Alasdair gave elijah a sideways glance and then brought his attention back to Ruth and replied to her question, he knew she was flirting in Alasdair with the smile, the sweetened voice but it was a waste of time, he was happily married man with kids so flirting with him was about as much use as a square wheel but the thought he would at least entertain the notion to try and get his collegue off the hook a little.

alasdair raised an eyebrow, "not really difficult to tell with my accent ma'am but im from Highland Perthshire in Scotland, just transferred in this week to gain promotion and a little easier life" his attention went back to Crane and Cockburn for a moment, what were those two up to he wondered?