"Now, having had a mercenery spell or two in my life, the work would have been a lot harder if the people I'd gotten one up on had had a thing or two they were able to say about in the aftermath. Messages from beyond the grave, hiring and firing decisions-"

Wrinkling his nose at the prospect. Being burned by confessional letters from the dead had been bad enough, never mind any kind of lucidity or decision making.

"When did death end?"