"No," Vasquez replies serenely, like he didn't just get called out for bullshitting his way about an earthquake, but if Danny's in pain, then maybe he doesn't notice or won't care. "That's how I got by, when I left home," he says.

At least, until he'd needed to start robbing and thieving to feed himself because he never got paid enough money. Then his skills had turned much more to the violence side. "I can teach you to milk a cow, it's not hard."