"A 'free day'?" he inquires with a look and a raised eyebrow. Doc hasn't done an honest day's work in a while. Sure, there were times he did not show up when he had been running his own dental practice, but. He had been busy with other matters. This concept is a little foreign to him.

"What is it you do, if you don't mind me asking?" Doc isn't particularly nosey but there is little other conversation to be making right now, and he figures it is best that they ease into the topic of Mathias, sprinkle a little something else in here and there to lighten the mood instead of mentioning that going out into the fog and possibly not answering the phone had gotten five people murdered so it is kind of imperative that he takes the well-meant advice to heart.