Belloq smiled ruefully. "I'm used to unpleasant bosses. I've been contracted by the Nazi leadership in Germany many times in the last few years, and they are not nice people. But they pay very well. The same, I think, is true of the Orions."

He raised his glass in a sort of salute to Niko.

"But the warning is appreciated nevertheless. You're a strangely good man, Mr. Bellic, for a criminal. I like you."