I'm a criminal

"Very good Alan," he continues "now tell me a little something about yourself, what was your job for example?"

"I, I'm going to be honest with you old man." You say memories of a life spent in the city's underbelly flooding back to you "I ain't exactly a model citizen. Without going into the details of it I'm what folks like you might call a criminal. You got a problem with that?"

The man's weathered face splits into a triumphant grin.

"No problem at all my friend. In fact, it may surprise you to hear I've been known to skirt the boundaries of legality myself." He chuckles his clinical detachment slipping and you wonder what "crimes" he might have committed, overdue library books probably.

"You are making excellent progress Alan" he continues "I just have one more question for you. Now think carefully before you answer and tell me...."