She shrugged, trying to play it off and let him make the offer. She obviously didn’t know what the message chip was worth. "Got my eye blacked over it." she said. "Two guys come to my squat yesterday. Wanted to know if I’d been in touch with Larisa before she died. I lied. Told them no. They hit me, wanting to make sure I was telling the truth. But I’ve been hit before. I can take a pretty good beating if I have to. Anyway, them showing up here like that made me start thinking Larisa wasn’t lying when she said there’d be some profit in me calling you. At first, I was afraid it would only bring trouble. Since that had already got here, I figured I'd give you a call this morning."