"Well, that's the Nexus for you," he tells her as he shovels manure-laden hay out of the stall and into the wheelbarrow. "Everything there's about sex, sooner or later. Havin' it, givin' it, gettin' it, switchin' it, definin' it, comparin' it... the place is obsessed. And as for killin'... well, that's a hot-button issue right there, now isn'it? You ever had to kill someone?"

He glances her way.