'Forget it.' I settled back into my seat and sipped at the drink. It had a faint bite beneath the mellowness. 'You wanted to know how we decided? We gambled. Paper, scissors, stone. Of course, we talked around it for hours first. They had us in a virtual forum over in New York, very high ratio, discretion-shielded while we made up our minds. No expense spared for the heroes of the hour.'