"Then you'll just have to be more careful about what makes you curious." No, most people wouldn't have suspected anything but buffoonery or maybe brain damage, but Leonard wasn't most people. Which didn't mean that he just saw right through Barry, but there was a good reason he was warning him to shape up. Whatever he thought he was doing, Leonard was certain that there was more to it than met the eye. "But we'll find you a nice book, so Axel won't have to use duct tape on you."

"It's not," Hartley assured Axel, not caring if this would start another round of mockery for him. He had other things to worry about. "It's been real... special, gentleman, but I have work to do."

He got up at the words, making eye-contact with a guy across the room and heading out at the same time with him. Just one of the gang leaders that he was helping out with a thing or two. He knew how to use his skills to his advantage.