"Morning," Badd said, giving him a nod of greeting but not bothering to look him in the eye. "You have a nice evening, inspector?"

He really did need to stop being such an asshole to people right off the bat. Certainly it came naturally, and freed of his professional obligations it felt downright relaxing to indulge his grumpy old man personality. But this wasn't a place where one could afford enemies...this was a place where information was precious.