be dead?

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[worksmart]

[A low ring as he puts the bottle back down.]

I'll buy you one.

voice;

[worksmart]

Ah.

[She had every right to be; he was concerned, too. The fact of her worry is quietly filed away, for now.]

I know. Still, you should come down. I'm not going to make you sing.

voice;

[worksmart]

I've heard worse renditions. [At least, he's fairly sure.] Ever been to the cricket and watched a whole stand trying to keep a tune?

voice;

[worksmart]

Oh, yeah, I forget your country takes the real sports and makes cartoon versions of them. A hell of a lot more envious than sitting through baseball.

voice;

[worksmart]

They only try for the first couple of lines. What sport do you like? I heard you and House have a bowling night.

voice;

[worksmart]

What sport do you like to watch. Playing it sometime last century doesn't mean you sit through the Opens now.