"Do me a favor. Apologize to the staff for me. When the adrenaline hits I'm going to say some unhinged shit."
"Adrenaline...?"
"Yeah...I know, I'm leaking like a siv...better fill me up before you drop me off..."
"...."
"I'll only have about 30 seconds after my eyes open so make em count and make sure they're ready to top me back off 'cause I really don't want any more brain damage than I already have."
"..."
"Hey...stop spinning."
~~~
"....and that's the 3rd time...?"
"Na, the first time."
~~~
"Why would I waste a good tax ID? Bond never changed his name."
"...."
"Imagine the looks on their faces when a dead man clocks in on Monday...now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go find a nurse before I pass out. Don't worry, I couldn't run if I wanted to."
~~~~
"So...what was the 2nd time?"
"The first"
"And the 2nd?"
"I was sick.
Didn't have any medicine and was laying in bed, to tired to make food or even get a glass of water. In my delirium an angel delivered orange juice and medicine. Then sat with me until I fell into a restful sleep. I woke up a day later certain I'd died but everything hurt...so nope.... Ate something, drank something, took a shower then went back to bed and slept for another day then when I had enough strength back, went to work."
~~~
Ar : "Are you sure it's him?"
P : "Without a doubt. I thought someone had given me bad mushrooms at first and the spirit of our friend had walked out of my memories."
At "That kids going to get himself killed."
P : "Luckily everyone thought he was a fool playing a part and I obliged their opinions by playing the heel."
At : "I'll go invite him to tea."
Ar : "I'll talk to the smith then make plans for lunch."
P : "The timing is fortuitous, I'm told the tax man is sitting in the shallows tonight."
K : "Would his liege like me to draw his bath?"
P : "Lots of bubbles if you please, and Thank you."
~~~~
"I needed a nap. A proper one. So I decided to perform an audit."
"How did you get a nap out of an audit?"
"I told the truth."
"And you 'died' telling the truth."
"No I died before that, that's why I needed a nap."
"I'm about to kill you myself if you don't stop talking in circles."
"Don't threaten me with a good time."
~~~
Can't shake this damned equation.
The missing pieces are starting fall into place but how do you get a particle physicist to prove that it could actually be squared?
"But C is the limit."
"If a baseball is traveling one way at 85mph and a semi traveling at 65 mph in the other collide head on, what is the force of their impact?"
"Not the same thing."
"Tell that to Higgs and his boys."
~~~
"And that's how I created a universe. "
"Which one?"
"All of them"
"No..."
"Yeah."
"Why?"
"Because people needed hope and it was the only way I could think to provide it."
"If that's true then..."
"Got it in one, and so far it's all gone according to plan."
"All of it...?
"Unfortunately yes."
"Unfortunately?"
"I would have preferred to have been wrong on a number of points."
"But if that's true then..."
"Spoilers."
~~~
"Powder you cheeks!" Came from the crows nest
"Turn out the sheets!" Came from the helm
Athos strode up behind the young man, pulling his sharp eyes from approaching ship.
Around them the tidy deck was turning into disarrayed chaos, sails went slack, women in rags and chains were being hauled to the deck by sailors. D'artangion saw the weeping woman still wrapped in the same blanket.
As D'artagnion was about to speak Athos offered him a cup of tea. "That it none of our business, you and I still have an appointment." The young man bristled then spun as the cheek of his ass was clapped by a calloused hand.
"Drink up boy." Chuckled a passing sailor carrying a gang plank. "You don't want to die thirsty."
