"It's possible you might not want to know either," Hawk said, tilting his head a little and grinning to hide the crease in his brow. "Some people are a little… well. And if you're going after them… but then I guess you know that already, right?"

He scratched at his cheek with one finger, and shrugged. "I don't know that there's any kind of government involved. It might be more commonplace here than it is in your world- we've got nothing like it where I come from."