[ that's what he likes to see. John will do the very same, scrunching his brow in appreciation of the flavours in the brew and then just getting on with it, no concern paid to appearances in the length of his swig. ]

Hmm, probably the latter. There's talk of setting something up later down the line, but I haven't got the resources or the grounding to think about it yet. Not much of a practice partner, either.

[ running his own practice has never really been on his list of life ambitions. ]

What about you? Anything down here to suit your skillset that you've seen?

[ they've not been here overly long, he doesn't necessarily expect the answer to be a plain Yes. ]