I smiled. For some reason Severus shivered, though I’d never gotten the impression he thought the ship’s environment cold. “You’re right in saying I don’t know anything when it comes to bounty-hunting, and as that’s the first line of work we’ll be checking my lack of knowledge would normally be a problem. Thankfully, I’ve already solved it. Before I went under for surgery I asked Manny to get d**k to give us some names. That Corti may not know the first thing when it comes to bounty-hunting, but I’m sure some Corti out there does. Even if d**k has a shortage of friends, I’m willing to bet he knows someone less than reputable I could talk to. If d**k doesn’t particularly like the person, so much the better, he’d be more willing to point me in their direction.”
“And he gave you names of peo
