"Yeah," Reno chuckled, and it was entirely possible that he derived a bit of pleasure out of confusing the poor girl on the other end of the phone.

She was kind of like a rookie herself, if she was confused already, he decided.

"Elena mentioned I might get a phone call from some classmate of hers, mostly lookin' to ask some questions." And about what, he was going to leave up to her to clarify, because he wasn't volunteering his background from the slums so easily, even if it was simple enough to guess at. "Also said that you had some kinda heal-the-earth talent, or somethin' like that, yo."