Butcher smiles a little wider. This one's alright. Turns out there's a growing list of people in this shite place that aren't boring at all. He thought he got lucky meeting Sweeney first thing, but for the most part, the people he bothers to stop and talk to have made memorable impressions for one reason or another. There's all sorts here and it's no surprise that Billy's collecting smartasses like Hughie collected action figures before one of the real cunts burst through his girlfriend.

At the last bit, Butcher fully laughs. It's a single sound, well-earned.

"Helluva contraceptive," Billy says on an exhale. The coffee he'd been drinking is forgotten on the table not that far from them. "S'good. Would be a shame for a cunt like that to multiply."