[ Matt's eyebrows rose. ]

Oh, uh, yeah, [ he said, in a tone that conveyed the opposite. ] Well, I would've written you a note to let you know, but you know ...

[ He held up his stump, reflecting for the first time that it kinda lent itself to looking like he was flipping people off, depending on how emphatically he raised it. At Silco's secret-policing critique, Matt shrugged. ]

She's kinda skittish, or at least she was during the Innocence thing. I'm sure she's left town already.

[ He wasn't sure of that at all, but he hoped it was true. ]