Linus grinned, and Kali hopped down to greet the newcomer. "What's up, Doc? I keep hearin' about stuff you're doin', but never see hide nor hair of ya. Hope it's the good kind of busy, an' not the 'why are you shooting at me no dear God not the face not the face' kind. That kind's just downright unpleasant." He doffed his hat, and Kali promptly returned just to bat it off the table and onto the ground. Thus chastised, Linus simply held it in his lap, and wondered where Holliday had learned to shuffle cards.
