And at the Quik Stop, Roy strikes gold - after check-out he hands a stranger a fiver, the stranger goes in, comes out with a slim jim and a bottle of MD 2020 Red flavour. The cashier pretends not to notice the hand-off.

Roy leans on the 78 and strikes up a dart, cool-like. He's done this before. You ask,

"D'you get me a drink?"

He says yeah, he did, and he hands you a peach Snapple - looking bright and confident in his faded denim jacket.