To which effect, Achille, grinning like a scimitar, administers a light tap to Jack's shoulder.
"If you would ami..."He winks, gently pressing the comely Californian free from his perch. "...But that's quite enough 'dome' monitoring for you now, isn't it?"
THE SYNDIC LEAGUES
(A co-operative of Rheinland's Shipping Unions, retired from a life of piracy.)