"According to that recruiter, ten grand for the first, uh.. tournament, with bonuses." Luther looks, for a moment, like he might like the earth to swallow him up, but the only thing worse than admitting to Loki what the recruiting attempt had really been about would be to be caught lying about it. "Only I guess he kept saying videos instead of tournaments, so I don't think it's a real sport."

He shoots Loki a hopeful look. "It could still be a sport, right? Lots of sports are filmed for, uh, mysterious figureheads and their private collections?"