>>"At least I haven't had to make calls
back to the people who brought
Ragno and Shiv to my attention,
but that's... not quite nuclear."<<

You know, that reminds me of something I've been wondering since the first time I read through this storyline- who *did* bring them to Graham's attention?

>>"You wanted to get both of us
away from the yelling people,
right?" said the guard.

"Yeah," Shiv said faintly. "If you
get out of the way fast enough,
sometimes they don't hit."<<

The fact that Shiv *instinctively* moved to protect someone who, by all rights, is in a position of power over him- that there says a lot about Shiv's moral fiber. (That he probably wouldn't appreciate having pointed out, knowing him.)