For a second, the elder man's eyes swept over Zen's face like the revolving beam of a lighthouse.
'If there's ever anything you need…' he murmured.
Zen made the appropriate noises, then gracefully withdrew. As he headed towards the door, towards his evening with Tania, the words were still ringing in his ears. 'if there's ever anything you need…' Better than money in the bank, he thought. Better than money in the bank!