The name's been bouncing around the Capitol, of course, so recognition dawned after he thought it over a moment. Thoughts of vengeance vanished abruptly--shocking as the deed was, he couldn't torture a kid... "Another kid? She did that on purpose?"

Kids were cruel, he knew. But that seemed a bit beyond the norm... Though could he blame the girl for trying to fight her way out of this?

"Damn. That's crazy, to make a weapon like that..." Randy and Pezzo were big fans of fire, of course, but the enforcement racket was different from normal comment. At least, so Firo thought.

"There anything I can do for you? Like I said, I don't really have any supplies..." He slumped back, wondering just how useless he could be.