[I have a customer who loves small animals and wants to expand their collection. But you know how it is, these days it's hard to get any live creatures except cockroaches. After the birds started going extinct, most creatures had to be smuggled illegally and then transported across cities to get them.]
The tie clip patiently explained.
[You've seen the risks outside the city, just look at Damascus Camp. But for this job, you'll have to work alone, because I'm contacting their archenemy, a smuggling Exile leader named Ironfoot Kelp. Initially, our business was going well, and the goods had reached the Eden Suburbs for me...]
"And then what happened?"
John knew there was a twist.
[Did you hear about the cyber psychosis warehouse explosion in the city a couple of days ago?]
"F*ck, why is everyone linked to this mess."