I'm pretty sure there was a subclause in there somewhere that allows me to kill when convenient.

[ ha ha ha... actually, poor taste and not funny, he really does take his hippocratic oath as seriously as he can, and any other day of the week he might take his own joke to heart. but now, with a little wine and the right company, he'll let it slide. ]

But with that off the table, I'm not sure I want to throw myself into the fray again. We were lucky to be able to come up for air the once, there's no telling what kind of dreary conversation we'll be unavoidably sucked into the vortex of if we risk it.