"You could go ahead and call it a down payment for the future," he replied very fast as if he'd been thinking that the entire time. Sometimes even Stephen Strange was capable of a little bit of vulgar humor. Then he tilted his head, "Are your hours as flexible as you undoubtedly are?" he asked with a perfect poker face, one hand in his pocket and the other still holding what was left of his soda as he happily slurped away until the loud sound of an emptying cup rang out.