âYou ever watch Men in Black? Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, âI make this look good,â all that jazz?â
âOf course.â
âItâs horseshit. We made it up. If the public thinks government agents go around in suits and sunglasses, we can go around in our actual uniforms and nobody will think twice about it.â
âI mean, I get it, but itâs a lot less classy.â
âClassy schmassy. I once had to smuggle an entire Neptunian armada out of Beaverlodge, Alberta. I had 20,000 warships in the back of a pickup truck, I wore the suit and nobody even asked me for a license.â
There was a furious silence as she grappled with this. Then: âFine. Fine, Iâll wear the stupid vest.â
âFantastic,â he said. âWelcome to the Men In Hi-Vis.â












