"Hey, Counselor." Dan sits up as best he can with his wrists and ankles tied together. He hasn't seen Price since their last farrier training session, but he did also spend most of the holiday season and January either drunk or on errands with Bunny, so it hasn't been from avoiding Price. It's simply been that Dan's been in his own world and letting keeping up with people fall on the backburner. Price has, at this point, known Dan for a few years, and possibly has observed that all of Dan's flakiest and most self-destructive habits kick into high gear in January.

"I been alright. Trying to beat the winter blues, you know how easy it is to just hibernate when it's dark and cold out. You?"

I'VE CRASHED MY CAR DRUNK THREE TIMES is over Dan's head, but he can't read it, and he doesn't even bother trying to interpret Price's.