"Right. Guys like me," Niko said, not bothering to keep the flatness out of his voice, let alone his eyes, which were slightly narrowed now. "Guys who make it clear what's not their thing. Who the fuck's fucked up enough to approach anything just for that?"

He remembered belatedly where he was and how he was supposed to act. He had to close his eyes and breathe, and open and close his right hand to keep that in mind. When he replied, he was mostly in control again, "Tch. I'm honest. It's what I do. And you want to approach a teacher, implied insults don't impress."