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• How did you meet Little Boy and Chance?

I met Chance during an operation in South Africa. She's Irish-Laotian, and she was workin' with the squad of mercs I was with; the girl's an adrenaline junkie. Skydiving, hang gliding, rappelling, Chance is outta control. I mean, I can be a bit of a badass, but in battle, she's more wild 'n crazy than Blanka from Street Fighter.

Little Boy, on the other hand, is an MIT grad. He's a bit of a polymath when it comes to tech stuff. Stan told me one night that the reason he got into the sport was that he needed a challenge; something a bit more thrilling.

• Why is he called Little Boy?

Ain't you ever taken history classes, luv? The bombs used to wipe out Hiroshima during WWII were nicknamed "Fatman" and "Little Boy". Stan's outfit is supposed ta be like the kind worn by bomb squads, and he's 19 years old; since he don't look like a sumo wrestler, you figure out the rest.

• What you think of your new boss?

Tanya's a lovely lass. In appearance, I mean. Plus, she's a total hellcat in the sack. Other than that, I'd prefer to remain silent for the time being.

• Which pays more; being a mercenary or this?

It varies; different companies offer different prices. At least here, you get paid in full, none of this "half now, and the other half if you return in one piece" shit. Sometimes, the people who hire mercs don't pay cash, but other services. For instance, thanks to certain operations, I've now got unlimited air passage between the US and Europe.

The wrestling arena money's nice, but I've managed to stash away most of the cash I earned during my African and South American 'tours'. I'll never be in Forbes, but there's enough to survive on.

Also, I've got a few homes and safehouses scattered across the globe, but when I'm workin' the arena, I've got a place in Chicago. Not really fancy, but it's enough to live with. Some folks' idea of 'roughing it' means 'turn the A/C to medium', but as long as there's four walls an' a bed, it's all I need.

-Haven't seen much of your sex skills yet, how are they?

Well, most of the matches I've fought so far have been primarily the regular types; just normal fighting. I know we mercs have the stereotype of modern-day Vikings: pillaging, destroying an' ****. That's not really our style. Unlike some folks, I tend to be pretty conservative when it comes to sex; it's just how my folks raised me. I mean, my ex-wife an' I screwed like bunnies almost non-stop during our marriage, so I managed to get it outta my system.

Becky Luv and I are pretty tight, though, and we manage to keep each other satisfied. Luckily, we've got a pretty open relationship, so it's not much of a faze to us for some of the matches we've been in or got coming up.