"Seriously...?" Reno pursed his lips for a moment. "I mean... my Rude, right now, in hindsight, could probably be convinced, if Rosa were still alive. Then Rude? Little Rude?"

He shrugged his shoulders.

"It would probably take some weird gymnastics to get him to notice her as more than just the rookie."

Hell, she hadn't been the rookie in years. But rookies were rookies forever, even when they weren't Rookies.