9:30 AM - Isaac and Bishop
Arriving to the brunch event took no more effort than walking downstairs from his apartment above The Bar. He wasn’t exactly looking forward to it, but for the sake of cooperating with Nina’s plans and trying to make the city a better place, he’d shown up and was trying to do his part in fostering better relationships with those he was not entirely comfortable with. That basically included all the Hellhounds -- though Isaac would give himself a pat on the back for having a decent conversation with Vic Scherbatsky at the Halloween party -- and that was how Isaac found himself talking to their President, Bode “Bishop” Coldiron.
Or at least trying to. Isaac was thoroughly distracted by his hair, the weird braids looking unkempt and heavy and oddly medieval. And how did he get such a close shave on the rest of his head? Maybe the woman he’d brought with him helped him with that. Seemed dangerous to shave like that when head injuries bled so much.
Clearing his throat and downing the rest of his coffee, Isaac said, “So, how’s the construction business? Must be nice now that the walls around the city are done. We’ve definitely been seeing the benefits of that. Less walkers in the neighborhoods and such. So that’s been good.”
How it was that Bishop had found himself standing opposite Austin’s Commissioner of the Department of Justice, Isaac Callahan, he still didn’t know. While the two sat on the city council together and had a connect through Demi, the last time they had spoke one on one had been -- if his memory was serving him right -- nearly a year ago as Isaac and others had been tasked to interrogate the Hellhounds. It was amazing how things could change so drastically in a year. Not that Bishop minded the changes, it was real damn nice after all to be holding a conversation with the other man while his wrists were free of shackles. Plus, handcuffs would have made it real damn hard to hold Lincoln while the two men spoke.
“Business is going well,” Bishop began, the oddity of talking shop with Isaac not lost on him. “Wish we could have gotten those walls done a little sooner, but there ain’t a lot of point in focusing on that fact,” he paused then because Lincoln made a small noise, though Bishop quickly determined it was a happy one and continued talking. “Not when there’s less walkers around now like you mentioned.” Small talk had never been at the top of Bishop’s list of things he enjoyed, but considering the fact Callahan was even bothering to speak to him, he wasn’t going to be choosy.
The younger Coldiron made another noise and was quickly joined by his brother who had been sat in the stroller nearby. “Sorry, seems these two ain’t happy unless they’re adding their own thoughts about all of this to the mix,” Bishop said with a crooked smile and a glance down at his sons and then back up as he continued his conversation with Isaac. “How are things in the Department of Justice? Reckon they’re a little quieter without my guys raising hell.” He saw no point in dancing around the fact that he and his men had once created much of the workload that the DoJ had dealt with.
Though Isaac had been doing his best to listen to Bishop as he spoke, he was a bit embarrassed to admit that he’d been distracted by the cooing kid in Bishop’s arms. Ever since his and Demi’s anniversary, all he could think about was that they’d actually agreed that starting a family was something they both wanted and they were actively trying to make that happen. Of course that wasn’t progressing very fast (and how could it after only a few days?) but he missed being a father. Looking at Bishop’s kids made that abundantly clear.
Dragging his eyes off Lincoln and looking back to Bishop, Isaac gave an uncomfortable laugh and nodded. “Yeah, life is a lot easier when I don’t have a group of people actively trying to burn the city to the ground. Things’ve been a lot quieter these days, actually. It’s actually been interesting because lately I’ve just been catching up with what’s going on with the rest of the United States. Lots of new laws to catch up with and as the head honcho it’s kind of important I know that shit.”