Re: Lou + Biddie (+Archie!)
Lou bowed deeply to Biddie. "Even those you name your competition come to bow to you, Mrs Linden. Besides," he added, "Hermes Trismegistus is the forefather of alchemists, and teaches mortals to turn base metal to gold. The Greeks and Romans didn't even think of them as the same deity. Trismegistus is the same god the Egyptians called Thoth." Lou's classics training was on point.
He pivoted to give Archie a hearty handshake. "And it's good to see you too, Archie. How are you doing?"