Stone Circle yeah, banner's powerful and useful, too

Murdock gave a tiny sniff of disdain, and then tried to cover the sound with a sneeze. "Excuse me. Yeah, he's around," he murmured, unable to completely wipe the expression of distaste from his face. Not wanting to speak ill of those not present, Murdock hurried to move the conversation along.

"So - you travel a lot, then," he said with interest, hoping to hear more on that as much as he hoped to change the sujbect to one he felt less strongly - and negatively - about. "Where've you been?"