Negotiations

[Sage]

If that's what you want to do.

But the Blackthorn kids -- the three youngest already have a quarter of the remaining Blackthorn assets set to their name as they are 3 of four remaining Blackthorns alive.

The Fosters not so much, but if you'd like to help with their expenses I won't complain.

Nox may not act like he has money but he does. And not family money, and not charity from me. Well not exactly, charity.

Nox has good ideas. He is silent partner in two of my companies. Both with offices in the building -- his building. He lives like he does because it's all he's known. He'll be a vagabound the rest of his life. But he'll want for nothing as long as he keeps pushing the software Aurora designed and I keep tweaking to fit his needs. It's been sold many places and is used round the world in new interfaces. And his security system was genius. He couldn't implement it without me, but it was his idea. His plans. He's got another one cooking. He just doesn't know it yet. Well he does, he asked me. He just doesn't see the bigger picture.