Al laughed, not bothered in the slightest. “Incapacitated? Well, I’ll allow I may have been slightly impaired. But I got that do-goodin’ troll off me well enough, got home on my own, an’ woke up the next with this amazin’ career opportunity. So incapacitated – that’s a pretty strong word an’ one that never applies ta ol’ Al. Anyhoo, Precious, that warn’t drugs, that were beer an liquor.”

After he’d moved off Forty caught him up, which pleased him greatly. “Sure thing, muchacha, ain’t no big thing really….”