[ It's a good time. Although he's not so distracted that he won't be ready to take the gauze if he needs to. Stephen's shaky hands could prove to be too much for this. The Vicodin's kicked in, at least partially, by now, and he's willing to get dinged a little bit. ]

Oh, yeah? Things to keep the cogs of the universe from falling apart, I'm guessing. What are the rules? You ever broken them?

[ Superheroes, right? Rules get broken in that sort of world. ]