"Or maybe they aren't dumb enough to start recruiting teenagers who they don't believe are disciplined enough to handle what they need. They'd be wrong of course," but most adults didn't trust kids. And truth? Cissie had only this year really started trusting adults again. "Oh are you so sure about that? I have exploding arrows. I don't use them because generally they make a mess..."
She clearly had said the wrong thing and she could have kicked herself. "I didn't mean it like that," she said after a moment, lowering her voice as she headed down the street and hailed a cab. When one pulled up she gave an address a block away from her dad's place before responding to Clint again. "Note to self, talking about work. Bad idea."
"And you're not afraid that blackmail material might come up? You are a brave man."