"Think the judge would take it to heart if we just cut all of the boring shit." Kian glanced at his watch, then sized up Taliesin. "Hearing's in the morning though. Are you going to be able to walk that early?"

He wasn't sure how reliable that was. "You're off to therapy in an hour and then you'll be so fed up afterwards that you're going to hit the drugs hard." He really, really wished that he didn't already know the man well enough to be this familiar with his routine.

"Don't leave me hanging tomorrow, unless you want me to run the whole show. I'm not waiting around."