Lorne raised his brows and sat a little straighter. "Well. This is a thing."
He smiled, then. "Well it so happens, Jesse Almighty, that I specialize in getting people good and drunk and getting them to sing. Ever heard of a little place called Caritas?"
He didn't wait for an answer. "It's a karaoke bar. Best wings in the City. It's kinda been my spiel since back in LA. It was always helpful for finding out what was going on with who. Y'know." He winked.
"Oh. I don't mean that I'm a gossip."
He fidgeted a little, nervously. "I'm an empath. People are billboards when they sing. I used to... and I guess I still do... set people on the path they needed. Everyone from heroes to dyed-in-the-wool evil. They'd come to me, croon a tune or two, and I'd give 'em advice."