The sheer ridiculousness of the concept of a metal rock song about celery prompts another laugh. "Your music deserves better than celery. It wouldn't help anyway. I already associate your songs with other good thi--"

A personal alarm sounds on his wearable, causing his face to immediately fall. Is it really already that late? It went by so fast.

"That's my cutoff. I've got to go churn out that patch or I'm going to be in real trouble." And not the fun kind. The downside of freelance coding was it was competitive and a lot of work to build up and keep a client base. If your reputation took a hit it could mean more than one lost source of income, and quite a lot of missed opportunity in new clients.

"The rest of this week should be flexible. Let me know if you want to meet up again."