[ Doctor welcomes him into the penthouse. At the moment the others from the band are out but a large stack of cookies is set out on a plate on the counter and a few smaller used plates are left out from an earlier cookie-eating gathering when Luce had first pulled the cookies out of the oven. ]

We certainly do! Please help yourself. Luce and the others aren't here at the moment but she would want you to have some.

Have you been able to practice our "bagel exercises" at all? I imagine you've been very busy haven't you? Whenever I stopped by your penthouse the last few weeks your bandmates told me you were occupied elsewhere. Intense song writing sessions?