[Vox]

"Ah, sure," said the American, surprised and pleased to be taken seriously, and even more pleased that the formidable Mrs. Luyens was to be left out of it. "Yeah. That'd be dope. I'm up for it now if you are - we should probably get some stuff together first, though." Like a gun, he thought. Not that they were allowed to have them in this country.

"Or, do you want to do it later?" He blinked at Rimes, who was patiently waiting to guide him upstairs. "How about you, big guy, are you in?" He wasn't sure where the boy's loyalties lay.