Pikey winces.<br/><br/>"Ask me no questions, yer worship, an' I won't hafta lie to ye. Be right back."<br/><br/>He limps off. Once he's out of earshot the other two seem to relax.<br/><br/>"What Pikey said. The other one what was here, ah, there was some shouting going on."<br/><br/>"Yeah," the other fellow has stopped trying to make himself look any more presentable and is eyeing Tempest in a speculative sort of way. "Guv's been all skittish-like since."<br/><br/>"The other reason not to surprise him by just burstin' in, 'cause a body's like to get shot for doin' that."