I think it’s about time Lou made a return! We’ve only seen him once before, and maybe the world needs more potbellied electricians. As a distinguished member of the stripey eyes club, he shouldn’t be left out of the fun!

When it comes to matters of love, Lou is pretty flexible, but he does have a type. Or, rather, two types! For gals, what really energizes his circuits are slim builds shorter than he is (which can sometimes be a bit of a trick with him being a bit shorter than average and also living in a place where there’s lots of quite tall folks walking around), and especially those who have a bit of wildcat in them in the bedroom. For men, Lou prefers partners much bigger than him, the sort of big, hulking fellows who can snuggle him up in strong arms on cold nights and listen to his theories on what’s really going on around here.

Lou doesn’t presently have a steady girlfriend (interested parties can leave a note with the Shift-Tec Maintenance department!), but he he does have a big ol’ night-shift-working bear with a thing for chubby bottoms. This evening, we find Lou over at said bear’s place.

Lou’s boyfriend wouldn’t call himself an artist, but most other people would after seeing his hobby work. He dabbles around with various mediums as his interests float about, and is tonight working in charcoal (what we see here is Cad’s work representing what our ursine fellow actually saw, rather than his in-universe canvas). He wanted to sketch Lou in the style of a classical figure drawing, and promised unlimited chips and conspiratorial rambling privileges in exchange for cooperation. Those are two of Lou’s favorite things, so he was all too happy to agree!

A note on Lou’s conspiracy theories: our boy here has a lot of thoughts about how things really work behind the scenes, but his are of the old-school, X-Files-ish sort, rather than the more distasteful variety. You won’t get spittle-flecked “the vending machines are always out of Funyuns because they’re all stocked by toucans” theories out of Lou, oh no. He’s much more likely to take a long pull off a beer before telling you in a quiet voice “you ever notice that the Shift-Tec Admin staff is mostly really tall women? Think about it.” He’s a harmless sweetheart.