‘Very nearly. I’m afraid there is one item I cannot let you have. That handgun of yours, for obvious reasons. Tell me, why do you carry such a cannon? Its bullets are more than half an inch in diameter.’ Cabal shrugged. ‘A gun is a tool for killing. It isn’t an enterprise calling for subtlety, only certainty.’ ‘Guns don’t kill people. People kill people.’ ‘But guns make it so much easier. Shall we go?’
