He let Loretta grip his fingers. "Don’t think too much of it. You were right when you said they were trying to get at us. It’s like, they use whatever they can. Drugs—we don’t go for that. Money—well, we’re not breadheads.... Sex—I think they just told Carlotta to try it, and she said she would. None of that means much. But man— creative potential —I’m not ashamed to say that got me where I lived."