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T'is the season for over indulgence. And while some of us may decide to spend this holiday season getting drunk and screaming at our family and friends, we can at least all look forward to one reliable and entertaining constant during December: Television. That little light box that's given us Christmas specials, constant repeats of James Bond and a steady stream of seasonal movies. You guys got a movie that always gets you in the mood for holiday cheer? Or I guess a tradition for those of you without TVs back home? Or hell, even some winter tradition for those that don't celebrate Decemberween? Speaking of hell, don't forget to check out The Very ImPortant New Years Eve Show. I'll be making plenty of appearances to promote my show's new season and my general awesomeness.

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only if he does .

Plz don't fight the Lord of Darkness. You can come but only if you promise to behave.

[ Promises like that will make it harder to protect you. ]

ok
but i will watch your back

I'll be sure to wear my tightest jeans then.

[ STOP THAT. ]

this is serious jeff

So is my booty.

is that what you want me to think about ?

If it stops you worrying about Lucifer, sure.

im not going to stop worrying about lucifer
why arent you worried ?
you should be .

Because there's nothing to worry about right now. He's doing a show, I'm helping out. Nothing to worry about. He's less likely to turn the world into a living hell while he's doing a show. Consider it a distraction.

yes
it could be a distraction
to stop us watching him . you cant trust him

A distraction for us to stop watching him, by presenting himself in front of cameras on live TV?

to make us look there instead of somewhere else

[ He will stubbornly defend his paranoia with his life, Jeff. ]

But he will be there. On live TV. In front of cameras and hundreds of thousands of viewers. That's like the one time we can definitely know where he is.

i dont think you should get involved with him jeff

Kid, I'm not gonna date him, it's fine, he's not really my type. He and I just have a business understanding. I star on his show sometimes, he stars on mine. Means we get each other's fans, doubles our viewers. Win/win for both of us.

hes not like you

he hurts people
he attacks imports
he helps others who do the same

does that not matter ?

And I work with people like that everyday. I help people like that for money. I know he's been a very naughty boy, the name alone kind of insinuates that, but even the worst people need something from others, and it's not always murder.

why would you help people like that

Because it's my job, kiddo. People do bad things, I help them get out of the consequences for those bad things. That's how criminal defence works. Some people are accused of bad things but didn't do them, I help them too, but if I only helped them then I wouldn't be earning much money. It's the guilty ones that pay the most. People will pay anything for freedom.

[He tried the helping nice people thing. He ended up bankrupt and almost homeless, so he's not in a hurry to 'do the right thing' again any time soon.]

Edited 2016-01-05 18:47 (UTC)

[ Grey considers all of this.

The field of law hadn't existed on the Train. Not like this. Justice had been a far simpler concept, as had right and wrong. Grey had always been fighting for freedom, but to his mind, he had always been on the right side.

He had never been helping the villains.

He had despised Wilford and all he stood for, along with everyone who had sided with him in any way.

So, after a long, quiet few minutes: ]

i will protect you jeff

i cant help with your show
im sorry .

Wasn't asking for your help, kiddo. I'll go do the show by myself, and I can promise you I'll be safer there than anywhere else.

this is not the show i meant

[ Just to be clear. He's still tailing Jeff to this one, just in case. ]

You mean my show. What's the matter?

you help criminals . you help them for money
i cant do that .

[ Or support it. Grey isn’t very good at choices, as a rule. When one presents itself, he still thinks about what Gilliam would tell him to do. In this brave new world, he'd often not sure.

This time, he is. ]