[ Twice is too many times. Hell, once is too many times as far as Julian’s concerned. His feelings about it are less complicated than hers. Bradbury is on his shit list pretty much permanently. And he hasn’t seen sight of the Sentry since that time he went insane, but he’d view him in much the same way. Seeing things in black and white terms had gotten Julian into trouble more than once. But it keeps things neater, when it comes to deciding who his friends are. ]

That shit’s gonna ruin your lungs. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. When you’re forty and can’t breathe worth a damn, you’ll know what to blame.

[ He takes a turning, aiming for the taco place. ]

I’m good. I’ve got some shit going on. Work is busy. [ He’s investigating Vulcanus. He’s working with Jack and Callie. He wants to tell her about all of that, but how can he? Jenny’s in hiding, even though no one who’d seen her tonight would be able to tell that. ] You missed that whole thing where we got ported to another dimension last month. There were Skrulls, it was shit.

You know. The usual.