Sunshine thinks for a moment, before answering, slowly. "I trust Pat. He's one of my regulars, and though he's SOF, he's always been honest with me."

He, Theo and Jesse had just about handed their jobs and lives over to her on a plate, in order to be honest with her.

"And, while I haven't seen the specific numbers, I know that the world's population isn't rebounding like the officials thought it would, and the suckers still hold a significant percentage of the world's wealth."

Her mouth twists and she tears a piece off her cinnamon roll. "I know that I should go and... help. It's just more complicated than that. It's not black and white."

Not with Con.