Toby's Cash Payment

Toby's hand cuts through the White House Mess's dim night glow, thrusting bills toward Alice to settle Sam's scotch and his own beer amid swirling tobacco haze and unspoken fractures. Crisp currency exchanges hands swiftly, a pragmatic gesture slicing isolation as glasses clink and tensions ignite, pulling reluctant allies into raw confrontation.

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S2E12 · The Drop-In

Sam and Toby's Cynical Divide: From Drinks to Ideological Silence

Toby thrusts crisp bills across the counter to Alice, covering Sam's scotch and his incoming beer; this pragmatic transaction slices the nocturnal hush, physically enabling Toby's intervention and underscoring his insistence on bridging the rift through gesture over words.

Before: In Toby's pocket upon entering the Mess

After: Handed to Alice, transaction complete

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