"No telling at all," Pitch said, deceptively agreeable, spreading his hands in front of him as though to say I thought you were the one making the terms here.

"I have no other qualms for the moment," he added. "Though meet me back here in one week's time, and give me the location of your chosen sanctuary. I'm sure it will be nothing in comparison to Punjam Hy Loo, but we must all make sacrifices in difficult times."