"If anyone is the sidekick in that relationship, it's me, not Max." Johnny shook his head. "He's a friend from Electric City. Happened to be working at the place I went looking for information."
He gestured to the doorway Max had disappeared into. "Don't worry about him, he'll fit right in, whatever's going on in there. He's a PI. And that outfit you see him in is what he wears all the time. This planet was made for him."
Too many secrets. Johnny had too many secrets. "I have too many to get into here and now. You've a right to be angry, but it's not like I knew who you were when we met. I didn't find out until after. And what, I saw you at the meeting, when there wasn't really a good chance to talk, and not before or after, so you can't be too mad, yeah?"
There'd be plenty of time for that later. "Right now, we're going to look for Mary. You're welcome to come."