Snakes smirked. "Yeah, you could say that."

Except he hadn't made it out of this last mess okay. He would be dead if not for that lady's offer. Maybe when everything settled down and he started to remember more about his death, that would haunt him more. As it was, something flickered in his eyes.

He tried to change the subject. "So what brought you to a place like this?" Surely nothing like what had brought him.