It felt like mere seconds when he heard someone loudly say "Knock knock" as if it were the sick opening to a knock knock joke. Sailas promptly sat bolt upright in his chair. The rear wheel snapped, sending the chair cartwheeling backwards and sending him to the floor.
"Fucking hell. Even the damn chairs are falling apart in this place." he said more to himself than to his visitor. He stood up dusting himself off as if he hadn't just fallen on the floor in front of a new hire. "Yes, yes. Come in come in. I'd offer you a seat but it seems the only one I have right now is falling apart as much as our station is at the moment...but not to worry," Sailas said with a wink. "we're working on on fixing that up as we speak. Doctor Brandon Wright I presume?" he said holding out his hand.
