"Emphasis on little. The paper got paid by another publication who wanted to use my piece so I got a little extra for it," he explained. Honestly, he didn't know as much about it as he could have but Lois had been very helpful when it came to navigating things. She'd also told him he'd better negotiate a better rate if he wanted to get out of his crappy apartment.

Given that he rather liked his apartment, and he was trying not to garner too much attention, he was just fine with it as it was.

"I'd offer to show you the office, but I kind of figured you'd prefer to stay away from people who make their living butting their nose into things."