##Colonelonic has left channel #EST.chatter
##Trepan has left channel #EST.chatter
Art stood up and blinked. He approached the desk sergeant and asked if he thought it would be much longer. The sergeant fiddled with a comm for a moment, then said, "Oh, we're quite done with you sir, thank you." Art repressed a vituperative response, counted three, then thanked the cop.
He commed Linda.
"What's up?"
"They say we're free to go. I think they've been just keeping us here for shits and giggles. Can you believe that?"
"Whatever — I've been having a nice chat with Constable McGivens. Constable, is it all right if we go now?"
There was some distant, English rumbling, then Linda giggled. "All right, then.
Thank you so much, officer!
"Art? I'll meet you at the front doors, all right?"
"That's great," Art said. He stretched. His ass was numb, his head throbbed, and he wanted to strangle Linda.