"‘Contractors,’" he said for the sock on the right, "‘we are contractors. That is how things are done here now. We contractors, we work for the government, yes. Except,’" and the sock turned toward Tito and crumpled its mouth for emphasis, "‘when we don’t.’" Alejandro made the socks bow to one another, lowered them. "They are working for someone in the government, perhaps, but not on government business. But they don’t necessarily know that. They wouldn’t want to know that, would they? Sometimes these contractors find it most convenient to know nothing at all. Do you see?"