What, was "Rudy" on cable last night?

Bangkok was a large, gorgeous, modern city, one of the most popular tourism spots in the world. It was clean and bright and vibrant, but it was still a city, and that meant it had an underbelly, and the portal Eliot had booked dropped him and Kanan off right in the middle of it, in front of a hole in the wall bar well off the beaten track catering to tourists.

"Spencer!" the bouncer called the moment they walked up to the door, then followed up with something in Thai that had Eliot grinning.

"Benny, my man!" Eliot and the bouncer exchanged a handshake/fistbump combo that had clearly been practiced a few times. "You still kissing your girlfriend with that mouth?"

"She's my wife now, and she loves it," the bouncer said, following Eliot's lead with the English and giving Kanan an obvious once-over. "Man, I knew you liked 'em younger than you, but come on."

Eliot snorted. "Don't even start, bubba. This here's my friend Kanan. Kanan, this is Benz. He'll help keep the authorities off our backs if we get into too much trouble."

Benz laughed. "Depends on what kind, man. Peach'll kill me if I come home with any more scars."

[for him's what's in the narrative. NFB and likely slow]