I figure it'd be a bit of a holiday from the usual grind.

[ Hm. More of that. Joker did have almost the same reaction when they first spoke. ]

Yeah. I was acting as backup for the collection. T'was a big job, after all. Hardly anything one reaper could take on his own.

[ A beat to think. ]

You know, you did say something about speaking to people in private so... if you'll give me a bit, I could come 'round and... d'you fancy some tea? Coffee? There's a cafe somewhere in town we can talk. My treat.