"One of my many talents. I'm sure you're aware of many more, though. The better ones." He added a little wink on the end of that statement, just for the fun of it.
"I still don't know this Merton bloke though. He's from years after my time." And the idea that they had brought in more players later in the years made Kirley worry a little bit. What would cause them to do that? Was he just that great that they decided to bring in another guitarist? Merton was a guitarist, right? Had Kirley gone soft in his playing when he'd gone clean for good? He hated that he couldn't say for sure.
"Great of him to search me out then." Eh, it wasn't that big of a deal. Kirley would search him out later.