Evening:

Ring ring. CallerID: Grey's cellphone.

Natalie picks up on the second ring, her voice sleepy but puzzled. "Thomas? Where... what? Is it?"

Grey's voice is flat. "Jeremy got a call from someone new in town. Needed someone less delicate. Far as I can tell, she checks out."

Natalie grunts once, glabro voice making the guttural even more so. "Mnh. Bring her... bring her in, then. Can you take care of her? I'm just wiped."

Bleary, "I thought you said she'd been checked out."

"Well, she hasn't lied to me."

It takes her a second, but the ramifications of that finally sink in with another grunt. "--Right. Public. And - find someone to sniff her. Please. Tell her... tell her I'll be over tomorrow to meet her." He can imagine her smearing a hand over her face, for her next words are more muffled. "W's her name?"

"Jeren Harper. She'll be an associate of Tu's."

"Right. Thank you. Need anything else?"

"...No. Go back to sleep."

Natalie snorts, just once. "I should say the same to you. If Jer's still around, thank him for me too. An' tell Jeren 'welcome'. I'll make it official in the morning." A pause, then, but all she says is, "Walk safe, Thomas."

Grey responds with, "Sleep well," and then clicks off.

[End of log]