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"7.1"
Season 2, Episode 2

"You ever feel like you missed your calling, Cap?" Chimney said, taking a sip of his coffee.

"What are you thinking? Michelin-rated restaurant or short order cook?"

"I was thinking TV chef. I mean, what you do, it's like preformance art." Rylin nodded in agreement

"Yeah, Cap, you're eggs and bacon are like the best eggs and bacon I've ever eaten." she said, clearly enjoying her breakfast.

"Mhm, and much like watching cooking on TV, we never get to taste anything. Usually by the time it hits the table, the bell goes off." Hen said.

"All right, speed round." Bobby said. "If you weren't doing this, what would you be doing?"

"Fighter pilot. Topgun. Call sign: Shogun." Chimney said, Rylin and Hen laughed.

"What about you, Hen?"

"Editorial cartoonist, The New Yorker." she said. "I have a lot to say."

"You draw?"

"No, it's a dream. It's not supposed to be attainable. Topgun? You can barely drive, you rebar head."

"Hey!"

"Okay, Rylin, what about you?" Bobby asked.

She shrugged. "Probably a nurse. Y'know, continue the study of being one, make my mom proud."

"Is she not proud of you now?" Hen asked.

"You'd be surprised." Hen gave her a sad smile.

Before anyone could say anything else, Buck joined the group. "All right, Buckaroo." Chimney started.

"If you were not a member if the LAFD, what would you be doing?" he asked.

"Uh, I don't know. I'm not getting fired, am I?" Buck panicked.

"That's inevitable."

"He'd be a golden retriever." Hen said.

"Mhm." Rylin hummed in agreement.

"No, a bartender. No, no, no, bouncer at a bar." Chimney said.

"A bouncer at a strip club." Hen added as the duo shared a high five.

Buck's odd behavior doesn't go unnoticed by Rylin and Bobby. "What's going on with you, kid?" Bobby asked.

"Just traffic sucks in this town unless you're driving ten tons if engine with sirens" he said. "It took me almost two hours to get from Abby's place to the call center downtown, then back over here. Just told Maddie she needs to start Ubering."

"Who's Abby?" Rylin asked, stuffing bacon into her mouth.

"Buck's ghost girlfriend." Hen informed. Rylin laughed in confusion.

"She's not a ghost." Buck said. "She's just.. away. For a bit."

"That's totally believable." Rylin chuckled.