"Yup, I am. Just for a little holiday."
"Well, it's been long enough. What do you do in London again?"
"I'm a consultant for Virgin/Deutsche Telekom." He has this part of the conversation every time he speaks with Audie. Somehow, the particulars of his job just couldn't seem to stick in her mind.
"What kind of consultant?"
"User experience. I help design their interactive stuff. How's Ottawa?"
"They pay you for that, huh? Well, nice work if you can get it."
Art believed that Audie was being sincere in her amazement at his niche in the working world, and not sneering at all. Still, he had to keep himself from saying something snide about the lack of tangible good resulting from keeping MPs up to date on the poleconomy of semiconductor production in PacRim sweatshops.
"They sure do. How's Ottawa?"
"Amazing. And why London? Can't you find work at home?"
"Yeah, I suppose I could. This just seemed like a good job at the time. How's
Ottawa?