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didn't your mom ever tell you to introduce yourself before asking for a name back?
rude, dude
srsly

But would you really tell me yours even then?

Alfie Solmons.

nope

but damn
you picked out a clever username, alfster

I'm not ashamed of who I am. I don't need to try to hide it.

Are you a horse racing man?

[Because 'stud'. This is actually a serious question.]

rum runner
bad business people knowing who you really are

[It's the XXX. Clearly that's what his username means.]

Really?

Not here, surely. Alcohol and freezing weather don't mix. But we make and sell rum at home.

[He's going to be legitimately disappointed when he founds out that House is lying.]

yeah
business has been a little dry
old habits
but i work for the house
that's all you need to know

also expanding my horizons
info pays even better than moonshine

Then you must keep all your own conversations private. Can't give it all away for free.

i keep the important ones private
can't let people think i'm just watching, though
it's all about gaining trust

this isn't free advice by the way
it's getting added to your tab the next time you ask for something

You and me, we sound like we have different goals. I'm not looking to blend in and hide.

If you want something from me, say it.

[He loves doing this. He hates doing it over text, where he can't read body language or analyze tone of voice. Boo, House.]

blending in and hiding's fun though
gotta get your kicks somehow

and you just got here
and i dunno what you can do
apart from calling people "guv'nor" with that accent
i'll just keep an eye out for anything i can use, buddy
everybody slips on the privacy bit

If they slip, it wasn't important to them in the first place.

I do this for a living. Do you know what you're walking into?

[Does he now? That's interesting.]

go ahead and tell me, kid
i've probably been doing it longer

How old are you? Older or younger than 25?

you must kill it with the dames if you go around asking their age like that, too
and let's go with old enough to be your dad if you're below the 25 mark

We might be closer to the same age then, if you're telling the truth. But you might not be, seeing as I can't hear your voice and see your face.

[And come on, House. You heard his voice, and he knows he doesn't sound twenty-five.]

i didn't do my make-up this morning
and i've just got this terrible cough
sorry, eastenders

[Hey, there are a lot of gruff 25-year-olds. Probably. Somewhere. Everyone with a cockney accent sounds like they're thirty.]

Edited 2016-05-09 00:38 (UTC)

Sorry to hear it. Give a quick 'hello' and then rest your throat, all right?

that'll cost you
and i deal in information
so why don't you tell me what it is you do that you're not planning on hiding

Is that all? I would have given that away for free.

[And he has a feeling he still might be, because he is not at all convinced that House is going to show himself no matter what he says.]

Rum, like I said. Making and distributing. Then we have our bookmakers, and we do protection.

It's a gang. I'm not sure you got that.

[He definitely means for House to read a patronizing tone into that last line.]

your gang got a name?
it's not the rowdy rough boys, is it?

Not as such.

boring
ever heard of cuddy's hoochers?
those're my guys

Based out of where?

princeton
new jersey
i'm one of them dirty yanks, fagin

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