Heiji blinked for a moment before breaking into a wide grin, waving with one hand as if to shoo away the suggestion. "Nah, I ain't a criminal or anything. It's all part of being a detective, you know? Sooner or later, you're bound to make some enemies. Or just people who wanna use you for something. I can't count the number of times I've been attacked. And the weird letters, man -- I don't even know how these guys get my address."

He sobered instantly as Hawk went on. "Experiments? Television show? Space station? Hey, hold on a second, there. I know a couple shady criminal organizations, and I even know a couple with their hands in some pretty slick research. But you get space travel involved and that's government-level stuff."