"Well, her timing's brilliant, as is yours; I came in utterly lost, and think I may yet find myself at this point." It wasn't really quite that bad, but he had been tired and disoriented and felt quite the newcomer coming in, so he was quite grateful. "The assist is most welcome." He smiled at them both.
"Oh, it's a devil of a read." Jason bobbed his eyebrows. "I do hope you'll like it. And even if you have a hard critique for me, I'd love to smoke with you and hear it. A thick skin makes for better writing."
A little laugh. "My prospects? Well, I may end up doing more than one project here if everything lines up properly. That's at least a year, which means I'll have more to discuss than I thought."
This place sucks you in, he caught himself thinking, and wondered where it came from. But he certainly didn't mind.