"Exactly that." He waved his hand dismissively. "Walk by, see, get seen and dragged in. Didn't really ask for the job as much as have it pushed on.

"Right. So still a high schooler," he said. The line of question made him twitch again, his burned hand clenching and un-clenching. "Half American. 'Interesting' as in, people'll never pronounce it properly.

"Yeah, can do." He punched in the numbers into the register. "That'll be 3000."