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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

No wonder, then. I've never dealt with American gangs.

what the hell are you doing bootlegging, then?
i thought it was only us with the prohibition problem

[He has a theory about Alfie and when he's from. This should, more-or-less, answer that without having to ask directly.]

It's because of who we sell it to, mostly. There are always reasons to do things outside the letter of the law.

[1920s gangster from London. Well, okay. The ridiculousness of this place and the people it seems to drag in continues to surprise him for some reason.]

you preaching to choir, pal
never met a fence i didn't wanna jump
never met a rule i didn't wanna break

We also do develop restraint as we grow older.

pls
you have to grow old, not up
why do you think i'm still one of the runners?
that's where the action's at

But does your boss think of you as reliable, trustworthy? Or are you a thorn in his side?

i'm definitely a thorn in his side
but i've got the best record in the gang
never caught
always ontime
i'm an annoying bastard like that

Edited 2016-05-09 02:21 (UTC)

Is that why he keeps you around?

that and the sex is great

If you're trying to shock me, it can't be that satisfying when you can't see my face.

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