" Only if you’re going to be all sensible and rational about it.” “Sorry.” He grinned, teeth bright in the gloom. “I’m an engineer; I can’t help myself.” “Why? D-do they take away your licence?” “Yes. And then I have to spend the rest of my days working out the optimum distribution of gold coins among groups of strictly hierarchical pirates. "

― Alexis Hall , Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2)