[He can't help but nod at that. He'd gotten over doing other people's dirty work around the time he'd weaseled out from under Marlowe's Italian leather heel. The kid had been good for him there at least. To be honest he was an excuse to do something he should have done a long time ago; it was easy to go with the flow and follow orders (he was well-trained at that), but it left a sour taste. It was harder going independent, certainly harder on his wallet, but-]

Well, I don't doubt it suits some people. Getting to play the hero? Being rewarded for it, too. And they do have a good party-line.

[Save the future, save the past. Save your own damn world from imminent destruction. Lots of saving. It apparently eased the guilty consciences of those Initiative assholes. Let them pretend they were doing them all a favor. Hah.]

Oh well, I guess we've got to work with what we've got.