"'Cause half of damn the department's out of commission," he grumbles, and swipes a hand roughly back over his hair before turning his attention back. Introductions, right.

Goddamn he hates introductions. After rolling a shoulder he just nods, rattles it all off:

"Was The Netherlands, before I came here," which is accompanied by the flattest look don't even laugh, "personified, whatever. Doesn't matter here. Go by that, or - Ned, sometimes." Pause for breath. "Head of the department. Been head for - fifteen, twenty jumps."

It all starts blurring together, after a while.