"The beginning involves talkin' a lot of crap about where I'm from and what I do for a livin'," Reno said, and another mouthful was in order, here, totally. "Guess I could give you the abbreviated version by tellin' you that I work for the government back home. I do the dirty work."

He'd been giving the detailed account enough this week that he was experimenting with coming up with new and exciting ways to say all of this.