Hampton slurped up the last of the herbal tea and stared musingly into the dregs of the cup. "S'funny thing, though, how many of my boys and girls jumped contract to stay with me. I wasn’t thinking of that when I punched out suit-boy’s lights. First I knew of it was when they cooled the half dozen corp cops who tried to bust me. After that, it seemed kinda late to tell ’em not to be stupid." He shook himself back to the here and now. " ‘Kay, Thorn, you've heard my curriculum vitae. What's the gig?"