capeandcowl | ⠼⠊ // [voice]

Apologies aren't really our thing. You know someone long enough, you know? [MATT AND STEPHEN OWE EACH OTHER ALL THE APOLOGIES EVER. EVER.] He is, yes. Perhaps for good reason, though.

Yeah, I guess. Just try not to sue him for me, will you? [THINKING BACK ON IT..... she understands.] The stubbornness is kind of cute, though.

If it's any comfort for you, I'm actually his lawyer back home.

Is it, now? I never noticed.

You must be good, then. [Zing!]

It can be. Probably a bit different when it's directed toward you than at someone else, though.

So they tell me.

I've been on the receiving end of Doctor Strange's stubborn tendencies more times than I'd care to admit. You get used to it, after awhile.

I'll keep that in mind. You ever do work for the entertainment biz?

Oh? So, hypothetically, if I wanted someone to dish out the dirt on him, you might be someone to talk to. Hypothetically.

I do mostly criminal defense.

Yes. Hypothetically.

I'll give my manager a ring. He's a bit... weird, though. If he contacts you and seems standoffish, that's just what he does.

What kind of info would a half-decent meal buy? Hypothetically.

I learned a long time ago not to take those things personally. It's business.

Vital statistics, maybe a personal anecdote or two. You'd get better information from a fully decent meal, however.

But it can never hurt to be a little considerate. Though I don't think that's his problem... [Trails off. She doesn't get Arthur. :(]

I could swing that. Unless you're one of those guys that like, I don't know, weird gift baskets full of junk or floral arrangements made of fruit?

Those are all well and good, but I'd prefer dinner. What about you? Are you the flowers and candy type?

Good company beats that sort of thing any day of the week.

It sounds to me like we have some common ground in addition to our mutual acquaintance. So, about that meal...?

Anytime after 3 o'clock in the afternoon. [What is time?]

Hypothetically.

Edited 2011-05-25 08:06 (UTC)

Of course.

Hypothetically speaking, how does Friday work for you? I know a few fully decent places in Hell's Kitchen.

Don't think I've got any plans, so it works.

Hell's Kitchen, huh? Does this mean I don't have to dress to impress? Because I can dig it.

I grew up there. It's a very come as you are part of town.

I grew up on the road.

That's what is nice about it, I think. I live on the west coast, back home, and I try to avoid L.A. at all costs. Too fake for my tastes.

So what's home for you? The road itself?

I never spent much time in L.A. I lived in San Francisco for about a year. It's not bad, but it's not Manhattan.

I split my time between San Francisco and my father's mansion. It's usually outside of Gotham, but it's one of those extra-dimensional things that are there but not... really.

San Francisco is the most magical city in the United States, at least where I'm from. So I guess it's a given that I have a place there.

You're pretty easy to talk to. Why haven't I talked to you before?

Gotham, huh? I've heard a bit about the town. Remind me to ask you about that place some other time.

I went to San Francisco for a woman. A year later I was back in New York. Ten years later, we're roommates in this place. [A pause. Friendly exes are weird sometimes.] The world can be a strange place. You never know where you'll end up.

I'm usually stuck in the office, bogged down in an unending pile of legal paperwork. Who could foresee that my opening an office in the MAC and volunteering to serve the imPort community would spell the end of all my free time?

There's quite a few people from there in the City, so it's understandable.

[She laughs, a little.] Yeah, I know how that works. Had mine living with me for a while we broke up nearly two decades ago. The world's strange, but that's what makes it so great.

I probably could. A city full of super-powered people is pretty much asking for a guy like you to never have a free moment.

Between work and my hobbies, it's a wonder I have time to sleep.

Hobbies? We talkin' the superhero kind or like, knitting?

You don't want to see anything I've knit, trust me. Needlework, on the other hand...

[A slight chuckle.]

I participate in some extracurricular activities of the non-crafting variety, yes. I enjoy boxing and martial arts, amongst other things.

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