[ Loren tries not to look too pleased about Josh's approval, or too extremely proud of himself. Even though he spent far too long working on this instead of doing his ethics homework. Anything for the aesthetic, to be honest.

And to have one fucking thing that isn't dead and therefore cannot make demands. ]

Yeah, yes, totally. Right now it's just brunch.

[ As if to prove his point, he makes a show of stabbing some eggs and taking a larger bite than is strictly necessary. This was a mistake, as it takes too long to swallow and now he has to talk with his mouth kind of full. And he also has to figure out how to make this not sound like a bribe? ]

And then... after brunch... maybe you can Good Cop/Bad Cop this poltergeist with me...