Hammer conned Dana and Axle into quitting before show time. Exactly how he 
conned Dana, Mickey can only guess. Hammer must’ve been working on her in
private. Mickey chuckles again. This isn’t the first time Hammer’s rewritten the
game. He’s so short on humor, so deadly serious all the time, that people make
the mistake of thinking he’s a straight suit in urban camo. The only reason
Mickey still trusts him, after seeing all the skag he’s pulled, is that Hammer
always takes care of his original partners. Mickey and Dog Bite have been with Hammer a long time. The three of them are the real team in any situation,
regardless of who’s in or out of the game.