Tom leaned back and finished the last of his mineral water. "But it ain’t that you turn into a perfect specimen or nothin’. I still got some of my illusions. These days, I do a lot of work for the folk down in the Jungles and beyond. Just like Anna used to. So I suppose there’s still some drek in my head, chummer. The thing is, if you’re not so damned hard on yourself all the time it’s a lot easier to be worth something to someone else."