"Is it them who are paying us?" Ganesh contemplated that for a moment. "I should doubt it was directly." Then he grinned. "The American government doesn't pay 28,000 for a toilet seat for no bloody reason."
He considered her words about risk, then said, "It isn't the risk I'm worried about, so much as wishing that I understood what it is that's wanted. I won't go against the jokers. I want that promise."