[ Faraday straightens at that, a little surprised, but mostly intrigued.
Very few of the agents in the California branch tend to talk about their lives before becoming Statesman agents – partially because joining up meant putting their old lives away, and partially because, Faraday thinks, most of them would much rather forget everything that came before.
Faraday knows some broad strokes, though, mostly thanks to plying the others with booze and poking and prodding until something came loose. He knows that Teddy Q was once on the track to become an agent, but when they realized he couldn't shoot worth a damn, he was quickly switched to tech. He knows that Goodnight was deployed once, a while ago, and came back a broken man, with Billy practically materializing out of the ether to pick up the pieces.
Vasquez, though, has been relatively mum. Something to do with drug cartels in Mexico, Faraday thinks, though he never pressed enough to find out.
The way Vasquez is sitting, though – slightly hunched, head bowed – tells Faraday that he was likely onto something.
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Very few of the agents in the California branch tend to talk about their lives before becoming Statesman agents – partially because joining up meant putting their old lives away, and partially because, Faraday thinks, most of them would much rather forget everything that came before.
Faraday knows some broad strokes, though, mostly thanks to plying the others with booze and poking and prodding until something came loose. He knows that Teddy Q was once on the track to become an agent, but when they realized he couldn't shoot worth a damn, he was quickly switched to tech. He knows that Goodnight was deployed once, a while ago, and came back a broken man, with Billy practically materializing out of the ether to pick up the pieces.
Vasquez, though, has been relatively mum. Something to do with drug cartels in Mexico, Faraday thinks, though he never pressed enough to find out.
The way Vasquez is sitting, though – slightly hunched, head bowed – tells Faraday that he was likely onto something.
It's why he feels comfortable with venturing, ]
Did your people ever work with him?