She don't say nothing to the stuff I ask. Guess that's fair enough, we ain't even met before and she don't seem to think much of me anyway, the bloody looks she's giving me and slamming her glass about. "They're tied up with the Tower, ain't they?" Glance at Johnny, but she's looking at him like she knows 'bout the tower, and I relax a bit. "Yeah. They are."

Fuck me if Samuel ain't bloody right 'bout the Carnies. Tied up with the bloody tower all along! 's all very well her looking at me like I'm a bloody idiot, but I been up to the tower and I seen him as lives in it, and I ain't no idiot to be looked at all pitying. "You can't just do that. Not to Management...." Can see why, if they're in with the fucking devil! I wouldn't talk to him neither, and I sure as hell wouldn't work for him. "I--They ain't---Look, I can't really talk 'bout Management, not really. you guys ain't carnies an' never were."

"Nope," I say. "We ain't." She looks at her glass. "um...lemme buy the next round? when you guys're ready?" Shake my head and down the rest of my beer. Ain't that she don't trust me, cause we don't know each other, though I'm fucked if I'm trusting her after that 'bout management. But if she's supposed to be Johnny's friend she shouldn't be all cocky with him. "You two stay. Thanks anyway, but I got work to do. See you round, Johnny. Good to meet you too Ri." Give 'em both a nod before I head off, just to be polite.