“Strictly speaking, I’m what’s called a goblin. You’re right. I’m not human. As such, I could breed a female goblin, but not a woman. Look, ... ... tried to make it happen. I tried to defy the odds and impregnate a woman. I ... failed. Last night proved to me that I would always fail. I ... I slew the real Matthew Kumar some time back and impersonated him. Yes, after she met and fell for him, but before the engagement.“You see ... my kind are an endangered species now. Our old habitats have been. Summoning us back to the kitchen table, she placed a thick envelope before us, its open flap showing the edges of numerous twenty pound notes. 'A thousand pounds,' she said. 'An extra thousand, I should have said, and what we have to do for it, if we agree, is this...' Evadne explained the nature of the proposition she'd agreed to consider, and when she'd finished we sat in stunned silence. Rebecca was first to speak. 'That's gross!' I said nothing, merely marvelling inwardly at the. Please? I’ll take my chances with whatever number she’s got, if she’s willing to trade.’ Still looking at me, the woman asked, ‘You’re sure?’ ‘I’m willing to take the chance. Besides, there’s only twenty spots, right? What are the odds?’ She shrugged, and said, ‘Hey, it’s up to you, good luck’. I thanked her, and she thanked me right back. I guess she’s not a fan of sobbing kids, either. I made my way to the mom as quick as I could, careful not to step on anyone’s homemade posters or anything. I didn'treally agree, but orders were orders.Frankly, the whole thing was something of a fool's errand as far as Iwas concerned. The likelihood that one of the arms dealers would bemeandering through the public areas of any of the casino hotels waspretty small, and my chances of spotting any of them were even smaller.My best chance - and it was pretty slim also - was to get at one of thehotel terminals without being spotted and find out if one of them wasregistered. Even if one of them was.