"I don't have any specific plans, no. I just have a few vague hopes to run into certain people."

Armand didn't catch onto the signals that he was now speaking to someone different. He was too relieved to have moved past the tension of their first exchanges. Talking to some people withouth offending them or provoking them could be very difficult sometimes.

"I hope these idiot nurses let my night partner stay home today. He has a broken collar bone."