"Word of advice," Reno said, after another long moment of pondering the ceiling and then a thoughtful reach for his booze. "Get used to that. It sucks. Fuck, does it ever suck. But that's just the way things are. On Fandom and offa it, yoto."

Mmm. Everclear. Okay, he was good.

"That said, you can message me whenever, okay? No tellin' when I'll get that message, knowin' the way things are? But I've been there. Done that. An' I got an ear for listenin' with, too."

He always had an ear for his rookies.