Victor Parker is his name, and the two men shoot the breeze like old business associates.

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While the two alpha males talk shop inside, Hershel and Daryl shoot the breeze with Milton and Caesar outside.

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This partner had a particularly strong scientific background, and was generally very down to earth, so it was usually great fun to shoot the breeze with her.

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The hero of 15 books by Lawrence Block, Scudder is a winningly smart-assed private eye who can shoot the breeze (and the bad guys) with the best of them, and has a capacity for abstract thought to boot.

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