The Deal

Bayliss continued. "We'd like you to join the Service. We have interests somewhere, let's say, east of here, that you can help us with. You will live in a nice place and you will get a decent enough allowance to fund a good lifestyle. New identity, of course, and passport, because we'll need to send you here and there from time to time."

"Where is it, then?", Rufus asked rather aggressively.

"All in good time", Rufus, "all in good time!"

"I'm not living in a fucking war zone!"

"You won't be! Rufus, you have nothing to lose... except your life."