Chapter 63 Old Dogs, New Tricks

• "Because." He studied the gathered Lords like a coroner studying bodies. "Unlike our cream-suited friend, I got old-fashioned ideas about fair play." The laugh that followed belonged in a meat locker. "Far as fair goes in our world, anyway."
• "Interesting definition of fair," Tommy Chen drawled, lighting a fresh cigarette. "Yesterday you stick guns in our faces. Today you play Robin Hood? What changed?"
• Mason's reply came soft as a confession, deadly as nightshade. "Nothing changed. Yesterday was business - showing strength. Today?" His smile showed too many teeth. "Today's about choosing sides. Today we pick teams for the big game."