"Not exactly," she started with a tilted grin. Confession time. "You hear things. We caught wind of your business, did a little research, intended to approach you. All prior to my situation." Knightwing was still relatively new, the obvious step was to seek out potential affiliates, their curious (borderline snooping) dispositions aside. The Avengers were probably harder to reach, if not completely out of reach, but she thought Misty would agree that they wanted to support and have the support of small businesses like theirs. Even if Jessica didn't want to take on this particular case, and Colleen was sensing that she might not, it was technically outside both their scopes, Alias was still worth keeping in mind for any future collaborations. "Expenses are fine. If you decided to work with us, and we bring this woman down, we'll split what we make on top of what I owe you." Worst case scenario, she's out of her budget and doesn't make next month's rent. Maaaybe Knightwing's heating gets turned off. Colleen didn't mind the cold.