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So.

[ He's speaking a little slowly, the bitterness properly enunciated in the slight tipsy slur to his voice. ]

… You know. I wasn't going to think anything of it, I have way better things to be working on and thinking about, but the more I think about it the more it's really burning me up. I mean, I really wasn't going to think anything of it but then--

[ He clicks his tongue and pauses to take another sip of whatever he's drinking. ]

I think that's really great. Really. My dad never remembered my birthday and he always blamed it on the leap year, but -- but my birthday's the twenty-eighth, that's just bullshit, right? I -- I, um -- it's so stupid, I don't even know if they remember either because I'm pretty sure I'm supposed to be dead--

[ There's a clink as something breaks, and apparently spills as well. ]

Oopsie. What was I saying? Oh -- no, the worst part is I forgot about my birthday too! [ He laughs a little, quiet and forced and slightly whimpery. ] Usually Liz says it to me in the morning, but…

'm not sure what I'm trying to say actually. I'm just giving myself a headache.

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We could get a drink. Someone offered me free admission to their... vampire bar, if you don't mind blood. [ Pauses. ] Mostly that was a joke, I don't actually know if they serve blood there.

A vampire bar? Was it Eric Northman?

Yeah. You know him?

When he first opened up his bar, I went to the opening to write an article about it.

That sounds like a good recommendation to me. Unless it's the opposite.

No, no, it's pretty cool. The drinks are top notch, too, so you really can't go wrong with that place.

What would you like better -- a drink or dinner? I can't have more than one, but...

Considering it's for your birthday, and I'm the one taking you out, I think we can do dinner and a drink.

You sure? It's not even a real milestone.

A birthday isn't a real one? What world were you living in before this one?

Well, who cares about thirty-one, right? Anyway, people always lose steam at the end of February.

Thirty-one is the new twenty-one, don't let anyone fool you.

That's one of the best things I've heard all day.

I have been known to cheer some people up some of the time. [Smiles.]

You're obviously pretty good at it.

I've had a lot of experience in the past with making people happy. My last job was basically making sure everyone was okay.

What was your last job?

...I was a receptionist at the police station near me.

Oh. I was going to guess doctor's receptionist.

...Unfortunately, not.

Still sounds... fun?

...It was a job. It wasn't fun or not fun, it just was.

Jobs can be fun.

I like my job here? I've never worked with the news like this before, it's kind of interesting.

I haven't either, honestly. Closest I came was my dad's friend was the editor to a big newspaper.

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