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"Patrick, good to see you. I thought I might find you here. Though I must say that previously you weren't quite so unconventionally situated. Do you sleep here or is this an inverted reference to a psychiatrist's couch? You're quite the student of human nature, I know."

"Brett," Jane acknowledged, leveraging himself up to a sitting position, "what brings you here?"

"Oh, this and that, you know.

"Mmm."

"Well, a mutual friend, of course."

Jane stood up, looking Stiles straight in the eye. "Go on."

"He wishes to parley. Visualise is neutral ground so I offer to host."