[Doctor Mephiston Luciferion Bahl] - [Entering from the lobby] - [Ordering a drink and socializing]<br/><br/>Doctor Mephiston looked at Selena with stunned amazement, his mouth gaping, "My dear!  How did you ever know I find most undergarments to be uncomfortably binding?  I had always thought that I simply was not wearing the right size and once bought a larger pair.  Unfortunately, they had the tendency to slip rather easily, which is rather embarrassing to have happen when addressing an assembly of people, I kid you not.  And yes, I found the pair of leather I wore to be rather chafing.  When I had designed the 'Crotch Cannon', the armed undergarment you may have seen me pass onto George, I had experimented with lighter materials and found them a bit wanting.  Leather was the only one durable enough, while still allowing for flexibility.  I had also experimented with higher caliber pistols, but found the recoil to be a bit, a ha ha ha, a bit prohibitive.  But that's another matter entirely, I leave the choice of materials to your expertise and am willing to submit to measurements at the earliest opportunity."<br/><br/>"As for a drink, I propose Cognac! Extra Old, preferably.  Nothing against younger cognacs of course, but I find myself craving something special to commemorate a return to civilization and good company.  Three glasses, or would you prefer drinks of your own?  It needn't be said that this round is on me, of course."<br/>Adjusting his waistcoat, since he no longer had a shirt, the rustling of papers inside his pocket brought about a surge of recollection.  Shaking his head with a cry of "Mephiston, how could you forget!", the inventor withdrew several crumpled pieces of paper and began to unfold them, revealing them to be banknotes valued well over a thousand sovereigns.<br/>"How silly of me to forget to turn these in.  They had been laying about the home and I had meant to cash them in at the nearest opportunity, but then I left in a bit of huff and forgot to add them to my account.  Is there a banking establishment within the Dome at all?  I need to also turn in a modest sum of coin as well, just need to retrieve it from the Steam Walker later."