He gave her a searching look, then nodded. "I would appreciate it. It's better, of course, to be self-sufficient, but passports and credit cards and papers have all changed and become so much more technically difficult to forge that I find myself lagging in the know-how to do so. And using the established credit I have as 'Adam Monroe' is far too easy for the Company to track. I have the funds, and my banker hardly cares what name I use, and knows what I am, so that is useful. But the rest..." His smile was a touch rueful.

"A bit of both. The freedom, the acceptance. Artists are far more open minded than most, and while I can conform to societal norms, I prefer to be on the fringes for my own comfort."