"Pretty damn big cause, too," he snorts. "They pretty much say it straight to our faces - we're not only here to save them, but to save ourselves. That's the big selling point for the ones who wouldn't do it just to save a city full of strangers. And there's more of that type around than you'd think."

Yeah, he's still bitter about how things went with the spy they discovered not long ago. And the vote to save Freya's life. As far as he's concerned, morals make people completely suicidal with their need to preserve the lives of others.

"And when it comes to how we're taken, I still haven't heard a good reason for that, given what I just told you. The world's - all the worlds must be full of wannabe heroes who'd jump at a chance like this. So why kidnap people who'll never agree, and who won't fight?"