"Just a couple of hands," Gecko said, just slightly defensive. He shrugged at the suggestion that they find a better way. "Maybe. I'm open to suggestions," Gecko told her, tilting his head as he looked over at her, thinking away.
"Not exactly," he said, and he leaned against the counter. "Backpage is kind of like Craigslist but for adult ads. Sex work," he told her, frowning at the floor for a moment and then looking up at her again, taking a deep breath to steady himself.
"I had customers pay me to get to chop off a limb," he said finally. "And they'd usually take it with them, to do... whatever."