"Well," Jack said, "I've never been exsanguinated by someone else. I've had the life sucked out of me by an extra-dimensional demon larger than a skyscraper, though, and I can't say it was exactly pleasant."

He smiled at Aidou, rather bemused. "I don't think I really need to be let off the hook for that. So, did we cover the what's in it for me part yet?"