"Exactly," Barnaby replied without missing a beat. "You just arrived here. Unless there's some kind of emergency, it would be bad form to skip work."

Granted, it's not like they'd fire Kotetsu. Registered imPorts have job security, after all. But it's the principle of the thing...

"When do you get off today?" he asked after a moment. "I was hoping to catch you after you'd clocked out."