"Hell, sometimes it surprises me, too, and I was there." The mercenary picked up his cup of rum-laced mate , and neatly inserted the traditional silver straw past one of his tusks. "Thought I had it made. First ork to pull a field command in a major corp fracas. First unit ever to get 100K a minute for commercial time, too. I forgot a fella c’n ride the curve down a helluva lot faster than he can climb it.