"Fridays like this are usually fit nicely into my schedule." He knows very well that in Baedal it's Veerdi, but he and Adrian come from roughly the same world where the word Friday has meaning beyond two nice sounding syllables. It's refreshing to be able to share words from home with someone who understands exactly what they mean.

There's a slight quirk of the lips as Lex looks sideways to regard Adrian. "Aimery's going to start getting used to having nights off."