"New York is a big city, and crime here moves fast. I have to have a lot of eyes and ears on the street just to keep up. More than half of my agents are... young, and in it partly for the thrills. I keep them largely in the dark because I can't be certain of their loyalty. It used to be different, when I had fewer..." He swirls the brandy in the glass gently. "It's supposed to breathe a little. These aren't really the right glasses for it, but I don't keep that kind on hand." The brandy sifter he used before has already been washed and returned to the proper cabinet in the Cranston Mansion.
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Date: 2010-05-14 06:40 am (UTC)