"One of them has been holding me in place since you two left," he said. "I couldn't see which one."

The way Bond used his arms to pull himself into a better position to eat spoke volumes of just how many times the man had suffered a medical leave and painful recovery. He was used to being injured.

It wasn't his knee that bothered him as much as how dull of a story it would be.

As Q handed him his plate, he resolved he'd never admit he'd survived the things he had to be taken out by a household accident.