"I just did my duty. Not looking for anything else."

Tried to change the subject a bit. "Pen, how did you get bit by a rattlesnake?"

"Pretty simple. I went to the house of one guy we were prosecuting for kidnapping. There was this big chest in his bedroom. I opened it. It had a bunch of junk in it and as I moved some of it, the snake, hidden in there, bit me on the hand. I spent three days in the hospital and received five vials of anti-venom before they let me go. Still don't know why he had the snake in there."

About that time, the band...